UK Bolide Meteor Fireball ~21:03 GMT 30JAN2013
Meteor or Space Debris seen night sky near Birmingham Airport 30JAN13
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Initial Sighting Reports:
30JAN2013
ROBIN MAITLAND
LUDLOW/ ENGLAND
21.06 PM
2 SECONDS
E-W I WAS FACING NORTH
LARGE GREEN FIREBALL
INTENSE LIKE FIREWORK
NO
FADED OUT BEFORE GOING BELOW HORIZON
30JAN2013
JUDY THOMAS
Gateshead, Tyne & Wear. UK
21:02 GMT
5 Seconds
NORTH
BRIGHT WHITE
Really bright - like Venus?
Looked like a ball/compact
Very dramatic
30JAN2013
Melanie Lockwood
Easington,Co Durham England
21.01
5sec
east right to left facing north
Blue
moon
didnt see
looked very close to ground then just disintergrated
30JAN2013
Pamela
PITLOCHRY, PERTHSHIRE, UK
21.04
7 sec
N-S
Greeny - blue
Brighter than Venus
No
Covered short distance and then just disappeared.
30JAN2013
Richard Howard
Sheffield, UK
21:00 GMT
5-6 secs
Start between Mizar and Alkaid in URSA MAJOR travelling towards Deneb [5 Cyg] N-E to N I was facing North
Greenish White
V bright white hot
split into 2-3 fragments
turned dull orange and dissapeared close to the horizon
30JAN2013
mark gittings
Tamworth england UK
21. 15 ish
3-4 sec
e-w
blue green
moon
yes
really BIG !!!
30JAN2013
john ross
wellingborough, england
21.15
3 sec
E-W, facing north
bright green
sun
no
started high falling to horizon
30JAN2013
Neil Ryan
Carlton (SELBY), Yorkshire, England
21:20 GMT
1 Second
E-W Facing North
Bright Green
Moon
No
None
30JAN2013
kurt whjte
nottingham england uk
GMT approx 21.15
2_ 3 seconds
north
bright green
brighter
no
awesome
30JAN2013
Steve Taylor
Hull 54N 0E
21:15 GMT
5
NE-NW
Bright Green
Venus
Sparks in tail
Like Green Firework Rocket
30JAN2013
Ewen Kirk
Humbie, East Lothian, Scotland
Around 21:00 GMT
6-7 seconds
SE - NW
Lit up whole sky with a green glow from behind me, turned and saw blue/green meteor fly overhead. About 2-3 minutes later heard what sounded like an explosion/sonic boom...
Very bright, a little brighter than the moon
Yes, saw small piece fall from tail
Have noticed other people mentioning this on twitter as far as Highlands and Essex...
30JAN2013
Duncan
edinburgh
21.15 gmt
10
facing east traveling east to west
white/blue
moon
no
round shape, no tail
30JAN2013
hannah
HEMSWORTH, NR PONTFRACT, UK
21:03GMT
5 SEC
NW
GREEN BALL WITH LONG TRAIL OFF YELLOWY ORANGE WITH SPARKLES, WAS SAT IN SAT SO HEARD NOTHING
GREEN BIT WAS BRIGHT
LITTLE SPARKLES OF ENDF
I WAS AT WF9 4NW . AMAZING SITE
30JAN2013
Glenn Quickfall
Skegness Lincolnshire
21:01:00
Few seconds
SW
Orange/white
Bright as the moon.
Couldn't tell
Just sat watching TV and it caught my eye, was quite large
30JAN2013
Anna
BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND
21:03:00
7 or 8 seconds
I was facing between 20-30 degrees NE. Meteor was seen travelling diagonally and steadily from NE to SW heading towards ground
Incredibly bright green orb (size of a pea in sight) with slight glowing white tail.
