MBIQ Detects MA NJ NH MD DC RI Fireball Meteor 20SEP2012

MBIQ Detects MA NJ NH MD DC RI Fireball Meteor ~22:40 20SEP2012
This event MAY have produced a meteorite according to (unpublished) sampled data set.  Indications are that this was a bright long duration event.

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Initial Reports:
20SEP2012 PKelly Auburn, nh, USA 22:40:00 2sec N-E Brite white and orange bright firework like Yes Twin tails

20SEP2012 Todd James Portsmouth, RI, USA 2245 EST 4 to 5 seconds South to North Initially white, turned orange, then turned greenish-blue as it got low on horizon Like a flare but definately not a flare. Yes, from the "ball" itself. The tail was approximately 5 times longer than the ball itself. The tail remained a bright white even though the ball changed color.  Was definately not the typical "shooting star".

Email:
Massachusetts fireball
My wife and daughter just got home. About 15 minutes ago, around 0230
UTC, while driving to the north on a road aligned north/south, they
saw an extremely bright fireball pass overhead from south to north,
disappearing below the northern horizon in front of them. They
described is as bright white, brighter than a full moon, large in
appearance, leaving what appeared to be a smoke trail. The
observation was made at approximately 71 deg 10.5 min W 42 deg 6 min
N. They perceived the light from behind them before sighting the
meteor as it passed overhead. It was moving somewhat slowly. Duration
of the passage was approximately 15 seconds.
It would likely have also been visible in New Hampshire.

Richard Kramer - posted on meteorobs list
Thank you Richard for your fine report!

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Other event ~ 01:00 20SEP2012

20SEP2012 Charles Vartanian Jefferson Township, NJ  1:04 AM EST 4 seconds I was facing northwest. It appeared to be slowly dropping or moving direcly down and away. Direction the fireball or meteor was travellingh was probably northwest. Bright white with a bit of other color. No sound heard but we experienced a brief power outage about 30 seconds after I saw it. 8 times Venus brightness. Yes. I think it was heading away towards the northwest but falling rapidlly till below the horizon.

MBIQ Partial Sampled Data:
Walpole, Massachusetts arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for i think i saw a shooting star tonight 9/20/2012.
11:56:05 -- 51 minutes ago

Basking Ridge, New Jersey arrived from search.yahoo.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Nashua, NH Meteor? 24NOV2011" by searching for meteor nh.
12:10:15 -- 38 minutes ago

Bedford, New Hampshire arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: New Hampshire Fireball 13?APR2010" by searching for meteor strike nh.
12:21:49 -- 27 minutes ago

Bel Air, Maryland arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for fireball in the sky september 2012.
12:32:07 -- 17 minutes ago

Clifton, New Jersey arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for meteor over new jersey.
12:37:00 -- 12 minutes ago


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Three UK Meteor Fireball Events 19SEP2012

Three UK Meteor Fireball Events 19SEP2012

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Initial Meteor Sighting Reports:

First Event:

19SEP2012 Chris Blackburn, Lancs, UK 1925 BST 3 NE sky, R to L White with possible trail Venus No Visible in daylight

19SEP2012 Tom Redmayne Skidbrooke, Lincolnshire, 53.42 N, 0.16 E 19.23 British Summer Time 2 seconds Facing N.N.E it fell from Right to left, the S.E to the N.W Bright white becoming orange before disappearing. No sounds. Brighter than Venus not as bright as the sun. One large body and about 5 or 6 smaller pieces falling away beneath it as it fell The smaller fragments fell and disappeared first and the single, large piece was last to vanish. The angle was steeply downward at about 40 Degrees.

