27 October 2014

Alert Issued - NEO Asteroids Close Approaches October 2014

Alert Issued - NEO Asteroids Close Approaches October 2014
October Meteors
Photo c2014 Dirk Ross, Tokyo
ALERT! - EXPECT A VERY ACTIVE MONTH FOR BOLIDES, FIREBALLS and METEORS!
There are currently  8  13 .15 16 17.18 19 20 21 22 23 known NEO Asteroids discovered that will pass within approximately 10LD or less, LD stands for "Lunar Distance", in the month of October; expect that 10 or more NEOs will be discovered before month end. Be ready for some bolide, fireball, and meteor activity!  Unfortunately we will be Moonblind for ground-based detection from 03OCT until about the 15th so expect some asteroids that will go undetected. -Yellow highlighted cells indicate ALERT!
LunarMeteoriteHunter, Tokyo  02OCT2014JP /01OCT2014US

NEOs, LD 10 or less for October 2014 list w/ links
2012 SL50 , 2014 SX261 , 2014 SC324 , 2014 SF304 ,
2014 SB145 , 2011 TB4 , 2010 FV9 , 2010 VQ , 2009 TD8 ,
2014 TL , 2014 TB , 2014 TC , 2014 TM , 2014 TR ,
 2014 TV ,2014 TT35 , 2014 TP57 ,2014 UR 2014 UA8 ,
2014 UU332014 UF56 , 2014 UH57 ,2014 UU116 
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updated 28OCT2014
(2014 UU116) 2014-Oct-290.01746.815 m - 35 m26.211.73

updated 26OCT2014
(2014 UH57) 2014-Oct-270.01997.88.0 m - 18 m27.66.75

updated 25OCT2014
(2014 UF56) 2014-Oct-270.00110.49.0 m - 20 m27.412.09

updated 24OCT2014
(2014 UU33) 2014-Oct-250.01766.925 m - 56 m25.119.72

updated 23OCT2014
(2014 UA8) 2014-Oct-230.02088.123 m - 51 m25.312.27

updated 19OCT2014
(2014 UR) 2014-Oct-180.00752.915 m - 33 m26.34.44

updated 17OCT2014
(2014 TT35) 2014-Oct-220.01776.916 m - 37 m26.010.68
(2014 TP57) 2014-Oct-220.02118.214 m - 32 m26.45.71

updated 04OCT2014
(2014 TR) 2014-Oct-110.02539.99.2 m - 21 m27.34.38
(2014 TV) 2014-Oct-180.01144.435 m - 79 m24.412.21

updated 02OCT2014
(2014 TL) 2014-Oct-010.00070.38.0 m - 18 m27.611.13
(2014 TB) 2014-Oct-010.01495.86.0 m - 14 m28.23.74
(2014 TC) 2014-Oct-030.01546.015 m - 34 m26.210.19
(2014 TM) 2014-Oct-050.01154.515 m - 35 m26.26.75
(2014 SC324) 2014-Oct-230.00311.239 m - 88 m24.210.68

