The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 18APR2012

神秘美丽的陨石蜂窝黄金发光晶体每克30英镑搜狐IT
它被称为福康陨石其内部结构是叫做橄榄石的黄金晶体矿石镶嵌在银白色镍铁蜂窝体上这个非常罕见的陨石重量相当于一辆掀背式小客车发现于2000年中国新疆的戈壁地区 ...
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April dark skies promise a bevy of "shooting stars"
Astronomy Magazine
By Richard Talcott — Published: April 17, 2012 The Lyrid meteor shower peaks under a dark sky before dawn April 22. With no Moon in the sky, observers with clear skies can expect to see up to 20 meteors per hour. Astronomy: Roen Kelly Enjoying a ...

2012 April 11 - Meteor (West view) - YouTube
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meteorites fallen in Japan 日本に落ちた隕石 YouTube
meteorites falling in Japan 日本に落ちた隕石 陨石在日本落下 النيازك التي سقطت في اليابان 일본에서 떨어지는 운석 UFO 飞碟جسم غامض unidentified flying object ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L52ZVInFS5g

UFO Fireball Gives Arizona News Team the Jitters (Video)
Gather.com
A UFO, not behaving like a meteor, streaked across the skies of Arizona, causing many to call police. And for a local news team to head out of the studio to investigate. What was it? In a sign that mainstream media is beginning to pay serious attention ...

5 Things You Need to Know Today: April 18
Patch.com
Shooting Stars: Lyrid annual meteor shower should peak this weekend, April 21 and 22, at a time when dark skies make for great viewing in the Northern Hemisphere. The Lyrid meteor shower is best viewed between midnight and dawn on the 22, experts say.

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 17APR2012

Solar system mystery `solved`
Zee News
Washington: Planetary scientists claim they may have discovered how "chondrules", tiny particles found in meteorites, formed at the beginning of the solar system, thus solving the decades-old cosmic conundrum. Chondrules are spherical particles of ...

Meteor spotted in four states - Video on msnbc.com
Video on msnbc.com: For some people, the sky lit up green and white, but others saw blue, yellow and red. NBC's Brian Williams reports.
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Video: Did you see 'amazing' meteor on Wednesday night? | Green ...
A bright green light prompted hundreds of people from Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan and Iowa to ...
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Meteor streaks across the Chicago sky, ushers in peak stargazing ...
In a few days — barring cloud cover — the night skies will present one of the more arresting ...
articles.chicagotribune.com/.../ct-met-meteor-20120413_1_lyr...

Lyrid Meteor Shower Peaks This Week
Space.com
by Mike Wall, SPACE.com Senior Writer An annual meteor shower peaks this weekend, a time when dark skies should make for great viewing opportunities in the Northern Hemisphere. The Lyridmeteor shower is expected to reach maximum intensity overnight ...

Meteor showers appears on Sunday
Viet Nam News
HA NOI - Stargazers are in for a treat this week with a meteor shower expected to be seen early Sunday morning throughout Viet Nam, said Dang Vu Tuan Son, chairman of the Viet Nam Amateur Club of Astronomy. The annual meteor shower named Lyrids is ...

Likely meteor strikes Midwest skies
WGNtv.com
During this time the National Weather Service received a number of calls about a meteor soaring across the sky. Meteorologist Tim Seeley of the National Weather Service said the Lyrids, a shower of debris from Comet Thatcher that has shown across the ...

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Texas Fireball Meteor ...
NOTICE: For the next 30 days postings and sighting reports will be delayed in posting. Sorry for the inconvenience; updates as possible. Regular posting will ...
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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 16APR2012

Meteor Activity Outlook for April 14-20, 2012 « The Transient Sky ...
By Carl Hergenrother
Meteor activity picks up a bit during April as two major showers are active during the month. The first of these, the Lyrids, are active from the 16th through the 25th, with a pronounced maximum on the 22nd. The Eta Aquariids start appearing ...
The Transient Sky - Comets, Asteroids...

Out of this world, quite literally: The beautiful and mysterious Fukang meteorite
Daily Mail Sat, 14 Apr 2012 18:04 PM PDT
When it slammed into the surface of Earth, there was little sign of the beauty that lay inside. But cutting the Fukang meteorite open yielded a breathtaking sight.

Likely meteor star strikes the skies of the Midwest ...
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Texas Fireball Meteor 15APR2012

Texas Fireball Meteor ~23:05　15APR2012
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15APR2012 Kaila Butler-Giamporcaro Sunrise Beach Village, TX 23:05:00 4 seconds S-N, facing W Whitish yellow, like a giant shooting star, could see a breakup of a 'tail' trailing behind it brighter than any star in the sky, less bright than the sun yes like a giant star was falling out of the sky and could have hit the house across the lake from us, but burned out right before it did

15APR2012 david cooper The Grove Texas, between Gatesville Tx & Temple Tx 23:15:00 1/2 Second SW Left to Right Green About like a road flare Just a Greeen Tail My first thought was an aerial flare at Ft Hood, however altitude was too great and movement too fast to be a flare, beautiful! Have never seen a meterorite that color or intensity!