19SEP2012 Sara Coulson skidbrooke, Lincolnshire 19.20hrs 4 or 5secs E;W yellow/orange sun/venus yes whilst driving looking towards northern sky

19SEP2012 David Nash St. Neots, UK 19:23BST 6sec I didn't see the beginning though NE towards N, Right to left downwards approx 30 deg from horizontal Yellow+White no sound, trail Brighter than Venus No Was seen during (fading) daylight

19SEP2012 Barry Holbeach Lincolnshire, UK 19.22 UK time 4 secs E - W facing to North very bright white fire sun no large long burn, half speed of perseid, low in sky / horizontal/ seemed to dip near finish/ don't think it completely burned up

19SEP2012 Simon Rummery Kirton, near Boston, Lincolnshire, UK 19.23 BST It lasted about 2 seconds. I was driving north on the A16 road. The meteor fell from low in the NE to NNE at an angle of 30 degrees. It was a very bright fast moving green light with a trail. It was brighter than Venus. I didn't see any fragmentation. Observed through the car windscreen at early dusk; the sky was still light.

19SEP2012 Andrew Tyas Sheffield,UK 18:21 GMT (19:21 local time due to daylight saving) Estimate that I was looking at it for 3-4 sec before it faded I was facing NE. Meteor travelled right to left and appeared go be heading slightly away from me so I'd estimate that it was heading towards NNE. It was about 20 deg above horizon and on trajectory about below horizontal Bright green. Didn't hear sound ( I was in car with radio on) Much brighter than Venus. Nowhere near as bright as Moon No. Have seen one fragmenting before. This was a single point None


Second Event:
19SEP2012 Richard C Crabtree Crook, County Durham 6-07amBST / 5-07amUTC 1 to 2 seconds at most I was facing west - direction of object travel was north to south Orange with a flame tail - no sound a bright as a fire / same as sun no obect appeared to be golf ball size from my perception, but could have been football to car size depending on the actual distance it was from my point of observation

19SEP2012 Jemma Blake Clifton, Bristol, BS8 06.08 am 2 seconds West Burning ball of yellow fire Like a ball of fire very bright and yellow had a tale of flames None

Third Event:
19SEP2012 Alan Forster PAIGNTON, DEVON, ENGLAND 01120:15SEC GMT+1 1SECOND START 20DEG, STOP 5DEG,  S-N, FACING EAST START FAINT WHITE INCREASE TO BRIGHT GREEN MAG +6.0 AT MAXIMUM NO LOOKING OUT TO SEA. ANGLE OF APPROACH 45DEG. STARTED FAINT WHITE RAPIDLY BRIGHTENING ANS BECOMING INTENSE GREEN AT MAXIMUM THEN RAPIDLY FADING AND DISAPPEARING BEFORE REACHING EARTH/WATER. PHOTO OF ARTWORK TO FOLLOW



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Massive Diamond-Filled Meteor Crater Worth 'Trillions' Of Pounds Found In ...
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Russia Reveals It Has Massive Diamond Field
The Epoch Times Tue, 18 Sep 2012 16:02 PM PDT
Russia revealed that in the 1970s, the country discovered a gigantic diamond field underneath a meteorite crater in Siberia that is thought to contain trillions of carats.

Russia says it's found huge diamond deposit in crater
Brisbane Times Tue, 18 Sep 2012 15:26 PM PDT
Russian scientists are claiming that a gigantic deposit of industrial diamonds found in a huge Siberian meteorite crater during Soviet times could revolutionise industry.

Meteorite crater diamonds could revolutionise industry
3news Tue, 18 Sep 2012 15:13 PM PDT
Russian scientists claim a gigantic deposit of diamonds found in ameteorite crater could revolutionise industry.

It's the biggest moon rock ever auctioned
MSNBC Tue, 18 Sep 2012 14:14 PM PDT
If you have some serious cash lying around, a chunk of the moon could be yours. A piece of lunar meteorite is on sale at auction, and experts estimate the final price will tally at least $340,000. The rock, called Dar al Gani 1058, is the largest piece of the moon ever to be auctioned.

Wham! How Russia's Trove of 'Impact Diamonds' Was Created
LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News Tue, 18 Sep 2012 12:03 PM PDT
A flashy claim from Russian scientists, that a Siberian meteorite crater holds "trillions of carats" of diamonds, may be far-fetched but it's not outside the realm of scientific possibility.

Largest Moon Rock Ever Auctioned Could Fetch $380,000
SPACE.com Tue, 18 Sep 2012 12:02 PM PDT
A lunar meteorite that fell to Earth is now on sale to the highest bidder.

