Meteor Breaking News - New Brunswick / Nova Scotia Canada - Massachusetts / Maine Fireball Meteor Detected 27AUG2012

Meteor Breaking News - Massachusetts / Maine Fireball Meteor Detected ~2127 EDT
 ~ 22:10 Atlantic AUG2012
  Minutes ago MBIQ (Meteor Bot Internet Query) Bot detected a meteor event over Massachusetts and Maine in the USA & New Brunswick / Nova Scotia, Canada .
Sighting reports now indicate that this event was seen in NB NS PEI Canada / ME NH  and MA USA. 

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NB NS PEI ME NH MA Bolide 27AUG2012 Sightings Map
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Initial Sighting Reports:
27AUG2012 Ryan Weymouth, Massachusetts 9:10 pm EST 6-7 seconds Left to right Red Fireball streak across sky Brighter than the moon No, leaving a tail though. It was honestly really cool to see.

27AUG2012 Mike Poland, Maine 21:20 EST 5-7 sec west to east Green/Blue ball on fire, orange trail like a firework in the sky, but from very very high, and across the sky in a "toward Earth" downward direction maybe a bit, orange trail flickered as blue/green ball passed first I've seen like it, very fast and def falling.  I observed this over the Auburn Airport in Maine

27AUG2012 David Kelley Quincy, MA USA 21:05:00 3-5 seconds W-E Lime Green, looked like a fireball Fairly Bright, very noticeable No Falling at an angle at a rapid speed. Lost track of it through the trees

27AUG2012 David Nelson Southwest Harbor,ME USA 2120 eastern time 8 sec facing north, west to east(left to right) until breakup within sight in eastern sky white to orange at breakup looked like rocket brightness of moon yes breakup in the east 50 degrees off horizen no sound

27AUG2012 Cathy Boston, MA  (west of ) 21:11:00 probably 2 seconds, tehn I couldn't see becasue of trees heading west to east, I was looking north yellow and orangish,white tail, tehn it glowed green suddenly very bright no never have seen anything like it


27AUG2012 Robert R. Gaudet Pennfield, NB 22:30 PM 7 sec North to South greenish blue Moon a few fragments breaking off. No comments.

27AUG2012 Steve Wohlmuth Port Williams, Nova Scotia, Canada 22:10 AST 4-5 seconds North to South white/yellow Very Bright Fragments falling... with tail none

27AUG2012 Carol St.Stephen NB Canada 22:10:00 13-15 seconds Right to left Orange, Red, Green Very Bright Yes, towards the end It was AWESOME !

27AUG2012 Tim Walter Gardiner, Maine 21:30:00 about 4 sec east / west blue ball with a red tail moon some Wow


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MBIQ Data:
Wilmington, Massachusetts arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Breaking News -NY NJ CT MA NH DE PA RI Bright Fireball 23AUG2012" by searching for green shooting stars in ma.
10:14:13 -- 17 minutes ago

Hingham, Massachusetts arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for meteor massachusetts 8-27-12.
10:14:42 -- 17 minutes ago

Allston, Massachusetts arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for i just saw something fall from the sky.
10:17:28 -- 15 minutes ago

Lynn, Massachusetts arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for meteorite 8-27-12 Boston.
10:18:40 -- 14 minutes ago

Wenham, Massachusetts arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: NEOs April 2012 Approach - Increased Green Fireball Meteor Activity Expected" by searching for green meteorite.
10:18:47 -- 14 minutes ago

Woodbridge, New Jersey arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for meteor falls north of boston.
10:21:06 -- 12 minutes ago

Boston, Massachusetts arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for unusual light in the sky massachusetts. 8.28.12.
10:23:47 -- 10 minutes ago

Charlestown, Massachusetts arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for fireball sightings 2012.
10:25:32 -- 8 minutes ago

Hingham, Massachusetts arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for bright ball of fire in sky massachusetts august 27 2012.
10:30:27 -- 4 minutes ago

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Sonics Heard!!! - Wales / UK Fireball Meteor 27AUG2012

UK Fireball Meteor ~23:15 27AUG2012

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Thank you all for your meteor sighting reports!

