The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 28NOV2011

Piece Of Burnt Meteorite Falls On East Delhi Housetop
indiatvnews.com
New Delhi, Nov 28: A burning piece of space debris, probably a meteorite, fell on the roof of a house in East Delhi's Gandhinagar area on Sunday evening. The house owner immediately poured water on the burnt piece after which it broke up into small ... [Story sounds dubious and material does not appear to be meteorite!]



US: A Thanksgiving predawn meteor over North Carolina? -- Fire in ...
At least one person was watching the sky before dawn on Thanksgiving morning. And..he had a view to be thankful for. Around 4:30 AM today Ty in Grimesland, ...
www.sott.net/.../238128-US-A-Thanksgiving-predawn-meteor...


Starwatch: The December night sky
The Guardian
To Orion's left is Gemini where Castor stands above Pollux and close to the radiant of the Geminidsmeteor shower. Slow bright meteors diverge from this point from the 7th to the 16th, with the highest rates on the morning of the 14th as Gemini sails ...


Meteorites contain fossil remains
Deccan Chronicle
27: Two American scientists have found what are believed to be remains of tiny water-dwelling organisms in samples from two well known meteorites. The scientists are Dr George Claus of New York University and Professor B. Nagy, of Fordham University, ...


Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: California Meteor ...
By LunarMeteorite*Hunter
Camarillo, CA Saw Meteor! between 8:00- 8:30 p.m. 26NOV2011 I had just parked my car and collected mail from the mailbox, then walked up the driveway to enter my home and looked to my left which is west facing toward the Pacific Ocean. ...
Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News


elp allsky: Large Iowa, Missouri Meteor Fireball Captured By Iowa ...
By elp allsky
Large Iowa, Missouri Meteor Fireball Captured By Iowa All Sky Camera 23nov2011. Below is an apparently large meteor fireball captured by Tim Cline at the Dusk Observatory Southeast of De Moines, Iowa. Tim Writes... " Jim...I caught some ...
elp allsky


What's Up in the Sky: Astronomy for December
Akron Beacon Journal
Two meteor showers occur this month. The Geminids peak on Dec. 14-15, but a large waning gibbous moon will wash out a good number of them. The Geminids are one of only two meteorshowers caused by an asteroid rather than a comet. On Dec. ...


Season is right for night sky's timeless show
San Francisco Chronicle
This is most true with meteor showers. This past summer, the Perseids, the most anticipatedmeteor shower of the year, seemed pretty much like a dud, with a full moon overwhelming the sky. Yet in 1988, while camped at Mount Shasta, I happened to look ...

What's Up in December: Five major planets will put on show Press Herald All five of the brightest planets will be well placed in the morning or evening sky, the Geminid meteor shower will peak the morning of Dec. 14, and there will even be a penumbral lunar eclipse. Brilliant Venus will double its height in our evening sky ... Two Clips from Japan - A Meteor and a Mystery ... 2 min These clips were recorded from Japan on November 21, 2011. sources: clip 1 - sonotaco.jp clip 2 ... youtube.com 11/25/2011 -- BRIGHT meteor and two large ... 2 min In this series of shots from Sakurajima Volcano in Japan -- we see a brightmeteor, and two ... youtube.com

Piece Of Burnt Meteorite Falls On East Delhi Housetop
3 min
A burning piece of space debris, probably a meteorite, fell on the roof of a house in East Delhi ... [Story sounds dubious and material does not appear to be meteorite!]
youtube.com

North Venice, Florida Meteor 27NOV2011

North Venice, Florida Meteor between 9:30-10:30 pm EST 27NOV2011
I live in North Venice Florida ... on Nov 27 2011 sometime between 930 and 1030 pm I saw something in the sky, It almost seemed to drop straight down but if I had to choose it would have been traveling NorthWest to SouthEast (from left to right but barely)　It was all white, no tail or trail after it. It seemed more wide than tall and very fast only 2 seconds at most. I just caught my eye, it made no sound. Not sure what it was but so curious. Thanks for the website, its been interesting to look through and read about what others have seen...Jennifer


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Santa Fe Springs, CA Meteor 27NOV2011

Santa Fe Springs, CA Meteor ~1:00 am PST 27NOV2011
November 27, 11 at approximately 1:00 AM in Santa Fe Springs, CA, southeast of Los Angeles. The meteor was very high in the sky, it shot eastward and disappeared.The event lasted only for a couple of seconds. It was amazingly orange and red, it was very bright compared to other celestial objects. Myself and my two friends all happened to be looking up at the sky because it was unusually clear that night, and we all gasped at once as we saw a shooting star for the first time. -Kevin  Thank you Kevin!