Diamond field with trillions of carats found in Siberia
Daily Telegraph Tue, 18 Sep 2012 11:38 AM PDT
A diamond field containing trillions of carats has been discovered hidden under a giant meteorite crater in Siberia, Russian scientists have disclosed.

Secret Diamond Crater Revealed By Russia
Sky News via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance Tue, 18 Sep 2012 10:32 AM PDT
Russian scientists have revealed that they kept secret a huge deposit of diamonds beneath a gigantic meteorite crater in Siberia for decades.They claim that the 60-mile wide Popigai crater in eastern Siberia ...

Russia boasts of huge diamond field
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Russian scientists are claiming that a gigantic deposit of industrial diamonds found in a huge Siberian meteorite crater during Soviet times could revolutionize industry.

Starting and finishing with a bang: Did a giant meteorite KICKSTART the age of the dinosaurs?
Daily Mail Tue, 18 Sep 2012 09:44 AM PDT
Paleontologist Paul Olsen and geologist Dennis Kent of Columbia University have been exploring this theory and looking for evidence that an asteroid did strike the Earth, causing the Triassic-Jurassic extinction.

Huge diamond field discovered in Russian meteorite crater
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A gigantic deposit of industrial diamonds found in a huge Siberian meteorite crater could revolutionize industry, Russian scientists say. The Siberian branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences said the Popigai crater in eastern Siberia contains “many ...

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Breaking News- NEO Asteroids Close Approach SEP2012 - Several More Discovered

Breaking News -NEOs Close Approaches for Late SEP2012 - Several More Just Discovered!
---Increased Worldwide Meteor activity expected through end of September!

NEOs 2012 RK15, 2012 SZ2, 2012 SW2 have just been discovered and are to safely pass less than 10LD from Earth.  Be ready and get outside as there will be accompanying debris 2-3 days prior and after their passing on 19SEP2012 and 24SEP2012). Get outside and observe if you can.  Allsky camera operators be ready for a capture!
We MAY just have a meteorite produced before the month is finished!
-LunarMeteorite*Hunter,  Tokyo, Japan

UPCOMING CLOSE APPROACHES TO EARTH

1 AU = ~150 million kilometers 1 LD = Lunar Distance = ~384,000 kilometers Object Name Close Approach Date CA Distance* (AU) CA Distance* (LD) Estimated Diameter** H (mag) Relative Velocity (km/s) (2012 RJ15)  2012-Sep-18 0.1185 46.1 54 m - 120 m 23.5 12.39 (2012 RL15)  2012-Sep-18 0.0778 30.3 36 m - 81 m 24.3 13.88 (2012 FC71)  2012-Sep-18 0.1074 41.8 24 m - 53 m 25.2 3.51 (1998 FF14)  2012-Sep-19 0.0928 36.1 210 m - 480 m 20.5 21.40 331990 (2005 FD)  2012-Sep-19 0.1914 74.5 320 m - 710 m 19.6 15.92 (2012 QG49)  2012-Sep-19 0.0843 32.8 85 m - 190 m 22.5 9.49 (2012 SW2)  2012-Sep-19 0.0047 1.8 8.6 m - 19 m 27.5 16.18 (2012 SZ2)  2012-Sep-19 0.0211 8.2 24 m - 54 m 25.2 10.72 (2012 RH15)  2012-Sep-21 0.0544 21.2 32 m - 71 m 24.6 7.19 (2012 RK15)  2012-Sep-24 0.0210 8.2 56 m - 130 m 23.4 15.01 (2012 RP15)  2012-Sep-24 0.1120 43.6 68 m - 150 m 22.9 8.17 (2009 SH2)  2012-Sep-24 0.1462 56.9 28 m - 62 m 24.9 7.52 333578 (2006 KM103)  2012-Sep-25 0.0626 24.4 270 m - 600 m 20.0 8.54 334412 (2002 EZ2)  2012-Sep-26 0.1922 74.8 270 m - 600 m 20.0 6.76 (2012 QF42)  2012-Sep-27 0.1095 42.6 130 m - 290 m 21.6 8.66 (2009 SB170)  2012-Sep-29 0.1789 69.6 200 m - 440 m 20.7 32.39 (2011 OJ45)  2012-Sep-29 0.1339 52.1 18 m - 39 m 25.9 4.24 (2012 JS11)  2012-Sep-30 0.0712 27.7 260 m - 580 m 20.0 12.60

