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DC MD VA WV PA NC NY NJ RI Bolide Meteor 3FEB2012
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Reports thus far:
03FEB2012
Jacob
Baltimore, MD
2217 EST
2-4 sec
SSW-NNE, stopped mid sky
white/green ball with orange/fire tail
Venus
no fragmentation seen
Very bright, white/green ball streaking from SSW-NNE with long fire tail. Seen from my apartment window over downtown Baltimore
03FEB2012
John
Dunellen,NJ,USA
2215 EST
3 sec
ENE-WSW
Green Fireball
moon
none seen
solid green no color changes
03FEB2012
Mike Bernat
Chesapeake, VA, USA
22:15 EST
3-5 seconds max
5 degrees (almost due north) appeared to be falling almost vertical
bright white, no sound
brighter than venus
fragments just before burned out
appeared to have a tail, burned out just above treeline, no more than 5 degrees elevation
03FEB2012
RLambdin
Amissville, VA USA
22:22:00
6 sec
NW/SE
Blue green then went black and saw red fragments
Moon
Yes
Quite large. Soft but bright light
3FEB2012
Chloe
Zebulon, NC, USA
22:16 EST
about 4-5 seconds
Started in NE, then went down, a little to the left
White and then a neon-ish green
Probably as bright as a full moon, definitely brighter than any start or Venus
No
It was really freaky :p haha
03FEB2012
Patty Larson
Chevy Chase, MD Montgomery
2225
5 seconds
low in Southern sky moving west to east
white to red to green
Venus
no
most spectacular meteor I've ever seen
03FEB2012
Donald Jacobs
Check VA USA
10:15 pm Eastern time
8 sec
S-N
Green Blue white
Very Bright
no
Did go dark for a few seconds then brighter with more blue
03FEB2012
Yigiter izgordu
East Brunswick
22:30:00
5 seconds
left to right
Bright Green
Bright as a firework
no
close to horizon
03FEB2012
dm
Silver Spring,md us
2200
5 seconds
nw
green blue
moon
no
no
3FEB2012
Laura
Williamsburg, VA, United States
2215
7 seconds
N-S
Very bright blue and orange
Bright as the moon
No
Very large and very bright, changed colors as it fell from blue to orange
03FEB2012
C Boyle
Newtown PA USA
22:16 EST
3-4 sec
E-S left to right
white/yellow
very moon
sparkler
Looked like it was sizzling like a sparkler
03FEB2012
Jeri A
Falls Church
22:30 eastern
20
SE-NW
Blue,Red, Yellow, very bright up close landed within 5 to 10 miles max
sun
yes
na
3/2/2012
Jeff fields
Ellicott City MD
10:16 pm set
2-3 second
right to left
green
Like a roman candle
no
no
3FEB2012
Jill
Clifton, NJ USA
22:25:00
5 sec
S-N
Greenish White and Huge
Like a planet
It had a tail that is it
It looked like a huge shooting star, that was greenish white and then just vanished. It really was huge though!
3FEB2012
JRyan
CLARKSVILLE, MD USA
22:25 EST
3 SEC
W-E
BLUE GREEN THEN TO RED
MOON LIT SKY
NO
FIRE BALL IN THE SKY
03FEB2012
Kristi Purdy
centreville, VA, USA
22:25 EST
4 seconds
South
white and orangish white
Very Bright.
No
Was white w/ a tail
3FEB2012
Steve
Hunterdon County, NJ, USA
22:25 EST
4 sec
NE - SW
green
brighter than Venus
possibly
Another witness upon arrival home/ 2-3 miles apart at time of sighting.
03FEB2012
Michael Jerkins
Glen Allen, Va
10:14:00
5 seconds
east
blue color
moon
two pieces trailing piece was smaller
I saw it out my window from my apartment
03FEB2012
Jeri Almansi
Falls Church VA USA
22:30 eastern
20
SE-NW
Red, Blue, Yellow, Very Close within 5 miles to 10 max,
sun
Yes
Very Close had to have landed in Near McLean VA or Arlington or Falls Church area of N VA area. Could see a lot of detail in it and small parts breaking off
03FEB2012
Aric
Lexington Park, MD
22:12:00
3 sec
East, right to left
blue/white
Very bright
some fragmentation
very fast and very bright blue white light seemed to explode at the end of flight. Heard a rumble in the distance a few minutes after sounded like a distant sonic boom or explosion.
03FEB2012
JC
STAFFORD, VA, USA
2235 EDT
4-5 SECONDS
SE-NW
GREEN
SAME AS MOON
YES
BROKE UP AND BURNED OUT
03FEB2012
Sarah Williams
Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States
22:10:00
6 sec
Right to left
Blue with a long tail
sun
no
there was a very bright blue explosion at the end and then it disappeared
03FEB2012
Harry Smith
Franklin Twp, NJ, USA
22:17 EST
3
SE-NW
NO
Brighter than normal meteor
Bright tail
NO
03FEB2012
SAMANTHA
DEPTFORD, NJ, UNITED STATES
22:15:00
5 SECONDS
N-S; W-E RIGHT TO LEFT
FIRE BALL/YELLOW
MOON THEN DIED OUT
NO
SAW FIREBALL FALLING FAST IN A DOWNWARD FORM. LEFT TO RIGHT VERTICALLY, THEN DIED OUT
03FEB2012
Mark Pankowski
Olney, MD
10:15 p.m. EST
About 4 seconds
Lasted five seconds. Seen while driving south dropping left
Orange with white tail
VERY bright. Thought it might be a small firework.
"Sparks" seemed to be flying off it like a firework
Had windows closed so I didn't hear anything. But it definitely was very bright.
03FEB2012
Carla Porter
Sunderland, MD, USA
22:50, Eastern Std. Time
Guessing 3 sec
I'm looking East, it moved from South to North
White, bright white, no sound (indoors)
Very bright, as bright as moon, more than Venus
Didn't see any
Awesome, I was busy on the computer when it's brightness and movement caught [corner of] my eye, I turned and watched the brief act.
03FEB2012
Peggy Boyd
STANARDSVILLE VA USA
2240
7 seconds
NE falling left
green front white tail
bright as the moon
no
thought it was a falling star at first but got brighter and green in the front and looked like it came much closer to the ground than a falling star I've ever seen
03FEB2012
Kathi
Newtown, PA
22:00 EST
5 - 8 sec
Southwest
Bright white, slow, low to the ground
Bright as white fireworks
pieces or a tail falling off
no other comments
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