UPCOMING CLOSE APPROACHES TO EARTH
AU = ~150 million kilometers
1 LD = Lunar Distance = ~384,000 kilometers
Object
Name
Close
Approach
Date
CA
Distance*
(AU)
CA
Distance*
(LD)
Estimated
Diameter**
H
(mag)
Relative
Velocity
(km/s)
(2014 HR178) 2014-Oct-010.056622.0270 m - 590 m20.010.55
(2012 SL50) 2014-Oct-010.027810.814 m - 31 m26.411.09
(2009 BK2) 2014-Oct-010.164764.123 m - 52 m25.34.17
(2014 SQ260) 2014-Oct-020.141855.239 m - 88 m24.112.96
(2014 SU261) 2014-Oct-030.055521.671 m - 160 m22.918.02
(2014 SX261) 2014-Oct-030.02308.990 m - 200 m22.427.49
(2011 PT) 2014-Oct-030.045417.744 m - 99 m23.92.71
(2000 TH1) 2014-Oct-040.109242.580 m - 180 m22.611.09
(2012 HN1) 2014-Oct-040.085633.311 m - 24 m27.03.25
(2012 TS) 2014-Oct-040.103740.3180 m - 410 m20.88.61
(2014 SF304) 2014-Oct-050.00501.98.3 m - 19 m27.56.83
399308 (1993 GD) 2014-Oct-050.141455.0180 m - 410 m20.810.61
(2014 SB145) 2014-Oct-060.01134.414 m - 31 m26.47.04
(2005 TQ45) 2014-Oct-060.145256.520 m - 45 m25.614.34
(2012 UV136) 2014-Oct-060.099838.821 m - 47 m25.52.91
68267 (2001 EA16) 2014-Oct-070.091335.51.2 km - 2.6 km16.824.48
(2014 MK55) 2014-Oct-080.137953.7150 m - 330 m21.37.89
(2014 SM142) 2014-Oct-080.121447.290 m - 200 m22.417.54
(2011 TB4) 2014-Oct-090.01505.821 m - 47 m25.513.60
(2012 KY3) 2014-Oct-100.050519.6560 m - 1.2 km18.417.85
(2014 SC304) 2014-Oct-110.126049.161 m - 140 m23.214.89
(2010 FV9) 2014-Oct-110.02238.722 m - 49 m25.47.11
(2014 SD304) 2014-Oct-120.074128.837 m - 83 m24.32.14
256004 (2006 UP) 2014-Oct-140.146957.267 m - 150 m23.03.24
(2007 SW2) 2014-Oct-140.169265.9140 m - 310 m21.417.47
(2010 UK) 2014-Oct-150.170166.212 m - 26 m26.811.23
(2014 SL260) 2014-Oct-150.083032.333 m - 73 m24.56.32
(2014 SN260) 2014-Oct-170.066625.934 m - 75 m24.59.58
(2014 SU1) 2014-Oct-180.035213.728 m - 64 m24.92.98
(2014 GA) 2014-Oct-180.151458.914 m - 31 m26.45.15
(2006 SE6) 2014-Oct-180.121847.473 m - 160 m22.811.35
(2014 SM261) 2014-Oct-200.186772.7160 m - 350 m21.28.34
(2014 SM143) 2014-Oct-200.028811.2230 m - 510 m20.418.10
(2007 CX50) 2014-Oct-200.129350.331 m - 68 m24.76.18
(2010 VQ) 2014-Oct-210.027110.67.7 m - 17 m27.73.98
2340 Hathor 2014-Oct-210.048218.8300 m20.011.91
(2014 RQ17) 2014-Oct-220.030511.993 m - 210 m22.36.41
(2014 SX141) 2014-Oct-240.188973.576 m - 170 m22.74.12
(2014 SP260) 2014-Oct-250.159662.150 m - 110 m23.65.40
(2009 TD8) 2014-Oct-270.027510.711 m - 25 m26.96.97
(2014 SR260) 2014-Oct-280.196076.364 m - 140 m23.16.53
36017 (1999 ND43) 2014-Oct-290.152659.4400 m - 900 m19.16.05
(2011 HF) 2014-Oct-300.157361.2220 m - 490 m20.410.67
363505 (2003 UC20) 2014-Oct-310.134852.4640 m - 1.4 km18.112.26
Data Source NASA/JPL Uptodate website link- http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/

updated 27OCT2014 and reposted
updated17OCT2014 and reposted
updated 04OCT2014 and reposted
reposted and updated 03OCT2014
original post- 02/10/2014 06:43Japan Standard Time -Alert Issued
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26 October 2014

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 25/26OCT2014

Mentiras de Gobierno
La Prensa (Nicaragua) (Suscripción)
Desde la caída de un meteorito hasta negar mecánicamente la existencia de grupos armados, pasando por la promesa de no vender el lago “ni por ...

Basaltic Sedimentary Rocks, Gale Crater, Mars
GSA 2014: The puzzle of Gale crater's basaltic
sedimentary rocks by Emily Lakdawalla, The
Planetary Society, October 24, 2014...

Brazil Fireball Meteor 22OCT2014
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Brazil Fireball Meteor 22OCT2014. Cidade de Palmeira dos Indios, Brazil Fireball Meteor 0451 UTC 22OCT2014 ...

MBIQ Detects Estonia / Latvia Meteor 23OCT2014
Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News
Initial Meteor Sighting Reports- 23OCT2014 Ilgonis Vilks Latvia 20:35 EEST (UTC+3) 3-4 sec East-West Green Outshined Venus, as bright ...

Chinese probe launched on round-trip flight to the moon
BY STEPHEN CLARK- SPACEFLIGHT NOW -October 23, 2014
China launched a demonstrator probe Thursday on a round-trip flight around
the moon to test out a heat shield and landing capsule planned for use
on a lunar sample return mission in 2017. ...