Sonics Heard / Detonations Seen!!! 
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27AUG2012 Toby Service Ludlow, Shropshire, UK 2315 5-7 seconds West to East and appeared to be heading downwards Bright white with long trail behind Very bright. If it wasnt so silent I would have said it was a plane crashing. A small moon maybe No parts falling off as far as i could see but left a trail behind. I only  noticed it because it was so bright, it lit up my garden for a second or two. I turned to see it dissapear behind some houses. Ludlow is a very quiet town, especially late on a Monday evening so although very coincidental, there was also a long low 'boom' about 4/5 mins after the sighting.

27AUG2012 Shirley Taylor N. Herefordshire, UK 23.05 12 -15 secs N - SSE  Facing S Very bright Silver/White, +orange flames Brightest thing I've ever seen There did appear to be bits "spitting" off just before it vanished In 26 years of sky watching up in the hills I have never been so close to a "heavenly" body. About 2-3 mins after going out of sight there was a massive bang that shook the ground, followed by a 2nd bang.


Initial Reports:
27AUG2012 latimer rainhill, united kingdom 23:17gmt 3 seconds right to left bright blue and orange brighter than moon none visible blue fireball with orange centre and long blue tail

27AUG2012 Adam Barry Town South Glamorgan Wales 23:15pm 2 n/a green no sound sun no no

27AUG2012 Andy Jones New Mills, Derbyshire, UK 23:18 GMT 3 seconds E - W Green Very Bright like a firework No Directly under the moon
27AUG2012 Trudy boyton, Cornwall, UK 23:20:00 3 seconds w-e green red woomf bright no just absolutly lovelly

27AUG2012 I J Potter St Helens, Merseyside, UK 23.15 approx 3 seconds i was facing south, it came from the northwest headed southeast green with a long tail about half as bright as the moon long tail none

27AUG2012 Nicky Stow Hull, UK 23.2 7 secs S-E Green Mint Green Not sure Moving very fast

27AUG2012 Hannah Sabido United Kingdom 23:10ish BST(UT+1) 3 - 5 seconds SW - NE sited over head bright white ball with long bright tail possibly green hue, became more orange towards NE giving off orange "sparks" before bursting out. no sound distinguishable above background. began brighter than moon yes first noticed as very bright glowing light behind cloud, travelling very fast.

27AUG2012 T Doran New Brighton, Wirral, Merseyside, UK 23.10 BST ( ie GMT+1hr) 4 seconds We were on the beach walking towards the sea wall (facing SE). Travelled from R to L across sky. Start location?.. it just appeared in sky, then view was obscured by sea wall. Silent. Large orange and white globe, with long straight green tail. Very bright; brighter than the moon.. None seen; globe remained 'intact'. Wow!

27AUG2012 Nathan Jones St athan, Wales, UK 2310  GMT after about 8 sec lost line of sight due to houses Facing north, direction of travel from west to east I saw object ( can't specify what ) with heat trail behind orange and white very bright also seemed very close not that i could see No photo taken, never seen something so amazing in my life. looked like it was skimming through the atmospere due to the curved path it was taking.

27AUG2012 Gareth North Wales 23:16 GMT half a second SE direction i was facing south Very bright orange nearly white fading off into slight blue and red nearly the  same brightness as the sun but was only size of this 0 the 0 i just typed seemed to be in two parts I was playing a computer game at the time and it caught my eye, thought it was a firework that had extinguished but on second thoughts it did seem alittle more obviouse that it was some sort of meteor.

27AUG2012 D White uk south wales cwmbran 23 3 sec seen N left to right orange fire trails green front  2-3 mins later heard impact same as the sun no no pic sorry

27AUG2012 Kim Douglas 23:30:00 15 United Kingdom no sound like a ball of fire big and bright flying very quick in the sky til it went over the hill out of view. fire so like sun there were not parts falling off i though it was a plane going down at first but was moving too quickly.

