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28JAN2012 Tara foy Gilbertsville, PA USA 22:00:00 10 sec N-s bright White Extemely bright Slight bright trail behind ball Looked like a falling star but 100x brighter and bigger, sharp drop
28Jan2012 June Cook Newtown, PA 21:40:00 4 sec NE, toward NJ and NY bright white Very bright, beautiful Yes. Larger than other shooting stars I've observed.
28JAN2012 Vincent McManus Queens, New York, USA 21:35 EST 4 Sec NW to SE (Southern Sky) Bright White/Faint Orange ball with long White Tail Moon No parts (single object) Appeared to be traveling on approx heading of 100 degrees. Very bright, long tail. Spotted while heading South approaching Whitestone Bridge (NY). Visible in Southern sky traveling right to left (NW to SE) over Queens & Western Long Island. Heading approx. 100 degrees. High visibility. Clear sky at time of sighting.
28Jan2012 Kim Romanchuk New Market, MD, USA 21:42, EST ~3 seconds slight north to south, headed mostly straight down to earth surface. orange/yellow fireball with long tail Hard to compare - small sun not that I could see seen while driving east on I-70.
28JAN2012 kirsten new york, new york, 10011 21:50:00 4 seconds 160 degrees south yellow and red light very bright, sun looked like it it was a very large bright falling object. fell east
28Jan2012 Jolene Reedy Stafford VA USA 2150 5 seconds NE Towards the Ground Bright Yellow and Orange same as the sun No It was huge and had a masive bright orange tail
28JAN2012 Melanie Bayonne, NJ 21:45:00 4 seconds upper right down slight left (looking towards Staten Island) Saw a bright white look like it fell from the sky Like a streetlught couldnt tell thought it was a plane falling from the sky
28JAN2012 Michael davison Rock Tavern NY 21:45:00 Roughly 4 seconds SW Yellow, orange, red Moon Yes, lot of debri Followed it to ground, guessing Chester NY area
28JAN2012 Brian Union, NJ, 07033 21:45pm EST 3 sec South, right to left White Venus No parts falling off Was moving really fast was pretty big did not look like a fire ball it was very white colored and I wish there were not trees in my way because it definitely reached the ground.
28JAN2012 Trish Johnson Jenkins Montross, VA 22520 9:44 PM EST Less than 20 seconds Start East Traveled to the right Bright Yellow and Teal with a long tail...was huge!!! Not like the shooting stars I have seen. Moon...I don't know how bright Venus is I don't think so...it happen so fast! It was beautiful!!! If anyone got a picture I would love to have one. Please share.
28JAN2012 Carla New York, NY USA 22:00 EST 5 sec W-E; right to left at around a 45degree angle bright white brighter than moon & venus no was like a larger, slower moving shooting star. was pretty awesome to see!
28JAN2012 Devaney scarsdale, ny 10:00pm eastern time 3 sec W-E yellow moon maybe looked like it fell somewhere
28JAN2012 Alexis Fair Lawn, NJ, USA 21:55:00 2 seconds falling diagonally and left-wards bright ball of fire about equal to an uncovered lightbulb (but tiny) no I was facing NW. It looked like something was falling out of the sky.
28JAN2012 Giles Nowlan Riverside 21:45:00 5 seconds United States Green Smaller than the moon but larger than venus Yes Meteorite was falling from the sky toward the ground. Was extremely bright green and fizzled out well before it would have contacted the ground which was a couple degrees above the tree line on the horizon. Looked as if sparks were falling off of it (little orange sparks). Was amazing looking, glad I was driving home and got a chance to see it.
28JAN2012 Shubha Murti Sayreville, NJ USA 21:42 ET 4-5sec very low to the ground and straight down white venus no We were on the parkway driving at 70mph and saw this happen about 30 yards away and saw it burn up about 20 feet from the ground
28JAN2012 Morrisa Vollmerhausen Columbia, Maryland, USA 21:30:00 About 10 seconds, maybe a little less East Looked like falling from the sky and pieces falling from it. Golden color. Like a sparkler in the sky Yes Was driving down the road on 175 in Columbia, my husband and I both saw it in the sky. Looked like something was falling from the sky but too slow for a shooting star. Pieces were falling from the tail of it. Disappeared after a few seconds.
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