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24 October 2014

MBIQ Detects Finland / Estonia / Latvia Meteor 23OCT2014

MBIQ Detects Finland / Estonia / Latvia Meteor 20:35 EEST (UTC+3) 23OCT2014
updates pending
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MBIQ Detects Finland / Estonia / Latvia Meteor 20:35 EEST (UTC+3) 23OCT2014
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Initial Meteor Sighting Reports-
23OCT2014 Ilgonis Vilks Latvia 20:35 EEST (UTC+3) 3-4 sec East-West Green Out-shined Venus, as bright illumination rocket Red sparkling tail Map of viewing locations according to delfi.lv users comments

23OCT2014 Jennifer Espoo, Finland 21:22:00 1-3 seconds West Green sun no It was an extremely bright and very green. Fell towards West. No other falling objects seen.

Finland and Estonia reports posted-
http://www.taivaanvahti.fi/observations/browse/map/0/observation_start_time

All meteor sighting reports can be seen here

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Brazil Fireball Meteor 22OCT2014 w/ video

Cidade de Palmeira dos Indios, Brazil Fireball Meteor 0451 UTC 22OCT2014
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Cidade de Palmeira dos Indios, Brazil Fireball Meteor 0451 UTC 22OCT2014
photo and video credit- 
Rodolfo Wanderley / BRAMON

M20141022 045146 RJP 1
Posted to YouTube by Rodolfo Wanderley 3 viewsCidade de Palmeira dos Indios, Brazil Fireball Meteor 0451 UTC 22OCT2014

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 24OCT2014

The Latest 25 Worldwide Meteors Dynamic Map™ ©2009-2014
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They are usually seen during meteor showers. During the next few days the Orionid shower will reach its maximum. According to the work group, .

Discussion of a GSA session on Mars minerals:
<http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2014/10231731-gsa-2014-the-puzzle-of-gale.html>

MAVEN Ultraviolet Image of Comet Siding Spring's Hydrogen Coma
NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft obtained
this ultraviolet image of hydrogen surrounding comet C/2013 A1 Siding
Spring on Oct. 17, 2014,

Extinctions common but complicated
Brantford Expositor
By now most people are aware that the current theory of the extinction of the dinosaurs is that a large meteor struck the Earth about 65 million years .

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23 October 2014

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 23OCT2014

Fireball from 22 October 2014 captured by 4 cameras
UK Meteor Observation Network
fireball from 22 October at 05:44:02 UT was captured by three UKMON cameras.

Did Mammals Sleep Through Cosmic Impact That Ended Dinosaurs?LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News - 10 hours
A shrewlike creature in Madagascar that can hibernate for at least nine months of the year without waking may help reveal how mammals ...

Meteorite
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They are usually seen during meteor showers. During the next few days the Orionid shower will reach its maximum. According to the work group, .

"Green Glow" of the Orionid Meteor Shower
Cloudy Nights
An image of an early Orionid meteor from 2013, along with the green glow of ... The picture was described by anchor David Muir as the Orionid meteor ...

Comet Siding Spring hurtles past Mars in rare close fly-by
Telegraph.co.uk
Mars' atmosphere, though much thinner than Earth's, will shield Nasa's Opportunity and Curiosity rovers from comet dust, which may trigger meteor ...

Fancy some stargazing? Halley's Comet will be over Scottish skies tonight
Aberdeen Press and Journal
Keen stargazers will enjoy a view of a meteor shower caused by the tail end of Halley's comet tonight – providing the skies stay clear enough for them ...

Solar Eclipse On October 23rd Visible Without Telescope; May Cause Meteor Shower
Before It's News
A solar eclipse is expected to wow North America and cause a meteor shower at the same time, according to NASA. This is an event that must not be ...

Newspaper item about a meteor from 1865 - Hubbardsville, Mass.
City-Data.com
The "gelatinous... substance" aside, this must have been an exceptional meteor/fireball but I have found no record of it. Or perhaps it's a complete ...

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22 October 2014

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 22OCT2014

Fireball seen over Trussville, Ala.
Washington Post
October 21, 2014 9:36 AM EDT - A fireball blazed through the sky over Alabama on Monday, as the Orionid meteor shower came to its peak. (YouTube ...