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New Brunswick / Nova Scotia Canada Fireball Meteor 25AUG2012

New Brunswick / Nova Scotia Canada Fireball Meteor 25AUG2012

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NB NS Fireball 25AUG2012 Sightings Map
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Initial Sighting Reports:
25AUG2012 Maryann Morgan Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada 20:00 - Atlantic Time Zone, UTC - 4 LONGEST I ever saw.  By the time we saw it fly in front of us overhead, NOT high up, it then lasted upwards of 10 seconds but was going strong before we noticed it.  We actually saw the fireball extinguish itself - THAT, I have never seen so clearly before. Northern - Slightly West Appeared large fireball clearly seen, with a tail and no sound associated with it. Mini Sun - we clearly saw the entire end of the fire. Parts could not be seen falling off, but the tail was evident, thick and obvious behind it. I was going for a walk with my daughter and our dog with a flashlight in hand as it was seriously getting dark.  By the time it caught the attention of my peripheral vision, I was astonished that it was so close, so low in the sky and appeared to be only a few stories above where we were.  We watched it for what seemed like forever, for a fireball.  I've seen two other fireballs in my area over the years and the rest were 'shooting stars' but nothing like this one.  In total, it probably lasted between 8 and 12 seconds, maybe even longer and we clearly seen it - the fire, it going out and the ashes that fell as a result.  It was amazing to behold.

25AUG2012 Erin Durkee Enfield, Nova Scotia, Canada 9:00 AST 15-20 seconds Traveling  towards the North East. Perhaps towards Middle or Upper Stewiacke Was like a ball of fire, it seemed very lov and disappeared down behind the trees. just bery bright, like a ball of fire no no

25AUG2012 Reagan McAdam Fredericton 21:00 Atlantic Time ~>10 sec Right to Left (East of Fredericton to North) from Hanwell NB looking toward Fredericton. Orange and yellow (some red). No sound. More than one tail, breaking up, large. Bright as moon. Yes none

25AUG2012 Ginette Garrish Miramichi, NB, Canada approx 2100 Atlantic Daylight Time 7-9 seconds southwest/northwest, left to right, I was facing due west Bright yellow/white, appeared to have several tails of white light just before breaking up Bright as the moon Seemed to break up before fizzling out Appeared closer than I would have expected/was moving quite fast.

25AUG2012 Don LeBlanc Moncton NB, Canada 21:00:00 a couple seconds, then my view was obstructed by a house. I was facing West, it was moving from south to North It was yellow and Orange, the color of fire it was as bright as fireworks there seemed to be parts falling off I steped out on my deck at 9pm to observer the ISS due at 9:04pm. This caught me by suprise as I was turning my camera on. Sorry, no pictures

25AUG2012 Tim O Taymouth, NB 21:10:00 Approx. 15 seconds S-N (facing East) Bright Orange.  At first we thought a shooting star, but it continued across the sky and was at an altitude that seemed lower than a jet going overhead at the same time.  Watched until it extinguished in the North.  No noises were heard. Very bright.  Similar to Moon. There were pieces dropping off as it streaked across the sky, much like sparks. Fascinating event to behold!

25AUG2012 george fury moncton, New Brunswick, Canada 20:50:00 10-15 seconds N-- travelling W>E core was dark and fire was quite wide around and long behind it . it broke of into about 3 -5 piece before burning up in atmosphere was quite bright but there was still day light. could see fire clearly yes was hands down coolest thing i've seen staring at the sky. and i do alot of lookin up :D

25AUG2012 Linda Casey Grandbay-Westfield,NB ,Canada about 21:00 AT 10 sec-15 travelled south to north white Bright as moon no burned out

25AUG2012 phill Moncton N.B Canada 21:00:00 15- 25 sec. N-E redish/ orange dull orange no see a orange fireball in the N-E, sky here in moncton NB canada

25AUG2012 Susan Johnson North Williamston 20:55 atlantic time 20 seconds n - ne I was facing n so left to right I guess red and orange looked like a shooting star but larger and like it was on fire like a star that is on fire it had a tail I said oh cool a shooting star to my husband then noticed it was larger and had a tail. I watched until it just disappeared.

25AUG2012 Keith Crabbe Mountain, New Brunswick, Canada 21:10 Atlantic time 8-10 seconds that I could see it Right to Left facing North East Orange in colour and a trail behind, pieces coming off, appeared to be closer than a jet flying over probably due to ts size. not as bright as the sun or moon Yes there were parts falling off behind never witnessed anything like it before, much slower in movement and closer than a shooting star, more colorful also.