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Taunton, Massachusetts Meteor 27NOV2011

Taunton, Massachusetts Meteor ~7:45 pm 27NOV2011
My daughter and I saw what we think to be a meteor tonight. We were travelling on 24 North almost to 495 North outside of Taunton, Massachusetts at approximately 7:45 pm EDT. It was white, no other colors noted, no trail or anything noted. It came from the north east heading downwards southwest. It was coming in really fast. We only saw it for a second or two before it dimmed and burnt out. Cheers, Carrie Brown  Thank you Carrie!

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Ocala, Florida Meteor 27NOV2011

Ocala, Florida Meteor ~1:00 am EST 27NOV2011
Meteor was red and burning very bright it shot northwest to southeast
lasting about 2 secs. IT was the first time ever that I saw a real
meteor burning through the atmosphere.-Lawrence Bryant  Thank you Lawrence!

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Guernsey, UK Meteor 27NOV2011

Guernsey, UK Meteor 6:50 GMT 27NOV2011
On Nov 27 I saw a green flash with an orange trail in the sky. The flash was moving very fast and was very low just over the road for about 3 seconds. This was in st.peter port on a small island called guernsey in the English channel. Occurred at 6:50pm GMT. Please can you explain what it could have been? Regards -Tristram

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Yona, Guam Bolide Meteor 27NOV2011

Yona, Guam Bolide Meteor ~9:15 -9:30 pm 27NOV2011
Here is the info of the meteorite that I saw tonight...
Nov 27th 2011 approx 915-930pm Yona, Guam East over the ocean straight above
Went straight down then broke up 3 seconds Very bright. Lit entire area as if it were daytime
No sound just a bright white light then as soon as it broke up had a flare effect in the sky and quickly dimmed. I am in the Navy stationed in Guam. Khristopher J. and  Thank you Khristopher!

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MBIQ (Meteor Bot Internet Query) Bot Detects NSW / Queensland, Australia Meteor 27NOV2011

MBIQ (Meteor Bot Internet Query) Bot Detects NSW / Queensland, Australia Meteor 27NOV2011
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Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Meteor 7:50pm 27NOV2011

Was walking east and saw this orange/reddish shooting star heading south only saw it for 3seconds, then disintegrated. That was on 27/11/11 between 740pm & 800pm. -Samantha D.  Thank you Samantha!


Warwick, Queensland, Australia Meteor 7:40 pm 27NOV2011
7:40 pm saw a large fireball type object low over the eastern sky travaling from the north disapearing to the south. i saw it for about 4 seconds before it dissapeared behind the tree line.  It was an orange/yellowy flame colour. sorry easiest way to describe it. 28degrees 16minutes south 151degrees 57minites east is my position south of Warwick in Queensland.

-Red  Thank you Red!

Pacific Pines, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia Orange Fire Ball ~7:30 pm 27NOV2011
! saw large orange fire ball in the sky. 27 November 2011 at approximately 7:30 pm. The object was seen from my house at Pacific Pines on the Gold Coast in Queensland. It was heading south, maybe slightly south east i saw the object for approximately 4 seconds. The object made no sound but was very large it seemed to be yellow and had fire orange circling the yellow with a long curved fire orange tail as it seems to have raised and then was lowering (i do not have much knowledge of astronomy so i can only describe what i saw my apologies). I am very interested in knowing what is was, could it possible the rocket that was launched to Mars? Thanks, SallyThank you Sally!  It was most likely a meteor not rocket debris.