Moment Mystery Light Streaked Across Night Sky Captured on Video
ABC News
While it's not entirely clear what the streak of light captured on the security camera is, it's possible it could be the fireball that Cooke mentions.

Watch live! NASA video streams Orionid meteor shower – or go outside and look yourself
The Register - 20 hours
Earth passes through Halley’s Comet debris Vid If you're in a position to see the constellation of Orion tonight then it's time to enjoy the ...

Orionids Live Stream: Watch The Orionid MeteorShower Peak Here
International Business Times
The Orionid meteor shower peaks this week, and it will be easy to observe the meteors from Halley's Comet in person or from the comfort of one's ...

Watch: Meteor showers visible Tuesday night
The Courier-Journal
A big meteor shower called the Orionids, could produce as many as 60 falling stars an hour as the Earth passes through the trail of Halley's comet.

Meteorite
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They are usually seen during meteor showers. During the next few days the Orioniden shower will reach its maximum. According to the work group, .

Nuke the asteroid aggressors?
Charleston Post Courier
In this frame grab made from dashboard camera vide shows a meteor streaking through the sky over Chelyabinsk, about 930 miles east of Moscow, ...

Moment Mystery Light Streaked Across Night Sky Captured on Video
ABC News
The sighting came as the Earth passed through the debris cloud from Halley's Comet, which produces the annual Orionid meteor shower. Bill Cooke of ...

Watch the skies! Halley's Comet meteor shower
Edinburgh Evening News - The Scotsman
A METEOR shower is set to light up the night sky above Edinburgh as the cosmic dust from Halley's Comet hits the Earth's atmosphere.

Latest weather forecast from KRDO
Pueblo Chieftain
Tonight: Mostly cloudy skies will blanket southern Colorado, making the second viewing of the Orinoid Meteor Shower a bit less visible. If you head out ..

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21 October 2014

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 21OCT2014

“Fireball” meteor streaks across Dutch sky
NL Times
They are usually seen during meteor showers. During the next few days the Orioniden shower will reach its maximum. According to the work group, ...

Report on fireball from 19 October 2014
ukmeteornetwork.co.uk
Then we received further confirmation from Oostkapelle video-allsky camera based in Holland, notice small image with meteor trail 6 minutes later.

Meteor showers predicted early Tuesday morning
ABC15.com
If you wake up early enough on Tuesday, you might see some shooting stars.

Viewing the Orionid Meteor Shower in 2014
American Meteor Society
Radiant drift for the Orionids during October and early November (Courtesy the InternationalMeteor Organization). The next few nights will provide the ..

Pre-dawn meteor shower forecast Tuesday
Mobile Site - Jamaica Observer
Pre-dawn meteor shower forecast Tuesday. Monday, October 20, 2014. PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (Trinidad Express) -- Weather permitting, ...

Look up! Orionid meteor shower coming the next 2 nights
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The Orionid meteor shower will be visible Monday and Tuesday nights. There could be as many as 25 meteors per hour at its height, according to ...

Monday Weather: Sunny; Clear For Orionids MeteorShower Tonight
KOAA.com
... in the mountains west of I-25. That makes for overall favorable viewing for the Orionids Meteor Shower, which peaks tonight and tomorrow morning.

Catch the Orionid Meteor Shower
U.S. News & World Report
According to NASA, the Orionid meteor shower is scheduled to occur just before sunrise on Tuesday. The shower will produce 20 meteors per hour as ...

See the Orionid meteor shower Tuesday from 3-6am
FOX2now.com
ST. LOUIS, MO (KTVI) – You can see a meteor show early Tuesday morning in St. Louis. The Orionid Meteor shower will be visible in the area from ...

Comet Siding Spring Whizzes Past Mars
Discovery News - 10 hours
A comet the size of a small mountain and about as solid as a pile of talcum powder whizzed past Mars.

Water On The Moon Was Blown in by Solar Wind
Universe Today - 3 hours
When they first set foot on the Moon, the Apollo 11 astronauts painted a picture of the landscape as a bone-dry desert. So astronomers were ...

Russia Plans to Boost Space Monitoring Capability by 2018Russian Information Agency Novosti - 4 hours
Russia will build a network of advanced laser-optical and radar stations in the next four years to boost its space object recognition ...

