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| Sighting Reports from Readers for 12DEC2011 Bolide Meteor (click on image to enlarge) Green Markers = Sighting Reports Red Marker with Signal = Sound Report Red Concentric Circle Marker = Allsky Camera v.1 (c) LunarMeteoriteHunter / Google All Rights Reserved - No Copy |
12DEC2011 joshua porter sheldon vt 6:02 EST 5+ seconds before it crested tree line left to right s to n,i was traveling west,spotted the fireball just above tree line goin s to n yellow blue green fireball,was driving couldnt hear the outside very bright, could just about see licks of flames less than sun but def more than moon no not noticably, seemed solid i see people saying they think it landed in canada.its funny though when i seen it it looked very close and falling quick.im no expert but ive been itching to go walking localy.
12DEC2011 Tom Del Plato Webster,NY,USA 16:55:00 5 N-S Green Moon Lake Ontario? Directly in my line of site, went dark just before the treeline/horizon
12DEC2011 Kathryn Herring Peterborough, ON, Canada between 1820-2030 2-6 seconds Falling while heading NE Yellow-orange ball, looked like a street light falling from the sky. No sound noted. moon brightness but more yellow-orange Not noted It didnt appear to be high in the sky, it was fairly low; like a fire work.
12DEC2011 BILLST Toronto, Canada 6:00 p.m. EST 7 seconds SW to SE white / blue sun no burned out
12DEC2011 Rick Patterson Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA 18:00:00 5 or 10 seconds W-NW green Brighter than Venus than moon yes, 1 or 2 large, some smaller fragments looked like several green "globs" of different sizes heading W-NW for several seconds.
12DEC2011 kevin kell yarker ontario canada 18:04UT 90 sec exposure unknown b&w =jupiter no imaged http://starlightcascade.ca/concam/special/sco-20111212_1805_10.fit.jpg
12DEC2011 sondra dively cortland,ohio- trumbull county 6;09 pm est maybe 3 to 4 sec north east in sky fell to the left then got bigger and fell straight down to earth white then greenish was white bright then green yes it seamed to fall apart as it fell this was the largest one we ever saw husband saw it also
12DEC2011 Randy Seiler Cookstown, ON; Canada 18:30 EST 10 Seconds Right to Left Bright Orange With Tail Sun Broke Apart 300 Feet Above Earth Tail was several feet long; Meteorite Broke Apart and Lights Out.
12DEC2011 Wendy Fiden Elma, NY 18:10 Eastern 5 sec S-N Bright mint green Brighter than a full moon - almost flourescant Had a long streaming white tail with star bursts It was very large - 1/4 the size of a full moon - unbelievably bright with a streaming tail like sparklers
12DEC2011 Maria Hamilton/Ontario; Canada 18:05 EST 2-3 secs S-N towards Lake Ontario or Toronto It looked like a fireball with peices breaking off Like the sun? It was fragmenting I was walking in a brightly lit part of town, happened to look across the stree and saw it briely above the buildings. once it went lower, the rooftops hid it
12DEC2011 Dan Muirhead Toronto, On 18:00 EST 10 ish South to North Started as an orange line, progressed into a bright white streak then broke up 5-10 times as bright as a bright star yes, broke up near the end of travel I was looking basically straight up on fort york blvd, about half a kilometer west of bathurst street
12DEC2011 Pearl Silver Lake ON Canada 18:30 EST 2-3 minutes overhead, travel S-N Bright orange, size of beachball, got smaller, green and white sparks when disintegrated before hit ground bright as sun No No other comments
12DEC2011 Jonathan Toronto 18:10:00 8 WSW to NE orange / white - no sound brightest light in the sky not that I could see Beautiful. So glad I own a piece of one...