MBIQ Data:
Brisbane, Queensland arrived from google.com.au on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: NSW / Queensland, Australia. Meteor 20NOV2011" by searching for shooting star 27th november 750 pm australia brisbane.
19:05:38 -- 42 minutes ago

Sydney, New South Wales arrived from google.com.au on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for star that appears to flash green in southern hemisphere 27/11/2011.
19:05:05 -- 45 minutes ago

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California Meteor 26NOV2011

Camarillo, CA Saw Meteor! between 8:00- 8:30 p.m. 26NOV2011
I had just parked my car and collected mail from the mailbox, then walked up the driveway to enter my home and looked to my left which is west facing toward the Pacific Ocean. I’m not certain on the exact time because I was off my regular schedule, but think it was easily between 8:00-8:30 p.m. this evening. It was quite a large white and yellowish mainly round ball that was moving at a moderate rate of speed. I was taken by surprise (by the size) and to the best of my recollection, it appeared to be moving downward and disappeared. I don’t believe I saw a tail of any type, but that it was fairly large, larger than a shooting star, and light and bright. Patti B
Thank you Patti!

Laurel Canyon, CA
We (girlfriend and a couple other people) spotted a meteor (same as reported from Patti in Camarillo, CA) on Saturday Nov 26th, approximately 2000 - 2030 hrs.
Date & Time: Nov 26, 2011 / 2000-2030 hrs Location: Laurel Canyon, CA
Start & Stop: Streaking green/blue with a tail/trailing debris(?) from west to east overhead; not extremely fast - and not slow. As it reached approximately 60 degrees above (and to the east), it seemingly dropped/fell and broke up as it faded out.  Duration: The event seemed to last (from the time it caught our eye) approximately three seconds. Brightness: Very bright - much brighter than the planets, and bigger. We didn't catch any video or photos.
Also, I was fortunate enough to witness the big, green fireball in September too: I was motoring on my sailboat along the backside (south side) of Santa Cruz Island - the Channel Islands off the coast of Ventura, CA, when I saw it - that was a trip! Cheers, Tom V.  Thank you Tom!
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Riverside, CA Meteor 26NOV2011

Riverside, CA Meteor just before 7 PM Pacific Time 26NOV2011

At about 6:55 PM I saw a shooting star in the southern sky while taking my daughter out to see Venus.  Venus is very bright but I couldn't find the moon right off. So we went out in front of our house and as we turned to look South we saw a very bright meteor fall - It was the same relative size as venus if not larger and fell from about south to southeast. I don't think it was a firework - it suddenly appeared, was very solid at first and then and disspated or broke up like meteors I would watch out in the desert.
I Googled to see if there was supposed to be any meteor activity in that part of the sky but only got your website. -Steven H.  Thank you Steven!

Laguna Beach, CA Meteor ~7:00 pm 26NOV2011
I believe we saw the same one as the gentleman in Riverside CA. We were in Laguna Beach, CA, on an upper floor of a hotel balcony, watching the stars and airplanes, using the “Starwalk” application on an IPad. It was close to 7 pm, or just after, and a huge star fell out of the sky; it was so large and bright I at first thought it was a random firework. All four of us saw it, while facing west over the ocean. It was so bright, and then fell to bits. Magical! -Kristin E.  Thank you Kristin!

Ontario, California meteor ~7:00 pm 26NOV2011
Hi I was driving my daughter to a friends house last night close to 7 pm PST when we turned south on a street near our house I saw a large meteor falling S-SE. the tail broke off once or twice. it seemed slow and its path was slightly curving and falling down toward the earth not up. I say this because at first I thought it possibly was fireworks because it was soo close, like you could reach out and touch it and it was sparkly and I saw greenish yellow colors in the tail. I have never seen color before in a shooting star. It was soo beautiful! we both saw it, I was actually speechless for a minute! This was yesterday, November 26, 2011 at approximately 7 PM in Ontario California. keep looking up! -candi  Thank you Candi!