Orionids meteor shower
Daily Telegraph - 10 hours
The Orionid meteor shower, a trail of debris left in space by Halley's Comet, will light up the night sky tonight and tomorrow

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20 October 2014

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 20OCT2014

“Fireball” meteor streaks across Dutch sky
NL Times
The Werkgroep Meteoren says that it was visible as a bright sphere. The work group received more than 20 reports from people who saw thefireball ...

MBIQ Detects UK Meteor 19OCT2014
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Initial Meteor Sighting Reports-. 19OCT2014 Peter Nottingham, UK 20:15 gmt Maybe 1 to 2 seconds Left to right at about 45 degrees, we were facing ...

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MBIQ Detects UK Meteor 19OCT2014

MBIQ Detects UK Meteor Approx. 2015 GMT 19OCT2014
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UK Meteor Approx. 2015 GMT 19OCT2014
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Check your security cameras!
Please file your meteor sightings please HERE-
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Please help get the word about this event so that we might recover security camera video or cell phone captures; spread the word about this website via Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Reddit, GLP, SOTT and your favorite forums; contact your local news outlets; thank you!  Tell them about this website and event.

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Initial Meteor Sighting Reports-
19OCT2014 Peter Nottingham, UK 20:15 gmt Maybe 1 to 2 seconds Left to right at about 45 degrees, we were facing south Bright white, blue white trail off both sides Bright bulb White trail about 4 times longer than the bright light at from of formation Nothing else. Extremely fast

19OCT2014 Ivan Friedman Eastbourne,UK 20:15pm? 2 Facing the sea, left to right, white, blue, yellow halo brighter than the moon, dimmer than the sun no, just one big ball of flame It looked really big and I saw it for a very short time before it disappeared into the sea mist.

All meteor sighting reports can be seen here
http://thelatestworldwidemeteorreports.blogspot.com/

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19 October 2014

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 10OCT2014

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite New 18OCT2014
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Bright Fireball Meteor Lights Up Japan Skies 15OCT2014 Posted to YouTube by nemesis maturity 117 views. Slow fireball emerged from the .

PA NY Fireball Meteor 17OCT2014
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"click on image to enlarge" PA NY Fireball Meteor Apprx. 0:45 AM EDT 17OCT2014 v.1 c2014 LunarMeteoriteHunter / Google Earth ..

Local astronomer thinks big 'boom' heard in ArkLaTex could have been meteor
KLTV
... afternoon, but there are some clues and plenty of theories, including what one local astronomer described as a meteor entering the atmosphere.

The once in a million year flypast of Mars: Nasa prepares to observe close encounter with 'dawn of ...
Daily Mail
Observations of the Martian atmosphere are designed to check for possible meteor trails, changes in distribution of neutral and charged particles, and ...

A close encounter in the city's skies?
Plymouth Herald
David Wilton, chair of the astronomical society, said: "There is a big meteor shower that peaks next Tuesday, so possibly it could be one of these.

Meteor Activity Outlook for October 18-24, 2014
American Meteor Society
The estimated total hourly meteor rates for evening observers this week is near 3 as seen from the northern hemisphere and 2 as seen from southern ...

Russia's Meteor Shower As Seen By Social Media
YouTube ⋅ 07:24
Catalyst: Meteors - Citizens of Chelyabinsk document the natural phenomenon through social media : ...

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18 October 2014

Two Daytime Meteors Witnessed Over US in 9 Days

Two Daytime Meteors Witnessed Over the US in 9 Days, one in Arizona and one in Louisiana,
... and BOTH likely produced meteorites. Hunters are currently scouring the fall areas for them.

The Flagstaff, AZ daytime bolide meteor was seen leaving a debris trail on 04OCT2014 at approximately 0900 MDT and then on 13OCT2014 at 1623 CDT the Shreveport, LA Loud Boom was heard and witnessed. We now have solid evidence including radar images of the debris clouds. Debris clouds from both events indicate meteorites have survived, and are yet to be found.

More details will be added later... off to bed.

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite New 18OCT2014

Japan Fireball Meteor 15OCT2014
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Bright Fireball Meteor Lights Up Japan Skies 15OCT2014 Posted to YouTube by nemesis maturity 117 views. Slow fireball emerged from the ...

The Big Boom: Could it have been a meteorite?
KSLA-TV Shreveport - 5 hours
One theory that the loud "boom" heard around the ArkLaTex on Monday might have been a meteorite fits a few of the clues some say could be ..