15APR2012 Luke Berthot Belton, TX 2300 Maybe 3-4 seconds I was facing West, it came down at approx 30 degree angle from straight down in the West/Southwest sky, coming from the SW direction toward W. Green/Yellow, very fast moving, looked like it flashed and possibly broke up while still in the air and then I didn't see any more fireball Very bright in the night sky, I would say brighter than the moon but not as bright as the sun. Yes, looked solid for a couple of seconds, then a flash and looked like it broke up. It looked very close to where I was, I was driving West on Highway 190 towards Killeen and it looked like it would have impacted to the South of 190, somewhere between Belton and Killeen.

15APR2012 Steven Austin, TX, USA 23:05:00 5 sec Facing west, meteor drooping sky azimuth toward West Green core with NICE sparking trail bright (green) star yes, many sparking burning pieces on the tail fast moving, intense burn, burn faded 20 degrees above horizon

For ALL of the sighting reports: 
http://thelatestworldwidemeteorreports.blogspot.jp/ 


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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 15APR2012

Meteor showers to light up desert sky
The Desert Sun
Any dark, starry night is a special stargazing adventure, but on April 21 you may be privy to a spectacular meteor shower when “Lyrids” decorates the dark sky under a new moon. Point your car east through the lush date palm and citrus groves of the ...

Staying Alive BBC Space 2of6 سقوط نيزك على الأرض Asteroid Impact ...
Staying Alive BBC Space 2of6 سقوط نيزك على الأرض Asteroid Impact Earth. Staying Alive BBC Space 2of6 سقوط نيزك على الأرض Asteroid Impact Earth ...
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The beautiful and mysterious Fukang pallasite meteorite
Daily Mail
But cutting the Fukang meteorite open yielded a breathtaking sight. Within the rock, translucent golden crystals of a mineral called olivine gleamed among a silvery honeycomb of nickel-iron. The rare meteorite weighed about the same as a hatchback when ...

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5th International Meeting of Astronomy and Astronautics - Brazil April 19-21, 2012

  The 5th International Meeting of Astronomy and Astronautics will be held in Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, on April 19-21, 2012.
   The Louis Cruls Astronomy Club of Brazil has yet again taken the initiative of organizing the 5th International Meeting of Astronomy and Astronautics and this time it's going to be an amazing set of interesting events, packed with this rendezvous. According to the latest news from Brazil, a special opening event will take place on April 19, at 9:00h, at the the Trianon Theater located in Campos dos Goytacazes. Further the meeting will include exhibitions, Digital Mobile Planetarium sessions, astronomy clubs exhibits, International Competitions, Star Party and many more.This sounds really interesting and I guess anyone wouldn't mind gathering such a variety of experiences in one of the most beautiful cities in the world together with both local and international astronomy folk.

All the presentations, workshops and exhibits will be held in IFF (Instituto Federal Fluminense -http://www.iff.edu.br) on April 20 and 21 in the same city. It is reported that the program "Um Passeio pelo Céu"(http://www.tvlitoral.com.br) will make a complete coverage of the event, which sounds great because you can have access to the happenings of event, even if you do end up missing the chance of taking part, in the worst case scenario.

There have been free registrations until the 07th of April 2012 and am not sure about the availability of that any longer. But you can obtain more information at http://meeting.passeiopeloceu.org/index-meeting5.html
Additionally you can visit Louis Cruls Astronomy Club blog: http://calc.zip.net The event is being organized by Louis Cruls Astronomy Club and have the support of Instituto Fedreal Fluminense , Astronomers Without Borders, UNAWE, UNESCO office in Brazil, Diário da Rússia   http://www.diariodarussia.com.br ,the program StarPeace and Global Teacher Training Program .
The UNAWE program in Brazil from December 2010 has the support ofthe UNESCO office in Brazil.