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Adelaide, Australia Meteor 26NOV2011

River Murray, near Adelaide, Australia Meteor 23:45 local 26NOV2011
Sitting out camping by the River Murray, 2 hours out of Adelaide ( South Australia ) one of us noticed a very slow shooting star moving in the Northern Western part of the sky (heading towards Orion’s belt).
After notifying the rest of us we all looked around (expecting it to have disappeared) to see this asteroid / meteor slowly moving across the entire width of the sky. It was like no shooting star I’ve ever seen before; moving across the sky quite slowly in comparison and with an orange tail stretching behind it. It seemed to break up into 3 or 4 different parts before it then disappeared.
The whole thing lasted around 4 or 5 seconds (quite long all considering). It was spectacular and we are desperate to know if anyone else saw this??? Thanks. Andreas  Thank you Andreas!

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Berwind, West Virginia Meteor 25NOV2011

Berwind, West Virginia Meteor between 19:00-19:30 25NOV2011
Friday, 11/25/11 between 19:00 and 19:30 my family and I was treated to the sighting of a large bright blue meteor moving across the sky of a small town called Berwind. The town is located on the very southern tip of West Virginia. We watched the meteor for 10 - 15 seconds before it passed behind the mountains. I'm guessing it was traveling S.E. and had to be topping the super sonic speed scale. All I can say is WOW!!! what a treat! I wanted so much to witness it strike the ground but unfortunately for us it had too much altitude. Thank You - Tim J.  Thank you Tim!

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Wilmington, Delaware Meteor 25NOV2011

Wilmington, Delaware Meteor shortly after 8:00 pm EST 25NOV2011
November 25, 2011 shortly after 8pm, I was stepping out to get ready to leave for some black friday shopping when I noticed a bright flame shooting across the sky. It wasnt as fast as a shooting star, it seemed pretty big, I believe it was going NW, from Wilmington, Delaware. -Tiffany S.  

Thank you Tiffany!

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 26NOV2011

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Melbourne, Australia ...
Good evening, About 9:20ish pm tonight 16-11-2011 I saw a what I think was a meteor, very large & fast moving- bright white-yellow, in the south western sky. ...
lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/.../melbourne-australia-m...


Meteor Shower Visible over Indianapolis | Indy's News Center - 93.1 ...
The meteor shower was visible in the early morning hours as particles burned up while entering Earth's atmosphere. Brian Murphy with the Holcomb ...
www.wibc.com/news/story.aspx?ID=1573926

New Suspects in a 65 Million-Year-Old MysteryWall Street Journal
For three decades, the dominant explanation for this mass extinction has been that it was probably caused by the impact of a large meteorite. A layer of iridium-rich rock from roughly the right date is the fingerprint that convicted this ...

Mahad, Maharashtra, India Meteor 25NOV2011

Mahad, Maharashtra, India Meteor ~22:50 local 25NOV2011

Nearly at 22:50 there was a flash light falling all over illuminating the dark sky. I don’t know what it was but it was extremely bright, leaving a shiny trail behind it which lasted for few seconds. I am in Mahad, Maharashtra, India.-feelipkd  Thank you!

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Concord, North Carolina, USA Meteor 25NOV2011

Concord, North Carolina, USA Meteor Approx. 1830 EDT 25NOV2011
Pulled into my driveway and saw about 8 deer in the field. Pulled up with my 5 y/o in backseat and shined my headlights on them to watch. About 5 minutes into watching them graze we saw an object heading earthbound on an angle traveling from NE to SW and losing altitude. The object had a sparkling vibrant blue glow that appeared to continue until it was below tree level from my vantage point, so I’m not sure when it lost illumination.  Glad I took a moment to let my 5 y/o watch the deer graze as this was one of the most beautiful shooting stars/meteorites that I’ve seen in my 42 years, and I was able to share it with my daughter. Thanks, Jerry & Aryanne.  Thank You!

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Wallula, WA Meteor 25NOV2011

Wallula, WA Meteor ~5:00 pm PST 25NOV2011
Hi, I was driving south just past Wallula, WA around twilight (there was still a bit of lingering sunset behind Wallula Gap,) it was maybe 5ish. Just to the west of the gap (on the Columbia River) I saw a bright but small green flash which then broke into two short "tails." As far as size I guess I would compare the original flash with a pencil erasure, and the two tails would then be about the length of a half a crayon and the width of baby yarn.  Hope that's useful! ~ Heather  Thank you Heather!