Source: NASA/JPL - http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/

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Slovenia / Slovakia Meteor(s) Reported 18SEP2012

Slovenia / Slovakia Meteor(s) Reported 18SEP2012

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Slovakia / Slovenia Meteor Sightings 18SEP2012
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Initial Reports:

18SEP2012 Marko-mb Slovenia 20:50 UTC+1 6 sec or I was facing West and saw it from  W to N Bright yellow long trail. Like I saw it burning. very bright I saw like it splited before it burned totaly I had never seen anything like it and Ive seen many meteorites during nights. Bright, long lasting, very long trail and like it fell apart before burned totaly

18SEP2012 kev1ar Bratislava, Slovakia 18:43 UTC 10 sec 280 W moving Left to N bright green bright more than city lights divided into smaller pieces like by explosion no photo


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UK Meteor 17SEP2012

UK Meteor 17SEP2012

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UK Meteor 17SEP2012
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Initial Meteor Sighting Reports:

17SEP2012 Gill Golding South Devon TQ7 2JG UK 9.30 - 9.45pm approx 4sec approx E-W white fireball with long tail large firework (rocket) No None

17SEP2012 Tom Restronguet, Cornwall 20.4 3 sec East to West Green fireball, no sound Bright as the moon Yes fragmenting Appeared quite low in the sky, about 30 degrees above the horizon, very beautiful and surprising.

17SEP2012 Helen Bilgic Sheffield United kingdom 20:44:00 5 seconds NW Bright light yellow sun No I just saw a bright light shooting towards the back of the factory at work

17SEP2012 F SWAIN North Shropshire UK 20.45 GMT 5 E-W large bright white fireball with tail moon yes seemed very close to earth

17SEP2012 A WOOD GLOUCESTER,UK 20:40 BST 2-3 SECS S-E;N-W LEFT TO RIGHT FACING WEST GREEN VENUS FRAGMENTED INTO SEVERAL PARTS NONE

17SEP2012 Sharon Aur Gwynedd, Wales 20:52:00 3 left to right bright yellow, with blue outline bright as the sun no looked like a huge fireball, unforgettable

17SEP2012 GARY TURNHAM WELLS, UK 20.47 3 United Kingdom blue very bright no east to west

17SEP2012 Ry Leicester, UK 20:44:00 5 N-S Green/white Bright Yes Shooting

17SEP2012 Darren Eddy Bedford, England 20.40 GMT Visible for 2 seconds but house across road in the way S-N FAcing West Bright Green Bright as Moon No About 30 degrees above the horizon

17SEP2012 MR SIMON NELMES THOUNBURY ENGLAND 20.4 5 TO 7 SECONDS SE-W BRIGHT YELLOW THEN WHITE BACK TO YELLOW VENUS SEEMED TO BREAK UP BRIGHT YELLOW THEN WENT TO BRIGHT WHITE BEFORE SLOWING DOWN AND SEEMED TO BREAK UP YELLOW 3 SMALLER PARTS BEFORE I LOST IT BEHIND HOUSES DID LIGHT SKY PS AIR CRAFT FLYING S/E SAME TIME

17SEP2012 Louis Dallard Radstock, Bath, BA3 3SU, England 21:30:00 5-10 seconds facing sw,  went from SE to NW bright whight and orange light bit brighte than venus same direction quite low down to earth.

