Sighting Reports from the Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico Daytime Bolide Meteor Fireball 20JUN2012
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20JUN2012 Rene Fisher Rifle, Colorado, USA 1330 Mountain Time 4-5 seconds north to south/ east shiny, metallic reflection like a mirror not that i could tell arc like a shooting star
20JUN2012 Franco Milliken, CO 1pm mst 3 United States Seen a bright white ball with white tail falling southeast Brighter then moon no The object was pretty big and really bright
20JUN2012Jodi JacobsMullen, Nebraska USA12:40 PM MT3-4 secondsI was driving south saw the meteor traveling South west to the South EastBright white/blueishExtremely brightnohuge fireball, streaking across the sky with a long tail. Just like seeing a metoer at night only it was in the daytime. Actually frightened me thinking I was seeing something blow up and fall, until it faded and disappeared.
20JUN2012Dan SullivanPueblo, Colorado USAMountain time zone 12:35pm5 secondsstart was roughly 2pm going from the west to the east at a -20 degree angle disappeared over the horizonthere was no sound but the color of the flame was a very bright green with blue tail endsame as sunno fragmentation noticedobject traveled from directly above me to out of sight with in roughly 5 seconds
20JUN2012Drew DonerWalsh, Colorado, USA1:30 PM Mountain Time Zone4 secWest to east and was facing northvery bright white ligjht with an orange tail behind it as it was fallingNot as bright as the sun but very closeNoMoving very fast and looked like it hit the ground before it burned up
20JUN2012Donavan Colorado City, Colorado12:45 M.T p.m.only saw it for 5 seconds driving north, looking northeast. Fell left to right Blue/green color bright as sun in middle of ball.Just one ball shape very fast moving almost looked like it touched grown but large hill was in the way.
20JUN2012Troy VailleSilverthorne, CO, USA12:45:003 secondsN to S east of silverthornegreen yellow fireball for about 3 secondssame as sunnonone
20JUN2012Jeff & KarriColorado Springs, CO12:38pm Mountain time2-3 secondsFacing east, it traveled from N to SBright white center, bluish-green around, long yellow tailBright enough to stand out in broad daylightnoWe both thought it was a firework traveling the wrong direction at first, but it was VERY bright and too big and VERY fast. Long tail. We thought we'd see it hit, but a little ways above the overpass it just dissipated. No sound, but we were in a car at a stoplight.
20JUN2012Brett McNaryTabernash, CO USA12:37pm MST5 secondsFrom up to down and behind mountains to the Eastwhite/blue, was in my vehicle so no sound was heardLike the end of a welding tipnone observednone
20JUN2012Warren WatsonFraser, Co. U.S.A.12382-3 sec.east, mostly down, left to rightwhite, surrounded in bluesunnovery bright, no lingering tail, except as traced on my retina for a few moments. Had the look of fireball, the size of my little finger tip at full arm extension.
25JUN2012Mike RinehartDrumright, OK, USA2120 cst6 sec90degrees above horizon, end 40 degrees above horizon, direction of travel w-nw was facing western skyno sound, but green in colorbright as jupiternono
25JUN2012SuzyArkansas City, KS, USA21:15 CDT3 secondswsw travelling north and down diagonallywhitebrighter than the moon which was nearbyno.It had a thick trail and the star looked like it was 5 pointed, like in a cartoon
ISS to Build Up Meteorite Defenses
SpaceDaily Sat, 23 Jun 2012 18:53 PM PDT
"We will have to move a cargo platform so as to use it more conveniently in the future. We will also install meteorite protection panels [on the ISS]," he said, adding that the space walk will last six hours.
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ISS to Build Up Meteorite Defenses
Russian Information Agency Novosti Fri, 22 Jun 2012 05:37 AM PDT
Russian cosmonauts will conduct a space walk in August during which they will install additional anti-meteorite panels on the International Space Station (ISS), cosmonaut Yury Malanchenko said on Friday.
Meteorite report grounds Colo firefighting planes KTVN Reno Thu, 21 Jun 2012 15:34 PM PDT Authorities say reports of a possible meteorite or meteor shower briefly grounded firefighting aircraft battling a central Colorado wildfire.
Sheriff: No Meteorite Found After Reported Sighting KMGH 7 Denver Thu, 21 Jun 2012 14:20 PM PDT A sheriff says no meteorite was found after multiple reports that one might have landed in a wooded area near Lake George.
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Meteor reports ground Colo. firefighting planes
My Fox Boston
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Newsday
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The Seattle Times
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Summit Daily News
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Japan Long Duration Earthquake 6.1+ Magnitude Felt in Tsukuba ~05:32 JST 18JUN2012
No damage reported. Some train service disrupted. No tsunami watch/warning issued.
Meteor Sighted Over Michigan/Ohio - June 14, 2012 YouTube http://sheilaaliens.net/?p=833 "Reports began coming in just after 10 p.m. on Thursday of a bright object streaking across the sky at about 9:55 p.m. "It was...
15JUN2012rob burgesscheltenham england11.47pm7 secondsleft to rightno sound just bright white with a trail of light behind itvenusnoit went behind a low dark cloud but lit the cloud from behind
15JUN2012LEIA SOUTHWELLWEYMOUTH,DORSET UNITED KINGDOM2340 GMT5 SECI WAS FACING WESTSTARTED OF BRIGHT WHITE WITH BLUE THEN CAME A RED TRAILMOONNOSEEMED VERY CLOSE TO THE EARTH
15JUN2012SoniaRushden Northamptonshire United Kingdom23.354-5 SecondsSouth WestNoSunThere was a trailIt looked quite large so near
15JUN2012ChloeLeamington Spa England, UK 23:18:00Approx 10 seconds right to left No sound heard, Bright like the sun, with an Orange trail behind the sun and venus Yes was extremely bright, seemed to dissapear in two seperate ways,
15JUN2012MarieDaventry UK23.28 GMT8 secW-N, Left to Right, NorthLIGHT GREENSame as VenusNOIt was a bright light green ball with a short tail.