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Manchester, Pennsylvania Meteor 25NOV2011

Manchester, Pennsylvania Meteor 1:40 AM EST 25NOV2011
It was a ball of fire it shot across the sky and didn't last long it didn't even click to me of what it was until it was gone could you let me know if you know anything about this let me know thanks. -Nathan M.. Thank you Nathan!


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Robinson, PA Green Meteor 25NOV2011

Robinson, PA Meteor ~7:00 pm 25NOV2011
I saw a green shooting star or I guess meteor. It was tonight a little before 7pm EST. I was driving west and saw it through my windshield. It was bright green and moved from right to left which must have meant it was going south. It lasted several seconds. There wasn't much of a trail. I thought it was just a shooting star until I googled it and came across your website. It was near robinson, PA outside of Pittsburgh, PA. It was really awesome! -Robyn  Thank you Robyn!



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Indiana Meteor 25NOV2011

south of Indianapolis, Indiana on State Road 37 Meteor? ~10:30 pm 25NOV2011
The only reason I found this website is because I was online looking to see if anyone else had posted anything about seeing a meteorite tonight. I was driving home to Bloomington, Indiana and saw what looking like a pale green meteorite in the sky. What is strange to me is that there was cloud cover, and so I was seeing a meteorite that was below the clouds? It had a ball shape on one end and a tail coming off of it. It lasted for just a few seconds. I am almost certain it was NOT fireworks. The pale green color was unusual, too. Sincerely,  Diane L.  Thank you Diane!
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Burbank, California Meteor 25NOV2011

Burbank, California Meteor between 7-8pm PST 25NOV2011
I was on the highway, and the streak was over the mountains in the north. Lasted about a second - a very short orange, fiery streak before it burned up. Not too bright.- Bella Thank you Bella!

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Coloma, Michigan Meteor 25NOV2011

Coloma, Michigan Meteor 12:52 a.m. EST 25NOV2011

I saw a large shooting star on Nov. 25, 2011, somewhere around 12:52 a.m.. I was riding in a car on a country road somewhere around Coloma, Michigan. It was brighter than Jupiter, orange, and had a tail that was the same color. It lasted about a second at the most. I can't say for sure exactly where in the sky I saw it; my guess is it was either somewhere below the constellation Orion or in an area below-left of it, and moved away to its left. -Alex K.  Thank you Alex!

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Nashville, TN Meteor 25NOV2011

Nashville, TN  Meteor ~11:55pm 25NOV2011
I live in Nashville, TN - not sure exactly the time, but approx. midnight November 25, 2011 an incredibly bright blue/green meteor appeared on the northern horizon moving from east southeast to west northwest - a long tail glowing blueish appeared to hit the ionoshpere and illuminate a giant aurora appearing as if passing through an overcast sky - but the sky was clear - approx. 1.5 seconds total - the entry created giant greenish glow covering an area equal to a dinner plate held at arms length - i've never seen anything this bright or as huge! - it literally made the entire sky glow blue/green for an instant! - if not looking directly at object it would have appeared as if a green roman candle had gone off nearby...very shocking indeed -jeff hall Thank you Jeff!

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North Carolina Meteor 25NOV2011

Greensboro, North Carolina Meteor 1:20 am 25NOV2011
I was talking on the phone around 1:20 AM Nov 25 (Friday morning) and looked up to catch a bright, red, fiery thing falling. I was looking NorthEast at an angle of about 45 degrees, and the thing seemed to be falling slightly, but mostly moving from left to right. I don't know much about astronomy, so I don't know if it was a shooting star, but it didn't really look like one, since it was so red and the "star" part was bigger than I would expect. I hope this helps, and I would really like to know what exactly I saw that night. Thanks, Vivek Chavda  Thank you Vivek!

