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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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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