The president of the organizing committee of the 5th International Meeting of Astronomy and Astronautics is Dr. Marcelo de Oliveira Souza .
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April 19th - Dia 19 de abril
9:00h – Opening Ceremony - Abertura

10:00h - My astrophotography work in "The World At Night" – Meu trabalho de Astrofotografia no “The World at Night” - Tamas Ladanyi (TWAN project)

11:00h - “Astrophotography in Brazil, the victory of passion” - “Astrofotografia no Brasil, a vitória da paixão” - José Carlos Diniz (NGC 51 and CANF)

14:00h - “Living the Idea“ – “Vivendo a ideia” - Johannes Stübler (AWB – Austria)

15:00h - “Living in the desert and the E-ELT, ESO's newest challenge” – “Vivendo no deserto e o E-ELT, o mais novo desafio do ESO” - Dimitri Gadotti (ESO)

16:00h – Coffee Break - Intervalo

16:15h – “Jorge Marcgrave in Dutch Brazil: his founder role in Astronomy of Brazil and of the New World” - "Jorge Marcgrave no Brasil holandês: seu papel fundador na astronomia do Brasil e do Novo Mundo" - Oscar Matsuura (IAG/USP retired researcher, associate researcher of MAST/MCT and HCTE/UFRJ)

19:00h – Sky Observation and Cultural Activities

April 20th - 20 de abril
9:30h – “Mars Direct: Humans to the Red Planet within a Decade” – “Direto para Marte: Seres Humanos em Marte dentro de uma década” -UmaHu Robert Zubrin (Mars Society)

10:30h – Report of the First Brazilian Crew in Mars Desert Research Station – Relato da Primeira Tripulação Brasileira na Estação de Pesquisa no Deserto sobre Marte

10:45h – “Meteor/Meteorite Soup” – “Sopa de Meteoro/Meteorito” - Dirk Ross (Yamaguchi University and AWB)

12:00h – Lunch - Almoço

14:00h – “Sun – Past, Present and Future” – “Sol – Passado, Presente e Futuro” - Eugênio Reis Neto (MAST/MCTI)

15:00h – “Variabel Stars Project during CUREA programa at Mount Wilson Observatory” - Projeto Estrelas Variáveis durante o programa CUREA do Observatório Monte Wilson – Jônatas Chagas Ramos (CALC/IFF)

15:00h – “Teacher’s MEC Portal exemplified by the site “Astronomy, Astronautics and Space Science at the School” - Portal do Professor do MEC exemplificado pelo site temático “Astronomia, Astronáutica e Ciências Espaciais na Escola” - Norma Reis (MEC)

16:00h – Coffee Break - Intervalo

16:15h - Workshops*

19:00h – Sky Observation and Cultural Activities

April 21th - Dia 21 de Abril
9:00h - Apresentação de Trabalhos

10:30h – “Russia in Space - Vision and Challenges” – “A Rússia no espaço – Visão e Desafios” - Gennady Saenko (ROSCOSMOS)

11:15h – “The Popularization of Astronomy in non-formal Education Spaces” - A divulgação da Astronomia em Espaços não Formais de Educação – Douglas Falcão (MAST/MCTI)

14:00h – “Educational experiences in Uruguay (formal and non-formal)” - Experiencias educativas en Uruguay (formal y de divulgacion) - Andrea Sanchez-Saldias (Departamento de Astronomia-Facultad de Ciencias – Universidad de La Republica – Uruguay)

15:00h – “New trends in Rocket Technologies” - “As Novas Tendências em Tecnologias de Foguetes” – Oswaldo Loureda (ACRUX)

16:00h – Coffee Break - Intervalo

16:15h – “Outreach of astronomy in Sri Lanka” – “Atividades de popularização da Astronomia no Sri Lanka” - Jasinghege Don Prasanna Deshapriya (Astronomical Society of University of Colombo)

16:45h – “End of World in 2012” – “O fim do Mundo em 2012” – Marcelo de Oliveira Souza (UENF and CALC/IFF)

17:15h – Closure - Encerramento

Encerramento

*The title of the workshops:

Meteors, Meteorites and Fireballs – Meteoros, Meteoritos e Fireballs-
Dirk Ross

Practical advice for astronomical landscape imaging - Conselhos práticos para imagens paisagem astronômico

Is it possible to inhabit other planets outside our solar system? - Es posible habitar otros planetas fuera del Sistema Solar?

“Workshop about the Sun” - “Oficina sobre o Sol” - Eugênio Reis

Projeto Construção e Lançamento de Foguete a Água – Oswaldo Loureda

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Staying Alive BBC Space 2of6 سقوط نيزك على الأرض Asteroid Impact Earth

Staying Alive BBC Space 2of6  سقوط نيزك على الأرض Asteroid Impact Earth

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 14APR2012

Bantam Lake UFO story prompts a push for state officials
Foothills Media Group
And the only rational explanation put forward so far speculates that the object was a meteorite that fell as part of meteor showers documented by the National Weather Service. According to a report posted by The Associated Press, authorities said they ...

Basketball-size meteor lights up northern sky
STLtoday.com
CHICAGO • Dan Joyce was headed west with a buddy and a big telescope, hoping to take advantage of the "beautiful night" when a slash of brilliant green shot across the evening horizon. "This thing just split the sky," said Joyce, an astronomer at ...

Star-crossed encounter with the night sky
Highland Park News
Turns out the green streak of light I saw was a shooting star, a meteor crossing the night sky. And, according to the witnesses who also saw it, it was a real humdinger. Brightest one he ever saw, some night sky stalker told the press.