Greenville, North Carolina
We were heading home from a Thanksgiving Party when we saw what I thought a shooting star. It was a big white ball of light with a tail. It was huge compare to what I've ever seen before. It flashed and dissipated long enough for me to make a wish, about 3-5 seconds. We lived in Greenville North Carolina and we're heading north when we saw it. The exact time and date was Novermber 24, 2011 at 1:30 am Eastern time. We saw it on 11/25 at 1:34 AM. The size was about 10 times the size of the Northern star on a clear night as viewed from the south eastern US. When we saw it I immediately identified it as a meteor or asteroid due to size and length of time it crossed the sky. The arc suggested it passed between the earth and moon's orbit. I have seen dozens of shooting stars and this is by far the largest and most spectacular event I have witnessed. If it had hit the earth it would have made a global event - guessing of course. Virna, my son Cameron and I were in awe and discussed it for some time. Thank you. Randy and Virna Thank you all!

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Zanesfield, Ohio Meteor 25NOV2011

Zanesfield, Ohio Meteor ~7:00pm 25NOV2011
At 7 Pm EST in Zanesfield Ohio we saw a bright light shoot across the sky traveling north to south it appeared to have a tail. We were traveling south at the time We first noticed it at our 1:00 we watched it travel south until it disappeared, Less than 2 seconds, it was 10 times brighter than Venus. -Dave S. Thank you Dave!

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Port Saint Lucie, Florida Meteor 24NOV2011

Port Saint Lucie, Florida Meteor  11:45pm EST 24NOV2011

Hi there, this is my very first time doing this and so I don’t know what to say other then, I saw a last night November 24th 2011 a huge meteor and I have never seen anything like it! It was huge going across the sky and it was big not so bright but there were a lot of clouds. It looked as though it was in the atmosphere not in space and it coming down, looked as though it was going to crash into the ground if that makes any sense.. It has a huge tail... I have only ever seen shooting starts and small ones that are way high up and have a tail but not a huge one like this one had.. I have to admit I am a little freaked out, from what I have read people seem to have seen really big ones that look like what I have described in these past few weeks.. I guess I watch to many movies about meteor's and comets putting the world to an end and that the president knows and wont tell is because of panic.. Thank you for letting me share. freaking out in Florida, -Tonya

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 25NOV2011

Meteor lights up US skies
TelegraphTV
The skies above the American Midwest have been lit up by a mysterious fireball, thought to have been a falling meteor. ...


Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Texas Meteor 23NOV2011
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Not sure if it was a meteor or not but there was a bright white ball flying south to north over Austin Tx around 8pm 11/23/11. There was no tail, it was a brighter and larger then any stars in the sky but did not have enough glow to illuminate the ...
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A Thanksgiving predawn meteor?
Fayetteville Observer (blog)
Around 4:30 AM today Ty in Grimesland, NC between Greenville and Washington saw a brightmeteor low in the sky…heading south to north. He writes, “It appeared to be really low, bright and with a long tail lasted for about 3 sec“. ...

NY / NJ Green Meteor Fireball 24NOV2011

Glen Cove ,New York Meteor ~11:40 pm EST 24NOV2011
Thursday, November 24th, 2011, (thanksgiving evening) about 11:40 pm
Glen Cove ,New York Observed in the north east sky .....stating at about one o'clock to about two o'clock in the sky...large pronounced green fireball lasted about two and a half seconds, short sloppy tail, you could see it was burning. *If you held a dime at arms legnth, that is how big it appeared to be. I'll never forget it!! Thanks for the web site!
andrew* from glen cove  Thank you Andrew!

Normandy Beach, NJ Meteor 11:55pm EST24NOV2011

Looking West, over the ocean, saw a bright white streak traveling South to North which ended in a bright green ball of light. Thank you. Maureen.  Thank you Maureen!


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Nashua, NH Meteor? 24NOV2011

Nashua, NH Meteor? 18:30 EST 24NOV2011
Noticed a small dimly lit but discernable to naked eye, object traveling slowly from east towards west. At first I thought it was a satellite, then it accelerated towards the western horizon through Cygnus at a VERY high rate of speed! The object never illuminated any brighter and did not have a tail/plasma. Bolide? Near Earth Object? -DLT  Thank you!