17SEP2012 chloe roberttown,,west yorkshie,u.k 9.00ish 5sec e-w grren,yellow,blue sun no fast bright light

17SEP2012 CATRIN CARDIFF, UK 18.45 BST 6 SECONDS.  BUT WE DIDN'T SEE THE START. IT WAS GOING WEST.  WE WERE FACING SOUTH A BRIGHT LIGHT THROUGH CLOUDS.  THEN A VERY LARGE GREEN OBJECT WITH A TAIL.   AS BRIGHT AS A FIREWORK NOT THAT WE SAW NO OTHER OBSERVATIONS


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Saipan / Guam Bright as the Sun Bolide Meteor Fireball 17SEP2012

Saipan / Guam Bright as the Sun Meteor w/ Fragmentation ~ 19:00 Local 17SEP2012

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Guam / Saipan Bolide 17SEP2012
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Initial Meteor Sighting Reports:

17SEP2012 Noel Saipan, CNMI 1900 2-3 seconds East to West when facing South Bright reddish/orange/white center Sun None rapid descent path as if to impact southwest of Mariana Islands

17SEP2012 Jeff, Davis, Grant Levy Barrigada, Guam 0840 Z 10 secs S-N white to Green to Blue bright as sun fragmented into two sections very long streak


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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite New 17/18SEP2012

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Fox News Mon, 17 Sep 2012 14:52 PM PDT
Russian scientists are claiming that a gigantic deposit of industrial diamonds found in a huge Siberian meteorite crater during Soviet times could revolutionize industry.

Russia boasts of huge diamond field
Seattle Times Mon, 17 Sep 2012 14:18 PM PDT
Russian scientists are claiming that a gigantic deposit of industrial diamonds found in a huge Siberian meteorite crater during Soviet times could revolutionize industry.

Did the Reign of Dinosaurs Begin, as Well as End, with a MeteoriteStrike?
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Russian Diamonds: Siberian Meteorite Crater Said To Hold Trillions Of Carats
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Russia reveals shiny state secret: It's awash in diamonds
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Weekly SkyWatcher's Forecast – September 17-23, 2012
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Some lucky viewers are in for a Mars occultation event and everyone wins with ameteor shower. What's that, you say? Darn right. This week is also the time of the Autumnal Equinox! When ever you're ready to learn more, just meet me in the back yard…

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MBIQ Detects California Meteor 16SEP2012

MBIQ Detects California Meteor ~10:45 PDT 16SEPE2012
Meteor Bot Internet Query (MBIQ) Bot has just detected a meteor fireball event over California at approximately 10:45 pm 16SEP2012.

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California Meteor 16SEP2012 ~22:45 PDT Sighting Reports
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Initial Sighting Reports:

16SEP2012 steven fremont, california usa 2229 pacific time 2 seconds headed north before dissapearing into horizon blue with white trail blue/white it had a tail, it was bright blue, i seen it fly, my view was slightly block by a tree but i still see the light shining through. hope u guys find it

16SEP2012 Sana San Jose, CA pacific left to right red-blue-greenish VERY bright ? This was the largest thing I have seen in the sky in my whole 27 years on this planet.

16SEP2012 Jennifer B Paso Robles, California USA 22:39:00 6 seconds North White, many small ones behind it extremely bright, like full moon yes best one I have ever seen

16SEP2012 Steph San Jose, California, USA 22:35 PDT 5-7 sec Travelling North/NNE out of the South/SSW Bright white, with orange/red "sparks" on the rear edges Venus brightness, but much larger Only "sparks" falling off "Comet" shaped, white fireball followed by white tail with orange/red sparks/fragments

16SEP2012 Jodi Hernandez Fairfield, CA 10:30 PST 10 seconds West Reddish orange bright as the sun toward the end appeared to break up it looked like a huge fireball. 100 times largest than a shooting star

16SEP2012 Eric Folsom, CA 22:30:00 3 SW bright fire colored with fragments torch like white/red yes! from folsom - strted very high and made it almost to the ground level before going out

16SEP2012 Howie Nave South Lake Tahoe, CA 22:40 PST approx 10=15 sec from left to right facing west Bright white flaring out into 5 bright blue streaks Bright as the moon solid white until just before it flared out 5 bright blue streaks Appeared to be a meteor but was huge in diameter!