12DEC2011 Alexis Guelph, Ontario, Canada 18:05 est about 5 -7 sec SE to SW bright white tail, with red, green, orange, white ball; streaked about 5 metres in front of our car to field beside road very bright didn't see any fragments not sure if it actually hit the ground, but it was very close
12DEC2011 Warren Morrison Ontario,Canada 18:05 EST 4 or 5 seconds (approx.) Flash of bright light around me got my attention, first seen near zenith, moved vertically downwards, azimuth approximately 14 degrees, passed between alpha and beta Cassiopeiae, vanished at about altitude 50 degrees green, fragmenting, heard sound like thunder (a single boom) lasting one or two seconds, about three minutes later Bright enough to light up ground around me, perhaps as bright as half moon Broke into 5 to 10 pieces near end of trail Vertical descent from near zenith, azimuth about 14 degrees
12DEC2011 Bill McIlquham Utica NY, United States 1600 Eastern standard 5 to 10 sec. N-W Left to right Large orange ball, breaking into smaller pieces Venus Yes Appeared to be decending at about 10 degrees
12DEC2011 C. Abraham Ottawa, Ontario 18:05 (EST) saw it for about 3 seconds Travelling north yellow very bright yellow, with a long tail no none
12DEC2011 Warren McGovern Ottawa, ON, Canada EST 3-6 secs S-N White with tail Venus streaks none
12DEC2011 Robert Steinmiller Enon Valley, Pa. USA 17:55 eastern standard 1 1/2 to 2 NNW right to lft Bright white with greenish blue in forward center large with tail. brightest longest lasting biggest I,ve ever seen brighter than moon don't know about fragments bt it did seem to be seperating a small bit in tail saw it with a friend, no mistate in seeing it
12DEC2011 Chris H. Cannington, On. Canada 19:00:00 5 SW to northeast Green fireball, loud crackling sound same as moon no Second time I have observed a fireball ,1st time was 25 years ago.
12DEC2011 Angie Morrone Mississauga,Ontario Canada 18:06:00 5 - 8 sec NW-SE White tail and color orange/yellow red of ball about 5 seconds then ended Moon/star bright against clear black sky Didn't note Beautiful, my daughter was with me and saw
12Dec2011 Allan & Stephanie Nepean, Canada 1806 Eastern 3 seconds or so We were facing west, it went left to right, which is south to north yellowish, greenish easily brighter than an airplane, like a roman candle yes quite spectacular
12DEC2011 Trish Putnam, ON (rural) 18:10 EST 4 sec SE-NW Bright white with fireball tail - yellow/orange Bright White Moon not that I noticed I was driving east on 401 I think between Putnam and Pigram Rd when it crossed over from North to South...most amazing site wish I could of follow it to see where it landed
12DEC2011 Jonathan Corning, NY 18:02EST at least 3 seconds SSE-NNW Bright wide fireball with yellow/orange tail. brighter than moon, less than sun Did not see full pass, dropped below rooftop of neighbors house Was NW from 45.1518, -77.0650
12DEC2011 Tyler Kloet Oakville 18:05 EST 3 or 4 secs W-E White, streaking BRIGHT WHITE fragments, big white tail Thought someone lit a firework of there balcony at our apartment, ran to the window to see it finish, never seen that before
12DEC2011 wes Buffalo,NY 1805 eastern 3/5/2011 n-s bright white fireball with tail bright as the sun yes it came apart looked to be heading towards the ground at a step aparoch angel like a morter round comeing in about 2 miles east of my lo
12DEC2011 Jeff Debes Rochester, NY 18:15 Eastern US 4 N;W - E Left to Right Green Blue -4 to - 5 not obvious Appeared to flame out , it was a very unusual beatiful green
12DEC2011 sarah ottawa 18:10 -5hrs Toronto not quite sure. about 10seconds? west to north:left to right green colour looked like plane lights but it was alot bigger couldnt tell coolest thing i ever saw when looking at the sky
12DEC2011 Nadia Ajax, Ontario Canada 22:58 EST 2/3/2011 NW falling SW (right to left) Clear bright white descended into horizon Very bright sun or white moon no 30-45 degree angle
12DEC2011 Nathalie Waterloo, Ontario 16:10:00 10 sec I think it was travelling west Yellow with bright green tail Bright like sun Yes Just saw it as it turned from bright white(yellow) to green and then it burned up.