25AUG2012 Aaron Stanwix Sussex Corner, NB, Canada 21:02 Eastern 10-12 sec N-E left to right Bright yellow with long firey tail at least as bright as the moon and 20 times as bright as venus ther were parts falling off was like something i only ever saw on movies

25AUG2012 Denise McCluskey Moncton, NB Canada 21:00 ADT 8-10 seconds Left to Right A large fireball with a long tail was slowly moving across the sky. Then i saw the tail start to break up...then the fire ball broke up and disappeared. It was very bright and quite large..in perspective about the size of a pinky finger. Very bright reds and oranges and yellows. Very much like looking into a flame. At the end of the 10 seconds the tail boke apart..then the fries ball broke up inot small peices before it disappeared. No other comments

25AUG2012 scott smith New Germany, Nova Scotia, Canada 2103EST 15 sec NW to NE,left to right. Facing NW(I think) Wow.Huge fire ball with debris falling off it .Very low in the sky.I was driving in my car and  i couldnt stare for any length of time but to my amazement each time I glanced up , it was still there. Ive seen lots of shooting stars in my 54 years of life but never any thing that even came close to this.It was like watching a helicopter go down in a blaze of fire.It lasted for close to 20 seconds.I couldnt hear it because I was in my car.WOW. bright as the moon yes Much brighter ang larger than any shooting star.It seemed so close.

25AUG2012 Charles Drummond, NB, Canada 9PM MORE THAT 5 LESS THAN 10 SECONDS (7SECONDS MAYBE) Canada S-N BRIGHT ORANGE AND YELLOW VERY BRIGHT LIKE A CAMPFIRE CONSISTED OF MANY PIECES, WITH A FEW FALLING OFF AT THE END AND THEN DISTINGUISHING QUICKLY ALMOST LOOKED LIKE A FIREY HAND GOING ACROSS THE SKY

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Fireball Lights up the Sky in the Park!
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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 25AUG2012

NJ couple among witnesses who saw meteor
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Ohio farmer reaped rare meteorite, expert says
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Breaking News -NY NJ CT MA NH DE PA RI Bright Fireball 23AUG2012

Breaking News- 8 States- NY NJ CT MA NH DE PA RI Bright Fireball ~05:52 EDT 23AUG2012

MBIQ (Meteor Bot Internet Query) Bot triggered on this event about an hour ago.  It is indicated that this fireball meteor event was seen in at least 8 States -NY NJ CT MA NH DE PA RI at approximately 05:52 am EDT.

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NY NJ CT MA NH DE PA RI Bright Fireball ~05:52 EDT 23AUG2012  Sightings Map
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Artist`s Rendition of 23AUG2012 Meteor Sighting
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Initial Reports:

23AUG2012 Nick Nashua, NH, USA 547 5 seconds heading east fiery green same as moon none It was wicked awesome

23AUG2012 Jan Paterson, NJ,USA 5:50AM EST 10 sec South/North--East--Right to left--East                   o Left-East Bright Green-Darted across the sky-left a trail behind after it disappeard Same as the sun No It was incredible to see in the sky the unexpected commuting to work

23AUG2012 Stan gmitererek Hackensack, NJ 555 3/4/2012 Northeast Green/yellow Spark Slight Streak

23AUG2012 matt Georgetown,MA USA 553 2-3sec W-E bright green, no sound Bright as the full moon if not brighter did not see any gorgeous color, never seen it green light that

23AUG2012 Slick Lake Carmel, NY 0548 EST 5 sec Heading west to East glowing green, smoke trail Brightess think in the morning sky Yes, things were falling off as it passed over. I was heading east bound on Rt 84, when it shot across the sky.  Mile marker 62

23AUG2012 Leah Long island, NY 6:00am est Only a few seconds Right to left, facing east Bright green Moon It had a tail Very beautiful

23AUG2012 Mark Sipes Freeville, NY, Tompkins 5:52:00 2-3 seconds south to north . I was facing east bright Green BRIGHT!! looked like it had a tail It was huge and bright Green!!