B-N residents spot likely meteor Wednesday night
WJBC News
(Photo By NASA/Getty Images) BLOOMINGTON – A few Central Illinois residents were among dozens of amateur astronomers that reported seeing a large meteor over Illinois skies Wednesday night. According to reports on the website ...

Smoking Gun Research Agency in Connecticut Is Tracking Bantam Lake "UFO" Story ...
Litchfield County Times
"Although we are based in Orange, our field work covers all of Connecticut, and though we presently agree with the opinion that it was likely a meteor, it is never-the-less interesting and worth investigating," the message said.

Wethersfield, Connecticut's Meteorite Magnet
Hartford Courant Fri, 13 Apr 2012 09:25 AM PDT
Few residents these days remember the time when space invaders landed in Wethersfield.

Hundreds report seeing bright fireball in the sky
Elgin Courier News
Skywatchers across the Chicago area reported seeing a streaking fireball in Wednesday night's sky so intense that some thought they had witnessed a fiery plane crash on the city's southeast side. Reports of the fireball began coming in about 8:25 pm, ...

Meteor spotted in 4 states | MNN - Mother Nature Network
People witnessed the meteor in Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan and Iowa.
www.mnn.com/earth-matters/space/.../meteor-spotted-in-4-stat...

NASA: Meteor was size of basketball doing about 36000 mph
SouthtownStar
What isn't so common is when a fireball drops meteorites, Cooke said. That on average happens about once in a person's lifetime, and the last time a meteorite fell in the Chicago area was March 2003, when fragments fell in Park Forest.

Green flash of a meteor slices Midwestern skies
Columbus Dispatch
He was on Rt. 30 near DeKalb, Ill., when the meteor streaked ahead of him about 8:15 pm CDT. “Oh, my God, this thing lit up the sky real good,” Joyce said. “It went below Venus. I think it was six times brighter. It was an intense green.

Video: Did you see 'amazing' meteor on Wednesday night?
Green Bay Press Gazette
A camera on the roof of the Atmospheric, Oceanic & Space Sciences Building at the University of Wisconsin in Madison captured this video of a meteor on Wednesday night. The camera faces west. Watch the left side of the screen.

Meteor over Madison caught on camera
WXOW.com
One belongs to the All Sky Camera Network in Mineral Point and the other to the UW-Madison SSEC/AOS. A NASA scientist says the meteor was about the size of a basketball when it hit the atmosphere and it was traveling between 10 and 15 miles per second.

Meteor Startles Astronomers
French Tribune
It has been unveiled by a new report that Dan Joyce, an astronomer at Triton College, along with a buddy has seen a green coloured meteor across the evening horizon, while watching the beautiful night on Wednesday. According to the report's say, ...

Anybody see this meteor last night?
Dubuque Telegraph Herald
Dozens of stargazers in Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan reported seeing a meteor about 8:20 pm One witness said the fireball was moving faster than a plane and the fire appeared to get brighter as it traveled. The people who spotted the meteor ...

April's meteor shower brings spring constellations 0
Paris Star
The Lyrids meteor shower peaks April 21. The best time to see the shower is after midnight in the east from a dark location. You could see up to 20 meteors per hour. Some are also visible April 16-25. At the same time, spring constellations have also ...

Fireball in broad daylight? April 2 Texas sighting confirmed; Meteor seen in ...
Washington Post (blog)
By Steve Tracton Nighttime fireball observed over the city of Groningen in 2009 ( NASA ) Early last week (April 2), thousands of people in and around San Antonio, Texas reported seeing what one eyewitness described as a piece of the sun falling from ...

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: The Latest Worldwide ...
By Lunar Meteorite * Hunter
And the only rational explanation put forward so far speculates that the object was a meteorite that fell as part of meteor showers documented by the National Weather Service. According to a report posted by The Associated Press, authorities ...

Meteor sightings reported in Iowa and Illinois | WQAD ...
People in Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin and Michigan reported seeing a meteorfireball in the sky ...
wqad.com

Meteor streaks across the Chicago sky, ushers in ...
In a few days — barring cloud cover — the night skies will present one of the more arresting ...
articles.chicagotribune.com

UFO mystery: Latest sighting in Siberia
RT
The object could either be a part of a large meteorite, or satellite wreckage. Speculations that it could be a piece of the failed, recently launched North Korean carrier rocket have been dismissed. Neither could it be a piece of any other aircraft as...