Local astronomer thinks big 'boom' heard in ArkLaTex could have been meteor
KSLA-TV
"The best answer is that it must have to be some type of meteor that for some odd reason we didn't see, and it exploded in our atmosphere," he said.

Ready for Prime Time: Comet to Buzz Mars on Sunday
Discovery News - 5 hours
Comet Siding Spring will make a heart-stopping close flyby of the Red Planet in Sunday, giving our Martian armada of robotic explorers a ...

Orionids meteor shower 2014: October peak times, how to watch brilliant fireball display on Oct. 21
ChristianToday
Sky watchers around the world will be able to see the biggest display of meteor rain before the morning breaks on Oct. 21 and Oct. 22, when the ...

Possible Meteor Explosion/Mystery Boom over Louisianan Oct 15th 2014
YouTube ⋅ 07:29
Possible Meteor Explosion/ Mystery Boom over Louisianan Oct 15th 2014 http://www.inquisitr.com/1541850/a-lo.

Orionids Meteor Shower 2014: Peak Time and Dates for Orionid Meteors From Comet Halley
The Epoch Times
An astronomer observes the night sky for Orionid Meteors as uses a laser pointer to show a radiate at an observatory near the village of Avren east of ...

Your Chance To Name A Comet Landing Site
Jet Propulsion Laboratory- October 16, 2014
Ever want to get in on the celestial feature-naming action? Now is your
chance. The European Space Agency is inviting the public to suggest a
name for the site where the Rosetta mission's Philae lander will touch

Rare moon rocks and priceless meteorites land in Trimdon school
Northern Echo - 13 hours
FASCINATED children got to grips with rare moon rocks and meteorites dating back billions of years this week.

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PA NY Fireball Meteor 17OCT2014

PA NY Fireball Meteor Apprx. 0:45 AM EDT 17OCT2014 w/ sonics!
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PA NY Fireball Meteor Apprx. 0:45 AM EDT 17OCT2014
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Please report YOUR sightings! Thank you. Report HERE link

Check your security cameras!
Please file your meteor sightings please HERE-
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Please help get the word about this event so that we might recover security camera video or cell phone captures; spread the word about this website via Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Reddit, GLP, SOTT and your favorite forums; contact your local news outlets; thank you!  Tell them about this website and event.

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Initial Meteor Sighting Reports-
17OCT2014 Geoff Chambers Allentown, PA 00:45 AM (approx) 1-2 sec max approx SE-NW direction (could be off) white, no sound bright as moon unknown fireball broke through overcast sky, witnessed by my wife and me in separate vehicles

17OCT2014 Lisa Osborne Hawley,PA 00:50/EST/AM 5-6 seconds United States Rumbling then explosion sound lit up the woods like day The 3 tafton Firefighters said it was extremely bright and lit up the woods. I and many others heard it as a rolling type of loudness such as an explosion that starts to drift off. No photo but it was heard by myself and by many in Wayne, Pike Monroe County PA witnessed by 3 Tafton PA firefighters.

17OCT2014 gunther buetow sidney ny 00:50/EST 1-3 secs facing south west. start midway/ top of sky heading down. Ended after it passed the tree line. direction north east to south east flash of blue light. lit up whole sky similar to lightning. object was a bright green light bright as full moon and smiliar size to moon in sky no fragmentation visible two other people present. 10 min earlier small shooting star passed in different direction i was not a witness to the shooting star but a witness to the green light ball

17OCT2014 Sister Lynn, CSJ North Merrick, NY USA 0:45 AM 5-10sec NNW Blue/green Brighter than Venus, appeared much larger than visible stars I didn't not any Beautiful

17OCT2014 russ Saratoga New York USA 00:42 eastern am 2-3 sec E-W green very bright like a flare then exploded no when it went below some clouds it exploded and lite up the sky

All 9 meteor sighting reports can be seen here
http://thelatestworldwidemeteorreports.blogspot.com/

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17 October 2014

Japan Fireball Meteor 15OCT2014

Japan Fireball  Meteor 0453 JST 15OCT2014
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Japan Fireball  Meteor 0453 JST 15OCT2014
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Bright Fireball Meteor Lights Up Japan Skies 15OCT2014
Posted to YouTube by nemesis maturity 117 views
Slow fireball emerged from the Southwest.

Sonotaco Meteor Forum- For Many more spectacular photos and videos of this event.
http://sonotaco.jp/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3360&sid=3332f088d9831ecdecaf7de367f745ab

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Louisiana Loud Boom - Mystery NOT solved / Meteor After All?