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Belleville, Ontario, Canada Bolide Meteor 24NOV2011

Belleville, Ontario, Canada Bolide Meteor 02:30 am 24NOV2011
I saw this bolide on November 24th, 2011 at 0230 exactly.
I was in the City of Belleville in Ontario, Canada. At the time of the sighting I was traveling northbound on Sidney Street in a car, so I am unsure if there had been any noises or sounds during the sighting.
I have seen quite a few bolides before, as I work nights and am in a car driving all around constantly, but this one was quite alarming as it seemed to be traveling faster than any I have seen before. It was about 30-40 degrees above the horizon directly in front of me as I traveled straight north. The bolide started out at the top left of my view, it remained as what looked like a plane in the sky, a small-ish dot, but larger than a normal plane (Belleville is located 15 minutes away from Trenton, Ontario where our major air base is, there are all kinds of military aircrafts in the air all the time.). I for about half of it's travel distance it remained a tiny, bright light that slowly grew brighter before it burst into a bright cobalt blue shade and seemed to break into at least three, if not five pieces.
The entire thing may have lasted five or eight seconds, it was over quite quickly, though I have seen bolides burn out much quicker than this one did.
As for brightness, while it was still tiny and looked like a plane, it was as bright, or possibly a tiny bit brighter than Venus, but it seemed to lose a lot of the brightness after the initial combustion into the blue flames.
I was unable to take video or pictures of this, though I would suggest looking into the sky cameras Ottawa's Colleges have. I have seen many bolides around Belleville, and they are always captured on the cameras the universities use for study.
All in all, it was pretty darn cool! Forgot to make a wish though, rats. -Emily Thank you Emily!


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Western Queensland, Australia Bolide Meteor? 23NOV2011

Western Queensland, Australia Bolide Meteor? 0450 Local Queensland Time 23NOV2011
I was airborne flying over Western Queensland last night, at approximately 1850 UTS or 0450 Local Queensland Time on the morning of the 23/11/11. I and several other aircraft in the area observed a very bright series of lights descending in the sky in a cluster at the time. The brightest light was leading the cluster, and there were maybe 10 or 12 smaller lights following. We were facing south east at the time, and the object seemed to be descending from a higher altitude overhead our position to a point directly in front of us at a lower altitude. The object was moving very slow, significantly slower than any shooting star I have ever seen. The lights were visible for about two or three minutes. Several minutes later as the sun began to rise, a smoke trail could be seen that followed the path of the object. It extended from a position just south of Mount Isa and continued south east for several hundred miles towards Charleville, although the trail had dissipated by the time our aircraft had passed Charleville. We were at an altitude of 37000ft and the trail was significantly higher than us. I hope this helps!-Mat Thank you Mat!


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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 24NOV2011

Baffling fireball reported overhead
Mansfield News Journal
He thinks the fireball may have landed there. Lt. Michael Vinson, of the Mansfield post of the Ohio Highway Patrol, said several agencies, including the Lexington Police Department, Troy Township Fire Department, the Richland County Sheriff's Office ...


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Newburg, Maryland Green Meteor 23NOV2011

Newburg, Maryland Green Meteor ~8:13 pm EST 23NOV2011
I saw a green meteor go across the sky when i was out letting my dog out at about 8:13 pm . It streaked across the sky for a good 3-4 seconds before it disappeared.. I live in Newburg, Maryland. Vinny D.  Thank you Vinny!

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Texas Meteor 23NOV2011

Austin, TX Meteor 8pm cst -6GMT  23NOV2011

Not sure if it was a meteor or not but there was a bright white ball flying south to north over Austin Tx around 8pm 11/23/11. There was no tail, it was a brighter and larger then any stars in the sky but did not have enough glow to illuminate the sky. It took less then a second from horizon to horizon.- Ryan O. Thank you Ryan!

Coppell, Texas Meteor 8:15 pm 23NOV2011

walking southward, noticed a bright object streaking across the sky very quickly, disappeared into the distance beyond tree lines and my line of sight. Streaking or tail was not visible. -Michael M.  Thank you Michael!


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Boston/Cambridge, Massachusetts Meteor 23NOV2011

Boston/Cambridge, Massachusetts Meteor 11:50 p.m. 23NOV2011
Saw a very bright, long meteorite, looked like it was heading just about straight down when viewed from West Somerville, Mass. looking East-Southeast. I'm colorblind but it looked to be bluish with a long tail and a bright finish. It was silent, as far as I could tell, and grew brighter as it reached its conclusion.-A  Thank you Andy!