Unknown Siberia Event Occurred, Bolide or ??? 06APR2012

Unknown Siberia Event Occurred, Bolide or ??? 06APR2012

An image from Russia's "Vesti" Channel via RT News
NOTE: The photo HAS NOT been verified; I suspect that the photo is unrelated. Photo appears to be of a fuel dump from a rocket.-LunarMeteorite*Hunter

An unidentified glowing object is said to have crashed down from the skies in Russia’s Siberia, causing a powerful explosion. A search for the mysterious item is underway amid speculations of what on Earth it could be.
Witnesses describe seeing a bright glow covering the sky, followed by a shining object falling with a strange clanging sound and disappearing in the distance with a blast.
The unidentified object supposedly fell in the taiga forest of the Irkutsk region, 15 kilometers from the nearest village of Vitim, on Friday night. (more)
http://rt.com/news/siberia-ufo-fall-meteorite-958/

Vesti.RU story(Russian):

http://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=769132 


Another large event in the same area Wikipedia entry:
Vitim Event 25SEP2002
The Vitim event or Bodaybo event is believed to be an impact by a bolide or comet nucleus in the Vitim River basin. It occurred near the town of Bodaybo in the Mamsko-Chuisky district of Irkutsk Oblast, Siberia, Russia on September 25, 2002 at approximately 10:00 p.m. (local time). The event was also detected by a US military missile-defense satellite.
Some attempts were made to define the magnitude of the explosion. U.S. military analysts calculated it was between 0.2–0.5 kilotons, while Russian physicist Andrey Olkhovatov estimates it at 4–5 kilotons.
Information about the event appeared in the mass media and among scientists after only a week. Initially no one was able to understand the magnitude of the explosion. A small expedition, sent by the Institute of Sun–Earth Physics (Irkutsk), tried to find a meteorite within about 10 km from Bodaybo town (people told them– "it has fallen beyond the nearest mountain!").
Some people suggest that this phenomenon is similar to the Tunguska event of 1908.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitim_event

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 13APR2012

Lyrid meteor shower to light up April skies - Technology & science ...
Skywatchers are in for a treat in late April: An annual meteor shower will peak when the moon's absence leaves the night sky dark and great for viewing.
www.msnbc.msn.com/.../lyrid-meteor-shower-light-dark-april-...

Reports Abound of Meteor in Night Sky | NBC Chicago
Enthusiast websites light up about something bright, green streaking across the Midwest shortly after 8 p.m. Wednesday.
www.nbcchicago.com/weather/.../illinois-meteor-147103475.h...

ANGEO - Abstract - A meteor head echo analysis algorithm for the ...
A meteor head echo analysis algorithm for the lower VHF band ... We have developed an automated analysis scheme for meteor head echo observations by the ...
www.ann-geophys.net/30/639/2012/

Meteor Photo - Chicago Weather Center
Mike Frankowski of St. Charles tells us, Sometimes you just get lucky!! Last evening while I was out doing a photography project in St Charles, a meteor streaked ...(Photo of Chicago event 12APR2012)
blog.chicagoweathercenter.com/2012/04/meteor-photo.html


Meteor dazzles stargazersThis thing just split the sky Chicago Tribune
Dan Joyce was headed west with a buddy and a big telescope, hoping to take advantage of the "beautiful night" when a slash of brilliant green shot across ...
articles.chicagotribune.com/.../chi-meteor-or-not-20120411_1...

Meteor streaks across the Chicago sky, ushers in ...
A very bright meteor streaked across the Chicago sky Wednesday night, ushering in peak ...
chicagotribune.com


Likely Meteor Lit Up Midwestern Skies, Caused ...
Chicago - A lot of people reported seeing a bright light in the skies Wednesday night. It was likely ...
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Update: Texas Fireball was Real After All, NASA Says | Texas ...
A bright object that streaked across the daytime sky in Texas was actually a meteor, not a jet contrail.
www.lifeslittlemysteries.com/2341-daytime-fireball-texas-real...

The Green Fireball Phenomenon
The green fireball phenomenon came to prevalence in the late 1940s, and no one in the scientific world knew what to make of it. The fireballs would shoot ...
www.environmentalgraffiti.com/news-green-fireball-phenome...

Did you see the meteor Wednesday?
Capital Times
It was a meteor, said Mark Hammergren, an astronomer at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago and director of the Astro-Science Workshop. "People see a fireball in the sky and think the worst," he said Thursday. "I caught it out of my left eye," said Mount ...

Wisconsin Meteor
WGBA-TV
An observatory at UW-Madison caught the meteor on long-range video. It was only visible for about 12 seconds but it left an impression on those who saw it. They described it as a yellow and red ball that sparkled like a firecracker.

'Amazing' meteor dazzles stargazers across Midwest
The Republic
It's probably safe to say interest in the Lyrids — and in the upcoming prime stargazing season — is building after the meteor burned brighter and longer than most others. “That would be a big plus,” said Dan Joyce, an astronomer at Triton College in ...