Bright as the moon at least
Did not see signs of fragmentation
I was driving at the time unfortunately and could not capture an image
30JAN2013
Mark Hutchinson
sheffield UK
21.3
2
East to West
White, Green
moon very bright
a little trace
non
30JAN2013
Tom Paturet
OlM Luxembourg Europe
+-22:35
+-6
from north to south
no special color
like a sylvester rocket when it's flying
i could see small burning particules falling off
no other comments
30JAN2013
jamie thorpe
Darlington, county durham, united kingdom
2103 hrs GMT
3 - 4 seconds
nne-nnw dropping at approximately 20°
bright fireball (venus brightness) with trail
venus
no
none
30JAN2013
M Edwards
BELTON, NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE
21:00GMT
Visible for a few maybe 3-5 seconds dropping rapidly
NE TO SW
Orange ball with large trail of orange sparks. Looked up and saw it falling rapidly no sound.
Flame orange
spark trail quite large
too quick to get phone out let alone take pic. Dropping rapidly. Was hard to tell if small and close or large and far away! Dropping probably at 25 degrees off vertical
30JAN2013
A Wallace
Cheadle, UK
09:02 GMT
5 sec
NW of sky travelling SE to NW
Bright green, no sound
Was brighter than Venus
No
Behind a thin veil of high cloud appeared as a small bright disc
30JAN2013
Mark Paice
Nr Steppingley, Bedfordshire, ENGLAND
21:10est GMT
2-3 Seconds
Travelling S-N, E of M1 Motorway
Green fireball
Brighter than the full moon
Yes
Appearance of a giant green firework falling and moving North rapidly
30JAN2013
Graham Hall
Leeds,West Yorkshire,England
20:59 GMT
Approx 4 Seconds
Facing East - Meteor Entered East then burned up to the North (maybe N-N-W).
Bright white in the main. Some greenish/yellow when burning out
Brightest object in sky for 2 seconds. Thought it was a very near aircraft at first. Certainly much brighter than Jupiter which was clearly visible.
In last 1/2 second fanned out into fragments
I regularly go away from city centre to observe meteor showers. This was the brightest I've ever witnessed.
30JAN2013
RACHEL
5 miles South of BOROUGHBRIDGENORTH YORKSHIRE, UK
21.00 GMT
6 s
NNE-NNW, looking North. Crossed sky (view impaired by buildings) at an angle of approx 20 degrees from the horizontal.
GREEN, no sound
half moon brightness
No fragmentation, short tail green/yellow
Largest meteor/burning space debris I have seen
30/01/13
William Hayter
Ware, Hertfordshire, UK
21:30 approx. I can't remember exactly.
Probably ten seconds maximum, maybe eight seconds.
I was facing North. It appeared to be travelling from S-E to N-W. it seemed to be travelling in a descending direction, but ultimately just disappeared off the horizon.
Vivid bright Green with bright White too. At first I thought it was a firework because of the colours, but it's movement soon discounted that as an option.
Fairly bright. Like a firework.
No, it appeared as a solid object.
None.
30JAN2013
gary
sheffield uk
9.10pm
3 Sec
N-E Right to Left
White ball with very light green around the front & sides with a small tail. If i had a 3ft football & was looking at it from 75ft away & 15ft high. That was the size of it.
moon
no
bright luminous green around front & sides with small vapour trail
30JAN2013
Kelly atherton
Eccles manchester greater manchester england
London time 9.00 ish
5-7 seconds
Right to left
Green fireball
Moon
No but it had a sort of trail after it
It looked like a green fireball with a sort of tail that trailed after it!
30JAN2013
shaun willocks
Shrewsbury Shropshire. u k
21
about 12 seconds
n e
dim white3 inch ball with a 3 foot tapered tail
dull moon
no
none
30JAN2013
M Bennett
Birmingham, UK
21:15 GMT
5 secs
Down, right to left, facing N-E
Green with yellow/white tail
Moon
No
Travelled slow towards ground, before loosing sight behind trees
30JAN2013
Jess
Birmingham UK
2103
3
United Kingdom
Firey orange
Venus
No
Only caught part of the fall when I looked up from my phone and saw it in the sky over some buildings.
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