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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 23NOV2011

Geminid meteors will "shower" WNC in December
Mountain Xpress
This is a bit unusual since most meteor showers are caused by debris from comets, not asteroids. Nevertheless, as Phaethon orbits the Sun, it sheds dust particles that remain as a trail of debris in its path. Since the Earth encounters this trail of ...


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Qrendi, Malta Bright Green Meteor 22NOV2011. Qrendi, Malta Bright Green Meteor ~21:40 22NOV2011 Massive meteor sighted over Maqluba in Qrendi Malta. date: Nov 22 2011 Time : approximate 21.40. Colour: bright green. Traveling from ...
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APOD 2011 November 22 Leonid Fireball over Tenerife
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Qrendi, Malta Bright Green Meteor 22NOV2011

Qrendi, Malta Bright Green Meteor ~21:40 22NOV2011
Massive meteor sighted over Maqluba in Qrendi Malta. date: Nov 22 2011 Time : approximate 21.40. Colour: bright green. The meteor dropped for about 2 seconds or a little more – and as it dropped it got brighter. It was quite spectacular.
Traveling from over head to the south (from 85 degrees overhead to 25 degrees south) approximate across a quarter of the sky. brightness 100 times the brightness of Jupiter, looked like a firework. Really amazing was not sure what it was but based on similar images realized it was a meteor Regards, Matina  Thank you Matina!


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NEOs Close Approach - Meteors, Fireballs, Bolides Watch from 18NOV-27NOV

NEO Asteroids Close Approach -Meteors, Fireballs, Bolides 
Watch from 18NOV-27NOV
These two just slipped by: 

(2011 WJ15)

2011-Nov-20

0.0067

2.6

24 m - 54 m

25.2

26.33

(2011 WQ4)

2011-Nov-21

0.0051

2.0

9.1 m - 20 m

27.3

7.57

UPCOMING CLOSE APPROACHES TO EARTH

1 AU = ~150 million kilometers 1 LD = Lunar Distance = ~384,000 kilometers Object Name Close Approach Date Miss Distance (AU) Miss Distance (LD) Estimated Diameter* H (mag) Relative Velocity (km/s) 175706 (1996 FG3)  2011-Nov-23 0.1014 39.5 670 m - 1.5 km 18.0 8.13 (2011 WP4)  2011-Nov-24 0.0038 1.5 11 m - 25 m 26.9 10.86 (2011 WN2)  2011-Nov-25 0.0210 8.2 24 m - 53 m 25.3 8.71 (2011 SR69)  2011-Nov-26 0.1143 44.5 270 m - 590 m 20.0 6.63 (2011 WR2)  2011-Nov-26 0.0500 19.5 24 m - 53 m 25.3 12.50 (2010 RJ43)  2011-Nov-26 0.1930 75.1 59 m - 130 m 23.3 10.66 (2008 KT)  2011-Nov-27 0.0674 26.2 6.0 m - 14 m 28.2 4.97 (1994 XL1)  2011-Nov-28 0.1182 46.0 180 m - 400 m 20.8 16.36 289315 (2005 AN26)  2011-Nov-29 0.0918 35.7 550 m - 1.2 km 18.4 12.51 (2002 TZ66)  2011-Nov-30 0.1471 57.3 18 m - 39 m 25.9 4.30

Source: NASA/JPL http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/


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Hemsedal, Norway Meteor 21NOV2011

Hemsedal, Norway Meteor ~17:00 Local  21NOV2011
I live in Hemsedal, Norway. Yesterday around 17.00 a clock I saw a object flying over the sky. It lokked like a shooting star but it seemed to be very close to earth with a long, bright, fire looking tail. I was looking west when I saw the object. I was not looking at the sky at first, but the big "tail" took my attention. The date was 21/11 - 2011. At, 17.00 (5.00 in the afternoon, Stockholm time) After it got my attention I could look at it for about 3 seconds... So maybe all together for 5-6 seconds. It was travelig at less speed then a shooting star. What could this be? Do you have any information about this? Thank you =) Lisa N   Thank you Lisa!

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