12DEC2011 David Collett Vernon Center,NY 5:30 PM EST 30 seconds south to north Bright white, long tail spot light bright trailers behind, poofs off the trails once in a lifetime, beautiful sight
12DEC2011 Nathalie Waterloo, Ontario 18:10:00 10 sec I think it was travelling west Yellow with bright green tail Bright like sun Yes Just saw it as it turned from bright white(yellow) to green and then it burned up.
12DEC2011 Cindy Davis Orchard Park, New York 6:05PM EST 5 seconds Left to right NE direction white with trail bright as full moon, maybe brighter than that yes, sparkling tail I thought it was fireworks, because it looked close, and then realized it was a meteor.
12DEC2011 Dan Lukas Buffalo, New York; USA 18:04:00 EST 10 Seconds observed North Bright white see comments below Broke into 3-4 pieces in last 3 second from this vantage point with trails then faded Traveling North at 6:04 PM on 1-90(designated as East) near Buffalo Airport. Planes cross highway low and I thought this was brightest landing light I ever saw, but thought it odd there were no other lights and this one was so bright. Speed at first slow, then increased then broke up into 3-4 fragments with tails and faded.
12DEC2011 Chris Edman Trenton NJ USA 18:20 EST 1+ S-E Yellow Very bright, like sun Long tail I was driving south on Route 31 towards Trenton south of Pennington when the light occured
12DEC2011 Jennifer Elora, Ontario, Canada Eastern 18:09 2-5 seconds Right to Left SE-NW Green with a long tail Very bright (close to the sun- bright green/white) yes! I saw one earlier this week too, about 15 minutes away while driving. It was the first meteor I've ever seen!
12DEC2011 Rob Farlain Lake, Ontario, Canada 18:10 EST 4 S-N Green with clear firy tail bright and big Fragments in tail viewed to travel from observed bearing 140deg mag to 100deg mag
12DEC2011 Bob foster mentor Ohio USA 1806 eastern 4 sec S-n White/yellow Bright ? light became brighter as it came closer to ground - had to hit surface or lake Erie while still in flames
12DEC2011 Jon Kingston, Ontario,Canada 1815 EST 2 S-N green not bright, roman candle-like no smoke
12DEC2011 Mike Ottawa Canada 18:05 EST 5/10/2011 S-N dropping towards horizon Green As bright as moon/small plan light No Light went out upon nearing horizon - roughly 2 o'clock
12DEC2011 Glenn and Pam Ottawa, ON, Canada 1805h EST 3 S to N Bright white moon 2 parts falling off Did not appear to reach the ground
12DEC2011 Sean Eagan & Shelby Franchina Jamestown 18:04:00 2 seconds Directly to our North colors bright white, red ,green Sun fading to moon as it got small yes smaller pieces cascaded down as it broke up came in at very steep angle falling straight down
12DEC2011 Neil Hamilton Ontario Canada 1810hrs 5-10 seconds NW bright falling ball with a few trails of what seemed to be particles behind it same as the moon yes just caught it through my rear window of house against a dark sky while watching the news - it was bright enough that it caught my eye
12DEC2011 Dave Fairport, New York; United States 6:15 est 3-5sec S-N Red and white streak, broke into blueish/white fragments brighter than any star Yes I was outside letting my dog out and i looked up at the sky to see if i could see any stars as i am in an astronomy class. Was shocked to see this.
12DEC2011 Gaetano Stouffville, Ontario, Canada 18:03:00 2 N-E white, orangne very bright white with orange sparks no seemed larger than a usual shooting star, appeared to be lower in the sky and best described as a fireball
12DEC2011 Lee Correa Oakville 6:10p.m. 30 East sky falling to ground white ball with firework like white lights coming out of tail moon dark couldn't It disappeared before hitting ground
12DEC2011 Leslie Ithaca, NY USA 14:15:00 1-2 seconds Left to right toward the west Bluish white with red. Didn't hear it because we were in the car. Bright as the moon, at least NO It was beautiful! At first my husband thought it was a plane going down. What a gift to have seen it!