Sky Watch: Lyrid meteor showers
Newsday
Click here Print Aa Sky Watch: Lyrid meteor showers Published: April 12, 2012 9:42 PM By DENNIS MAMMANA. Creators Syndicate With springtime well under way, stargazers are beginning to retreat from the blinding lights of large cities to enjoy the sky in ...

Likely Meteor Lit Up Midwestern Skies, Caused Hundreds to Call National ...
MyFox Chicago
It was likely a meteor and witnesses said it was the brightest they'd ever seen. The National Weather Service in Romeoville received calls about a streak of light across the sky. Whatever it was, people reported it was bright and glittery, ...

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Breaking Meteor News ...
By Lunar Meteorite * Hunter
meteor spotted above Madison, WI on evening of April 11, 2012. Meteor enters picture at about 20:21:24. AOSS West Rooftop Camera Videos provided courtesy of SSEC and the AOS Department, UW-Madison More info and real-time videos: ...
Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News

Hundreds report seeing fireball in the sky
The Courier News Thu, 12 Apr 2012 10:56 AM PDT
Skywatchers across the Chicago area reported seeing a streaking fireball in Wednesday nightâs sky so intense that some thought they had witnessed a fiery plane crash on the cityâs southeast side.Reports of the fireball began coming in about 8:25 p.m., according to a meteor andmeteorite sighting blog, lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com, with more than 100 people from Illinois, Wisconsin ...

'Intense' meteor dazzles stargazers across Midwest
The Republic
Bill Cooke, head of NASA's Meteorite Environment Office, said the agency is working to find video of the “fireball” on a network of skyward-facing cameras to determine the trajectory of the object, which will allow him to figure the orbit from which it ...

Meteor spotted in four states
msnbc.com
lights in the skies last night over at least four states. a lot of people witnessed the same meteor. there it is, across parts of illinois, wisconsin, michigan, and iowa. most people saw a green tint with a white tail, but due to atmospherics, ...

Meteor dazzles stargazers: 'This thing just split the sky'
WSBT-TV
He was on Route 30 near DeKalb when the meteor streaked ahead of him around 8:15 pm "Oh my God, this thing lit up the sky real good," Joyce said. "It went below Venus. I think it was six times brighter. It was an intense green color.

NASA: Meteor was size of basketball doing about 36000 mph
WLS
CHICAGO (WLS) - The meteor that blazed across the sky in the Chicago area Wednesday night was probably about the size of a basketball and moving about 36000 mph, according to a NASA scientist who said they are not all that uncommon.

Daylight Texas fireball was real
Examiner.com
Last week, witnesses in Texas reported seeing a meteor so bright that it was easily visible in broad daylight. Some witnesses said tat the object was so bright tat it “looked like a piece of the Sun.” Unfortunately, local news reporters ran footage of ...

Texans were amazed by flaming meteor as it streaked across the sky...but ...
Daily Mail
Local news stations reported that the golden flying object was an especially brightmeteor and Bill Cooke, head of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office, confirmed that the incredible video footage was a fireball. But now the footage has been revealed by ...

Meteor Spotted Over Wisconsin Wednesday Night
WISN Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE -- Residents in Wisconsin, Illinois and Michigan reported seeing a meteor streak across the sky Wednesday night. Several blog posts on the Internet describe seeing it in a south-southeastern sky between Venus and the moon.

2012 April 11 - Meteor (West view)
YouTube
Meteor spotted above Madison, WI on evening of April 11, 2012. Meteor enters picture at about 20:21:24. AOSS West Rooftop Camera Videos provided courtesy of SSEC and the AOS Department, UW-Madison More info and real-time videos: ...

Lyrids meteor shower to be visible in Vietnam
Thanh Nien Daily
The Lyrids meteor shower can be observed in Vietnam from April 15 to 26, VnExpress quoted an astronomer as saying on Wednesday. It will peak on April 21 with some 20 meteors every hour until the next morning, Nguyen Duc Phuong of the Vietnam ...

Mystery Fireball in Texas? NASA Scientists Revise Opinion- It Wasn'ta Jet!
The Inquisitr
NASA has weighed in on the mystery fireball in Texas that made an appearance on April 4th, with one of their scientists saying that the strange object in the sky “originally believed to be a meteor burning up as it entered Earth's atmosphere, ...

Meteor shot across the sky at 20000kph - Story - National - 3 News
Experts believe the flaming ball that lit up the night skies from Wellington to Christchurch tonight was a meteor.
www.3news.co.nz/Meteor-shot-across-the.../Default.aspx

Yes, that fireball you saw last night was a meteor
Chicago Daily Herald
By Lee Filas That large, green fireball in the sky that was reported Wednesday evening is a confirmed meteor, according to lunarmeteoritehunters.com. Meteor trackers from the Chicagoland suburbs who saw the space rock said it was an extremely bright ...