23AUG2012 Deirdre Mountaindale, NY 5:55:00 3-5 sec I was facing east & it came from right hand sky to the left It was bright bright bright green It was very bright not like the sun just noticeable in the dusk sky Yea it exploded & just disappeared in the sky after falling The duration of this was a lot longer than shooting stars & bigger than shooting stars I've seen

23AUG2012 steve m Boston Ma U.S.A. 5:53:00 3-4 seconds nw-se bright green moon plus sudden at flameout beautiful green color at about sunrise.

23AUG2012 Michael Fairfield, CT 5:50:00 Less than 2 Faceing due south, object traveled east and descended Bright lime green ball, white tail Brilliant light, brighter than moon, Venus, No Judging from distance and trajectory the object likely made impact in long island sound. It was very low, perhaps only 40 degrees above horizon

23AUG2012 Garret hoogerhyde Fairlawn nj usa 5:52:00 5-10 sec Se Green blue Venus 2-3 pieces Looked Heading NE

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 23AUG2012

Was that a meteor lighting up NorCal, Reno last night?
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Breaking News: MBIQ Detects Nevada / California / Oregon Fireball Meteor 21AUG2012

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MBIQ Detects Nevada / California / Oregon Fireball Meteor ~23:20 21AUG2012

MBIQ (Meteor Bot Internet Query) Bot has just detect a meteor event over Nevada and California.  Please supply your reports:
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Initial Reports indicate at least two events:
21AUG2012 scott white city, oregon, USA 11:22p.m. PST it was at least 3-5 seconds we were facing east and it fell vertically for at least 3-5 seconds before dissapearing behind roxy anne butte. it was the color of the green traffic light and had a trail behind it as it got closer to the ground it got brighter and the outside of it turned orange/red. it was silent no sound. it looked like a green traffic light. it had a trail but i didnt see anything fall of of it. me and a buddy both saw this so i know i wasnt just seeing things.

21AUG2012 SL Reno,NV 23:21:00 15 sec West to East Bright white center with Red outline, changed colors Brightest thing I have ever seen slight red trail Lite up the back of my truck, look up and see this huge "fireball" streaks across the sky, disappeared and then reappeared but the strange thing was when it disappeared that section of the sky was pulsating almost like there was a lighting storm illuminating the sky but with out the lighting that lasted 5 sec before it reappeared and streaked over the mountains... what did I see?

21AUG2012 Josh Sacramento, Calf 23:20 Pacific 4 seconds N-S Bright Green with a long white tail Moon Couldn't tell Unbelievable; the size//color like nothing I have ever seen!

21AUG2012 daniel  espinosa reno nevada usa 23:00:00 2sec max s orange and green no sound sun no never seen anything like it

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 22AUG2012

2012 RATS - NASA Kicks Off Asteroid Simulation; Media Invited to Observe
The Research and Technology Studies (RATS) test, a 10-day asteroid
exploration simulation in Johnson's Space Vehicle Mockup Facility,
kicked off this week. As NASA makes plans to send humans to asteroids
by 2025, RATS and other mission simulations provide the agency with a
way to test new operations, concepts and exploration techniques to
influence the future of exploration. ...

Spacewalkers prepare International Space Station for new Russian lab
Independent Tue, 21 Aug 2012 09:05 AM PDT
Two veteran cosmonauts sailed through a six-hour spacewalk outside the International Space Station yesterday to prepare the orbital outpost for a new module and better shield its living quarters against small meteoriteand debris impacts, officials said.

More Evidence for Russian Quasicrystal Meteorite
Discovery News Mon, 20 Aug 2012 23:35 PM PDT
A rock with mysterious qualities was discovered deep in Russian mountains in 2010 -- new evidence suggests it is likely a meteorite.

Spacewalkers prepare station for new Russian lab
Reuters.co.uk Mon, 20 Aug 2012 19:21 PM PDT
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Two veteran cosmonauts sailed through a six-hour spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Monday to prepare the orbital outpost for a new module and better shield its living quarters against small meteorite and debris impacts, officials said...

Peter Chianca: Where are the candidates on asteroid issues?
Leavenworth Times
For instance, if we were to be visited by a meteor like the one that hit Manson, Iowa 74 million years ago, immediately before it hit "the temperature below it would rise to some 60000 Kelvin, or ten times the surface temperature of the Sun ...