15JUN2012tom oxfordshire,england23.32 bst4 secondsS-N;left to right,westgreensame as the sunnon/a
Many spot meteor over the GTA 680 News TORONTO, Ont. - The night sky lit up with what appears to be a meteor, Thursday. Residents around the GTA called the 680Newsroom to report what they...
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14JUN2012AlexandreGatineau, Québec, Canada21:53:005 secS-WGreenmoonnoBig green ball falling from the sky at high speed
14JUN2012Ben DawsonLondon, ON, Canada9:45 PM EST (GMT-5)<2SECE-Wbright whitemoontrailnone.
14JUN2012ZahraToronto (Mississauga) Ontario Canada21:50EST3 secondsNbright white, yellowsame as sunyesnot sure what it was but it was awesome!
14JUN2012Andrei VenterLondon Ontario21:54 Eastern Standard Time2-3 secondsFacing northeast went down to the leftGreenish and fire seemed to disappear no sound was insideBright enough to draw my attention from the TV and look outsideNoSeemed to catch fire
14JUN2012CHANTAL FRADETTEOntario, CanadaEastern ~ 21:553-5 secNorth Yellow and green lightBright flash similar to a cameraCould not tellAmazing to have seen one :)
14JUN2012Brian MacGillivrayNaughton, ONTARIO, CANADA2155Looking through a window, crossed the frame in about 1 secondSE-NW (left to right, facing south)blue and orangeBright colours but didn't light up the sky at duskDidn't see anySeemed to be very, very close - not like a shooting star.
14JUN2012YanaToronto, Ontario, Canada21:50:004/8/2012Facing North, travelling WestBright Blue Fading to White before losing visibilityBrighter than VenusNot sureBig bright blue ball with long blue/white tail, the biggest one that I've ever seen.
14JUN2012Yolanda MakToronto, Ontario, Canada17:50:0010 secondsNorth North West to West NorthYellow, red, green, white.HUGE!!!! Less than moon but HUGE!Yes, fragmentation, long tail, big blasts. North West sky looking from downtown Toronto.
14JUN2012TammyKitchener, ont21:52:005 secondsWest...right to leftWhite orb with blue shimmery outline...fell quicklyBrighter than the moonDidnt notice...Was very quick, trees got in line of view during decent....was headed in waterloo, ont, canada direction
14JUN2012DavidLongueuil, Québec, Canada21:50 EST6-8 secNW towards NEGreyish and blue colored tailVery bright sky was not completely black and the meteor was seen anyways.Towards the end, then the view was blocked.I was looking towards Polaris (north) from a 4th floor balcony.
14JUN2012Randy LeonardSaxonburg, PA USA2150 hours Eastern time3 or 4 secsNW to W and descendinglarge trail changing from white to bright greenbright, thick and amazing shade of green before going below treelineno but pretty far offamazing
14JUN2012Samuel BarnesMarten River Ontario Canada21 55 eastern standard time6-10 secondstraveling east to westbright white head with long tail changing from red to green to redvery very brightnowish I had a camera
14JUN2012JODISTONEY POINT, ON. CANADA09:50 EST4 secE-W facing NGREENISH-FIRE TRAILmoonnodifferent from a "falling star" because of the colour.
14JUN2012BruceOttawa, Ontario, Canada21:51:00 EST3-5 secsSE;NE 326 D from
my locationwhite thru Greenvery bright, sky was pre dusknot seenas the sun had just set in the west the sky was bright no stars could be seen and this was very visible
14JUN2012LauraBurlington, Ontario, Canada21:51:003 secondsI was facing north west and the object was traveling from right to left.bright white object. May have had a blue tail.Twice as bright as the average firework before it explodes.None that I could tell.I've never seen anything falling so low. Lost stight of it when it vanished behind the houses across the way.
14JUN2012KristenTecumseh, Ontario , canada2158 pm2 secNorthGreenBright as a green traffic lightNo?Flashed 3 times
14JUN2012TinaOttawa, Ontario, Canada2145h EDT5 secondsSW to NWLarge blue/green head with a trail of red/orangeVery bright against a sky at duskno parts fallingIt appeared to not make it to the horizon, and the size though far away would have been close to that of an full size passenger jet just a few miles out
14JUN2012Adam BrauerTonawanda NY USA21505 secondsNW sky headed north south westwhite shooting star, explosion of green and white and what looked like a dust cloud that remained 15minsmoonyesimpressive. dust cloud remained in the sky and you actually could see it change shape and eventually disappear.
14JUN2012JeffBrooklin,Ontario Canada21555 secnnw, appeared to track straight downlight green and white with smoke trail remaining a few minutes after ball left sightlinebright as lightningappears debris in tail, smoke trailappeared to be large
14JUN2012MeaghanTORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA21:57 North American Eastern Time Zone5 secright to left. I was facing NorthWhite and greenExtremely bright - definitely as bright as the moon I didn't notice fragmentationnone
14JUN2012SueBowmanville 21:55:0010-15 sec.N-W Orange then Green Sunleft a trail for 20-30 sec after none
14JUN2012Kevin DohertyLondon Ontario Canadaapprox 22:005 seconds maybeeast to west looking northmany bright colourssunnono photo. first time i've seen one that large and close to earth
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