Update- 18OCT2014 0515 JST
X-37B Returns Safely / Louisiana X-37B Loud Boom - Mystery NOT Solved / Meteor Again?

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
From: 30th Space Wing Public Affairs, www.vandenberg.af.mil

X-37B ORBITAL TEST VEHICLE-3 LANDS AT VANDENBERG AFB
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif.
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The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle mission 3 (OTV-3), the Air Force's unmanned, reusable space plane, landed at Vandenberg Air Force Base at 9:24 a.m. Oct. 17 . "The 30th Space Wing and our mission partners, Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office, Boeing, and our base support contractors, have put countless hours of hard work into preparing for this landing and today we were able to see the culmination of that dedication," said Col Keith Balts, 30th Space Wing commander. "I'm extremely proud of our team for coming together to execute this third safe and successful landing. Everyone from our on console space operators to our airfield managers and civil engineers take pride in this unique mission and exemplify excellence during its execution." The OTV-3 conducted on-orbit experiments for 674 days during its mission, extending the total number of days spent on-orbit for the OTV program to 1367 days. "The landing of OTV-3 marks a hallmark event for the program" said the X-37B program manager. "The mission is our longest to date and we're pleased with the incremental progress we've seen in our testing of the reusable space plane. The dedication and hard work by the entire team has made us extremely proud." The X-37B is the newest and most advanced re-entry spacecraft. Managed by the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office, the X-37B program performs risk 
reduction, experimentation and concept of operations development for reusable space vehicle technologies. The Air Force is preparing to launch the fourth X-37B mission from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in 2015.
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Louisiana X-37B Loud Boom - Mystery Solved NOT Solved -Scrap this hypothesis
SECRET X-37B Re-entry Path Over Shreveport, LA. 13OCT2014 -- Controlled Deceleration of the Craft Caused the Loud Boom!
Convenient cloudy overcast provided cover.
written 2340 JST,  16OCT2014 Tokyo
by Dirk Ross...LunarMeteoriteHunter, Tokyo

SECRET Boeing X-37B / NASA
Since the mystery Loud Boom in the Shreveport, Louisiana area on Monday, October 13 at approximately 4:27 pm CDT, the event was felt and heard by thousands of residents in and around the city.and even over the state line into Texas some 35 miles away.

   At the time of the event I started getting an unusual pattern of traffic indicating an event and then queries starting coming in.  I immediately set off to post about the event in hopes of capturing reports from witnesses and to break the news story ahead of the media..  Minutes later I had the event confirmed via my network.

  Since Shreveport has had past loud booms, one on October 15, 2012 being the most recent, it was first guessed that it might have been a munitions bunker again, but it wasn't.  The Calumet plant was the next suspect because they had a prior loud boom; Calumet - negative!  Pipelines, other possible factories, and the military bases no cause was found.

 The next likely culprit, and my favorite at the time was a bolide, a large meteor, entering and fragmenting and this hypothesis lasted about two days for me.

 After contacting Marc Fries, a meteor radar expert, asked him to search for possible radar debris evidence;  Marc reported, "Nothing!". Meanwhile the National Weather Service, found a debris plume to the southeast of Shreveport.  NWS called the artifact a debris cloud. Marc found the same artifact on the same radar 15 minutes PRIOR to the event, discounting radar debris field evidence.

  This started me thinking about other possibilities. Was it a re-entry craft or vehicle, and what kind?

   The Google Search bar quickly found the SECRET X-37B, "Space Drone", was scheduled to be back at any time soon and of course secret, but open sources gave the location as Vandenberg AFB in California, but I also found that there was talk of landing one "in the future" at KFC as a trial run.

  Ok, I had my possible cause, looking more deeply into the bowels of Google and an IDEA hit me; check the Columbia return path!  Well I didn't just then, but I found that the Columbia had first entered over land at San Francisco, California and was to land at Kennedy Flight Center.  On Google Earth, I drew a line between the two locations, the line went right over Shreveport!  I found the Columbia's path on an official map, the map showed the flight path right over the Shreveport, LA area.

  This set me off on a search chase to find out more about the X-37B ......which I will write about later.  ........More about the story to come................ to be continued after I have some sleep

  The previous original post reports and prior updates can be read here -
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2014/10/shreveport-louisiana-loud-boom-meteor.html

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