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ONT Canada / NJ PA Fireball Meteor 21AUG2012

ONT Canada / NJ PA Fireball Meteor ~21:30 EST 21AUG2012

21AUG2012 Agatha Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, USA 21:30:00 5 Sec S-NW Lime Green, Yellow, White, broke up clearly into red chunks Incredibly bright lime green color as entered atmosphere, them dimmed to darker green,then bright white before breaking up into red chunks. Brightest object in the sky several red chunks broke apart suddently NA

21AUG2012 Michelle Phoenixville, PA 21:40 PM EST not even 5 seconds West - shooting left to right very bright flourescent green - no sound moon not that we could see It was awesome

21AUG2012 Samara Phillipsburg, nj 2130 About five seconds Southwest to northeast Yellow some red Venus Yes Largest one I have ever seen. Definite fireball with tail and fragment pieces. It was the closest and largest one I have encountered.

21AUG2012 Cody Welland,Ontatio Canada 9-10pm est 2 seconds right to left no sound, red and blue colour venus, looked like a fireball no seen it come into our atmosphere, then is surely disintegrated 2 seconds after

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New Foundland, Canada ~21:20 NST 21AUG2012
(1 hour prior):
21AUG2012 Keith Poole St. Lewis, NL, Canada 21:20 NST 6-8 sec N-S Bright Blue/Green with a bright tail(split).  There was no sound. moon no noticable parts falling but here seemed two or three tails/streaks behind it It came in from the north sky towards the south at a very steep angle and slowed as it neared the earth but did not get any less bright.  It was very brilliant, like the arc from a welder.  I spoke to at least half a dozen people in the seconds that followed reported seeing the same thing but there was no sound.

21AUG2012 David Norman 10 Minutes outside Corner Brook,NL Canada 21:22:00 Id have to say a good 10-15 seconds. I was Headed North East towards Corner Brook Newfoundland and it came from my left and headed directly across the highway to my Right. I heard nothing as i was in my Vehicle. It was round with a long tail, Green in colour,traveling very fast. Maybe like Venus but Green in colour. Did not hurt your eyes at all kind of bright just really seafoam green and well lit. None that i seen. This Green ball had a long tail behind it. It travelled very fast and seemed to be very close.My Brother was with me and he also witnessed this this object with a huge green tail trailing behind it.We watch it till it vanished behind some tree's on the highway.

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 21AUG2012

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Meteorite to go on display
Salisbury Journal
A METEORITE believed to be the largest ever to have fallen on the British Isles, will go on display at the Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum next month. Weighing 90kg, the meteorite landed around 30000 years ago during the last ice age. Preserved by ...

HIGHLY Strange Fireball Breaks Apart Over Japan - 4 Cameras ...
http://sheilaaliens.net/?p=1066 Wild!!! Source: http://www.sonotaco.jp for the latest fireball ...
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More Evidence for Russian Quasicrystal Meteorite
Discovery News
And the most likely origin of that rock was a meteorite from outer space. Now physicist Paul Steinhardt is back with new evidence that his theory about the origin of that Russian quasicrystal is correct, and that meteorite responsible for its transport ...

Spacewalkers prepare station for new Russian lab
Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News Mon, 20 Aug 2012 16:29 PM PDT
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Two veteran cosmonauts sailed through a six-hour spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Monday to prepare the orbital outpost for a new module and better shield its living quarters against small meteorite and debris impacts, officials said. Station commander Gennady Padalka and flight engineer Yuri Malenchenko opened the hatch on the station's ...

Seeking the deadly roots of the dinosaurs' ascent
PhysOrg Mon, 20 Aug 2012 04:35 AM PDT
Over the past 450 million years, life on earth has undergone at least five great extinctions, when biological activity nosedived and dominant groups of creatures disappeared. The final one (so far) was 65 million years ago, when it appears that a giant meteorite brought fires, shock waves and tsunamis, then drastically altered the climate. That killed off the dinosaurs, setting the stage for ...

Meteor Dust Boosts Night-Shining Clouds
National Geographic
Satellite images collected during the last five years reveal for the first time that water vapor is freezing around nanoscopic bits of meteor smoke, thus seeding the formation of high-altitude noctilucent, or night-shining, clouds. (See "Pictures ...