12DEC2011 jennifer kreyssig Toronto Ontario Canada 18:04:00 8 N-S none moon yes very bright, and quite close
12DEC2011 Kemeny Babineau Brantford Ontario Canada 18:05 Eastern Standard Time 3-4 sec Slanting towards the north, moving from right to left Blue and some Orange, White light as well it was as bright as a full moon seemed to be bits trailing off and burning orange burnt out above the horizon, have never seen anything like it
12DEC2011 Timothy L. Snell Painesville, OH usa 5:50:00 8 to 10 sw-ne Blue green color, came below the cloud deck Venus possibly Slow way down and head just south of the Perry Nuclear Power Plant, out over toward Madison OH
12DEC2011 Ryan London Ontario Canada 18:00 EST 2-3 seconds. hard to tell but longer and more predominant than any shooting star i've seen NE sky falling steep and fast started off bright and golden then changed to a blue/green colour Seemed as bright as a firework When it was bright and gold it was followed by a bright gold tail of sparks It was so close and lasted so long I lost it behind the houses in my neighbourhood rather than losing it in the distance
12DEC2011 mike Tillsonburg(rural area)canada 6:02pm est 2-3 seconds lost site behind barn N downward Very bright white tail trailing orange flame sun Not sure tail seemed to spark I thought for sure it landaed in the field close by when i got a view behind the barn i couldnt see anything. i was in my car with the radio on.
12DEC2011 Rob London Ontario 18:07 Est 10 secs+ Heading North East Flaming, white the green Moon yes, saw some small sparks brightest largest I have seen , bearing North east and looked like dropping fast, wouldn't be surprised if hit between London & Lucan
12DEC2011 dom Oakville Ontario Canada estern time 18:10 30 south to north white ball moon no no
12DEC2011 Stacey Sidney NY, USA Aprox 17:00 eastern 5 East, left to right bright white brighter than moon saw trail of sparks I was driving north at the time. Looked very large. Could have landed on other side of mountain in Norwich area, not sure.
12DEC2011 Dan C London Ontario Canada 6:00pm eastern 3 sec N to S fireball not to bright not sure Is this something to worry about ?
12DEC2011 Suvidha Oakville, Ontario, Canada 18:04 eastern 5-10 seconds Left to Right in north east direction Bright, silvery white ball with blue undertones as the full moon no A truly specatular sight of a dim light in the night sky gradually getting brighter and brighter into a ball of silver with blue undertones and then suddenly disappearing.
12DEC2011 Joanne Parry Sound 23:00:00 5 secs south west fire ball with comet tail/ flames like fire no looked like it landed in the neighbours yard. very close
12DEC2012 Deb Guerette Cambridge, Canada 18:00 EST 4/6/2011 North. Right to Left. Green Brighter than the moon. Yes Beautiful.
12/12/2011 Amanda Goodwood 18:15:00 5 secs South west to north east I could hear it, it sounded like sparklers travelling over my head Less then the sun No parts falling off but it was too dark out to see much other then the brightness. The coolest thing I have ever seen!! And it was low enough to hear it sizzling
12/12/2011 Sean Mahaney Carleton Place 18:04:00 4 seconds S-N Green, white red, and blue moon Yes Broke up very violently, stopped at about 2 o'clock from the horizon. Best shooting star I have seen!
12DEC2011 Dale Lamm Canton/Ohio 18:05 EST 3.5 down to northern horizon as white as a star jupiter or venus solitary point slower than a shooting star, too fast for aircraft, no tail, disappeared behind line of houses
12DEC2011 Doug Toronto, Ontario 18:04 EST 4 N-S Green Similar brightness to the moon Multiple fragments at end The brightness made me look up.
12DEC2011 Mehr Mississauga ON; Canada 18:11PM EST 5 - 10 sec NE Right to Left Bright White light moon or venus yes Amazing site
12DEC2011 Adam Buffalo, NY 18:04 est 3 SW-NE White blue sparks Sun Yes Fell almost straight down out of the sky
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