Scientist searches for elusive meteorites
East Oregonian
A meteor explosion rocked northeast Oregon skies on the morning of Feb. 19, 2008, and Richard Pugh couldn't have been more delighted. Pugh, a field scientist from Portland State University's Cascadia Meteorite Laboratory, has spent a fair amount of ...

NJ, MD, PA, DE, VA Meteor 12APR2012

NJ, MD, PA, DE, VA Meteor ~20:15 EDT 12APR2012
  A meteor was seen over NJ, MD, PA, DE, VA at ~20:15 EDT.  Over 30 sighting reports were received.

For the sighting reports: 
http://thelatestworldwidemeteorreports.blogspot.jp/
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2012 THE Year of Meteors!

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 12APR2012

NASA Scientist Explains Meteoric Fireball: “…It Does Appear to Be a ...
A daytime fireball that streaked across Texas skies on April 4th is being described by a NASA scientist as a 'contrail'; despite the incredible speed of the object ...
theintelhub.com/.../nasa-scientist-explains-meteoric-fireball-it-...

Many reports of meteor shower over Milwaukee area
Newsradio 620
By Michelle Richards MILWAUKEE - There are multiple reports Thursday of a meteor in the sky over southeast Wisconsin. The National Weather Service in Milwaukee says they've gotten phone calls and Facebook posts about a bright meteor that streaked ...

Hundreds report seeing fireball in the sky
Chicago Sun-Times
Reports of the fireball starting coming in about 8:25 pm, according to a meteor and meteorite sighting blog, lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com, with over 100 people from Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan and Iowa reporting the light show.

Mysterious fireball reported over Chicago
ABC7Chicago.com
A meteor and meteorite sighting blog called Lunar Meteorite Hunters says more than 100 people from Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan and Iowa reported the light show. Descriptions ranged from "a blue-green fireball" to a "yellow fireball with a red center.

Vietnam to see meteor shower
VietNamNet Bridge
VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese people will have a chance to see the Lyrids meteor shower, the most outstanding astronomic phenomenon in the early months of 2012. Mr. Nguyen Duc Phuong, from the Vietnam Astronomy and Space Association, says that the ...

Texas Fireball Video Not a Meteor; It's a Contrail
Discovery News
They are slow moving and may create a dazzling fireball display. Although there have been numerous sightings on April 2 in Texas, this particular example is not a meteor. In fact, it's not from space at all. It's a contrail highlighted by the orange ...

Reports Abound of Meteor in Night Sky
NBC Chicago
Similar reports have poured into enthusiast websites like Lunar Meteorite Hunters and The Latest Worldwide Meteor with sightings reported as far west as Des Moines and as far east as eastern Ohio.

Daytime Fireball In Texas (Video)
Long Island Press
By Jessica Sinclair on April 11th, 2012 For those who aren't meteor savvy, it's spring fireball season, though scientists don't know why exactly there are more meteors in the spring season. Folks in Texas were treated to quite the sky show early April ...

Meteor or not?
Chicago Tribune
The National Weather Service office in Romeoville received calls about the meteor streaking across the sky, and while they could confirm that the night sky was exceptionally cool, clear and free of particulate matter, they staff could not attest to an ...

Stargazers Spot Meteor Streaking Across Chicago Area Skies
CBS Local
CHICAGO (CBS) – Several people in the Chicago area spotted a meteor streaking across the sky Wednesday night. Eyewitness David Braun told WBBM Newsradio he was in west suburban Cary, near US Route 14 and the Metra station when he spotted it.

Texas Fireball was Real After All, NASA Says
Space.com
A large meteor really did streak across the noon sky in Texas on April 2, bright enough to be visible during the day as it burned up while screaming through Earth's atmosphere. Thousands of people in and around San Antonio reported seeing the great ...

Mystery Fireball in Texas Actually a Jet Contrail, NASA Scientist Says
A bright object that streaked across the daytime sky in Texas was actually a jet contrail, a NASA meteor expert confirms.
www.lifeslittlemysteries.com/2339-mystery-fireball-texas-jet-c...

Breaking Meteor News- MBIQ Detects Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa Green Meteor Fireball 11APR2012

MBIQ Detects Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa ~8:25 pm Central Green Meteor Fireball 11APR2012
Meteor Bot Internet Query Bot has detected a large green Meteor Fireball that just occurred tonight over Illinois, Wisconsin, and Michigan.  More details as we receive sighting reports from our readers; thank you. OVER 200 Reports (see link below)!
Thank you ALL!

 Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa 
Green Meteor Fireball  ~8:25 pm CDT 11APR2012 (first 25 reports)   
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(c) 2012 LunarMeteorite*Hunter / Google

Mineral Point, Wisconsin  Sandia Sentinal Fireball Network capture of the 11APR2012  Meteor Fireball

Published on 11 Apr 2012 by AOSSRooftopCameras 311 views
meteor spotted above Madison, WI on evening of April 11, 2012. Meteor enters picture at about 20:21:24. AOSS West Rooftop Camera Videos provided courtesy of SSEC and the AOS Department, UW-Madison More info and real-time videos: http://metobs.ssec.wisc.edu/aoss/cameras/


Please check your security camera videos for a capture; anyone with a photo or art work of the event please email me; drtanuki@gmail.com
We need your sighting reports to confirm this event; please submit a sighting report.  Thank you!
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Initial Sighting Reports from Readers:
11APR2012 Sheeri Grafton, WI USA +/- 20:30 cst 5-10 seconds West, left to right no sound in car (radio on) yellow w/red middle, white-ish green tail between venus and moon brightness ?? glittering sparkly tail like a 4th of july sparler i have seen msny shooting stars but NOTHING like this. It was incredible!

11APR2012 Peter Kendall glencoe, illinpis, usa 20:20 p.m. 5 seconds left to right, i was facing east. Fireball passed thru orion blue-green, white brighter than venus yes no

11APR2012 John North Chicago 8:25:00 12sec nw green/blue very bright unknow It only lasted about 12sec but it was a sight to see truly amazing
11APR2012 Luke Wisconsin 2031 central time 10 seconds sw to se green trail, brilliant long burning tail- pop at the end moon at least- lit up the sky like a plane landing yes on the tail na

11APR2012 Tom Cedar Rapids, Iowa USA 2025 8 seconds North White Ball with long yellow & Red tail Same as moon None None
11APRIL2012 IndianaJohn Westville Indiana USA USA CST 8:25 pm 2 sec. N-W  I am facing W Emrald green Much brighter than Venus no Faint or little trail

11APR2012 Marty H Westfield, WI, USA 2020 US Central time 3 seconds S to SW orange to blue to white about 3x Venus no none
11APR2012 Randy s Crystal lake, Illinois USA 8:20 central 3 seconds S-N White Brighter than venus No Brightest i have ever seen

11APR2012 Kenny ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, il 20:20 CDT 2-3 sec sse - nnw left to right facing west white/no sound very bright like fireworks 2 fragments close together none

11APR2012 Ileen Northbrook, IL 20:35:00 5 seconds South to North Red and white 10X brighter than venus No Short tail

11APR2012 Marci Northbrook, IL USA 20:23:00 5-8 seconds Left to right facing North red/orange looked like a fire ball ball-like thought I was seeing things, so I blinked quickly and it was still falling. I stood by the window to see if I could hear anything. But it just disappeared out of eye sight.

Over 200 Reports!

For ALL of the meteor sighting reports see:

http://thelatestworldwidemeteorreports.blogspot.com/ 

Thank you for your reports!

News media covering this story and mentioning           The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News:

Reports Abound of Meteor in Night Sky
NBC Chicago CH5
Similar reports have poured into enthusiast websites like Lunar Meteorite Hunters and The Latest Worldwide Meteor with sightings reported as far west as Des Moines and as far east as eastern Ohio.

Meteor or not?
Chicago Tribune
The National Weather Service office in Romeoville received calls about the meteor streaking across the sky, and while they could confirm that the night sky was exceptionally cool, clear and free of particulate matter, they staff could not attest to an ...

Yes, that fireball you saw last night was a meteor
Chicago Daily Herald
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20120412/news/704129864/

Meteor sightings reported in Iowa and IllinoisWQAD TV8 Quad Cities
http://wqad.com/2012/04/12/meteor-sighting-reported-in-iowa-and-illinois/

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MBIQ Data Set:
Evanston, Illinois arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for shooting star april 11 2012.
10:23:18 -- 8 minutes ago

Wheaton, Illinois arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for shooting star sighting.
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United States arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for shooting star aurora illinois april 11.
10:25:42 -- 6 minutes ago

Hartford, Wisconsin arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for 2012 falling green flare april 11.
10:26:16 -- 6 minutes ago

Naperville, Illinois arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for large fireball sky.
10:28:57 -- 3 minutes ago

Kalamazoo, Michigan arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for meteor 4/11/12.
10:29:39 -- 3 minutes ago

Oswego, Illinois arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Illinois / Wisconsin Lime Green Meteor Fireball 13NOV2011" by searching for bright green shooting star.
10:29:39 -- 3 minutes ago

La Farge, Wisconsin arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for huge shooting star in wisconsin april 11 2012.
10:29:51 -- 3 minutes ago

Garden City, Michigan arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for april 11 2012 shooting star.
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Hampshire, Illinois arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Ontario, Canada / Mid West US Green Bolide Fireball Meteor Multiple Events? 9APR/10April2011" by searching for comet shooting star near burlington 4/11/11.
10:31:57 -- 2 minutes ago

2012 THE Year of Meteors!