New NASA Mission to Take First Look Deep Inside Mars (InSight)
NASA has selected a new mission, set to launch in 2016,
that will take the first look into the deep interior of Mars to see
why the Red Planet evolved so differently from Earth as one of our
solar system's rocky planets. The new mission, named InSight, will place instruments on the Martian surface to investigate whether the core of Mars is solid or liquid 

like Earth's and why Mars' crust is not divided into tectonic plates ...

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 20AUG2012

Curiosity Mission Status Report: Rover's Laser Instrument Zaps First Martian Rock
Today, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity fired its laser for the first time on Mars, using the beam from a science instrument to interrogate a fist-size rock called "Coronation."
The mission's Chemistry and Camera instrument, or ChemCam, hit the fist-sized rock with 30 pulses of its laser during a 10-second period. Each pulse delivers more than a million watts of power for about five one-billionths of a second. ...

Meteor Smoke Makes Strange Clouds - NASA Science
A key ingredient of Earth's strangest clouds does not come from Earth. New data from NASA's AIM spacecraft proves that "meteor smoke" is essential to the ...
science.nasa.gov/science-news/science.../07aug_meteorsmoke/

Kadavu Island, Fiji Meteor? Loud Bang / Smoke Trail 17AUG2012
By Lunar Meteorite * Hunter
Kadavu Island, Fiji Meteor? Loud Bang / Smoke Trail ~16:30 Fiji Local Time 17AUG2012 17th August 2012. Adrian Watt Kadavu Island, Fiji 16:30 Fiji Time Meteor not sighted. E to W Low trajectory. Black smoke trail observed dissipating ...
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HIGHLY Strange Fireball Breaks Apart Over Japan – 4 Cameras ...
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for the latest fireball sighting reports or to make one yourself, goto: http://www.lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com. This entry was posted in Breaking News, Caught on Tape, Fireballs, Japan, Meteorites, News & Politics, Satellites, Space, ...
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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 19AUG2012
By Lunar Meteorite * Hunter
A woman living near Riding Mountain believes she found pieces of a meteor close to her home. On Wednesday, she found two fragments with surfaces like old elephant skin one the size of a football and the other larger, weighing in at ...
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日本火球の火の玉流星19AUG2012- 地球が放牧小惑星？日本19AUG2012 Japan Bolide 19AUG2012

日本火球の火の玉流星19AUG2012 地球が放牧小惑星？日本
Japan Bolide Fireball Meteor an Earth Grazing Asteroid??? Japan 19AUG2012
Uploaded to YouTube by 19 Aug 2012 by Sheilaaliens 200 Views

20120819_0240 長経路流星 
Long Duration/Path Length Meteor

The meteor had a duration of more than 20 seconds with an estimated recorded visual path length of approximately 300km. It was captured by allsky cameras in Hyogo, Osaka, and Tokyo.

Original Source with complete details, photos and videos: 
http://sonotaco.jp/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2805&sid=9b5aff6d83a484f6f9b0b8533eba0f77
Sonotaco (Japan Allsky Camera Network) http://www.sonotaco.jp

Way to go Shelia for the alert!  Thank you for the post:
http://sheilaaliens.net/?p=1066


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Brasschaat, Belgium Bolide Meteor Fireball 19AUG2012

Brasschaat, Belgium Bolide Meteor Fireball ~01:05u 19AUG2012

19AUG2012 Erwin Van Geel 2930 Brasschaat, Belgium 01:05u the sighting lasted no longer then 8sec approximately direction of travel: north,east we were ouside talking when a lightflash so bright we stopped talking immediately then we saw an object with high speed tearing the sky like a red flaming stripe and at the head of the stripe the object broke in 2 pieces! at a certain point at the end of the sighting , the 2 pieces outspeeded the flames and dissapeared in dark/distance first white light flash in a split sec followed by incoming object at the bright spot, and leaves fire like red line in sky at the end , object broke in 2 parts i am so amazed by what i saw , i cant sleep and think about anything else! i feel so lucky that i could ever witness this! it definitely looked like an impact
Great Job Erwin!

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