16SEP2012 Rick Lambert Half Moon Bay, CA 22:45:00 5 sec East Blue/White.  Single loud sonic boom followed approx. 10 min later. Moon N/A Saw several flashes in the sky off the coast, two decent flashes followed by a bright one that lit half the sky.  About 10 min. later, a sharp sonic boom was heard from the same direction.

For all sighting reports see:
http://thelatestworldwidemeteorreports.blogspot.jp/

MBIQ Data:
Fremont, California arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for i saw a blue shooting star.
14:37:04 -- 30 minutes ago

Penn Valley, California arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for meteor sightings in western sky september 16.
14:38:05 -- 30 minutes ago

Fairfield, California arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for meteor sighting.
14:43:09 -- 25 minutes ago

Paso Robles, California arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 12MAR2012" by searching for shooting star paso robles.
14:46:58 -- 21 minutes ago

Santa Rosa, California arrived from search.yahoo.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: May 2009" by searching for meteor entering northern hemisphere seen at 10:35pm from santa rosa ca.
14:49:39 -- 19 minutes ago

Elk Grove, California arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for meteor tonight september 2012.
14:52:59 -- 16 minutes ago

South Lake Tahoe, California arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for Meteorite in the CA sky/Sept 2012.
14:55:12 -- 14 minutes ago

Oakland, California arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for fireball in sky today.
14:59:40 -- 10 minutes ago

Palmdale, California arrived from bing.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for meteor falls on california 9/16/2012 10:45.
15:00:25 -- 9 minutes ago

Palo Alto, California arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for meteor shower september 2012.
15:03:27 -- 6 minutes ago

Hayward, California arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for flash in sky tonight.
15:05:12 -- 5 minutes ago


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I know Dubai isn't such a great place to view a meteor shower but that's where i live. Whereas Oman, which is about 6-7 hours away from here, is a hilly area ...
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Battle Mountain, Nevada Meteorite BaM01 2012 - YouTube
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BaM01 is the first meteorite find made by Bob Verish on September1, 2012. This fall was ...
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Meteor Burning Up In Earth's Atmosphere Over Las Vegas, NV (NOT METEOR!; A LAUNCH!)
Just before sunrise this morning, 9/13/12, I witnessed a meteor burning up in the sky over Las Vegas, NV. Photos were taken with my cell phones camera ...
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Local projects help clean Meteor Crater
Odessa American
Meteor Crater Friends, Inc., President Tom Rodman said inmates from the Ector County Sheriff's Office were at the meteor crater Saturday to clean 10-inches of mesquite on both sides of the museum's walking path. “There was a lot of thick brush against ...

Mysterious Light In Phoenix Skies - Meteor or Missile Launch ...
A mysterious formation in the Valley sky that shined bright Thursday morning had hundreds of viewers emailing and calling ABC15. The formation was seen ...
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Light in early morning sky was missile test
The Spectrum Thu, 13 Sep 2012 09:20 AM PDT
Many Southern Utah residents awoke to find an unusual bright corkscrew streak in the sky Thursday morning formed by a successful missile test in New Mexico. Cedar City resident Cathy Boggs thought she saw ameteorite crashing over Cedar Mountain.

Britain's record-breaking 30,000 year old meteorite goes on display
Metro Thu, 13 Sep 2012 03:29 AM PDT
Britain's oldest meteorite, believed to be 30,000 years old, has gone on display for the first time having spent 80 years sitting overlooked on a doorstep.

Britain`s 32,000 year old meteorite on public display
The Hindu Thu, 13 Sep 2012 01:54 AM PDT
The biggest meteorite to ever fall in Britain 32,000 years ago has gone on display for the first time here. The rock lay undiscovered on the doorstep of a house for at least 80 years before archaeologists discovered it was a 90 kilogrammes space rock, measuring 1.6 ft long.

UK's 'largest' meteorite goes on display at Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum
Guardian Unlimited Wed, 12 Sep 2012 22:55 PM PDT
Rock that fell to Earth 30,000 years ago sat on doorstep of stately home for 80 years A hunk of rock that for years sat on the doorstep of a stately home in Wiltshire has been identified as "possibly" the largest meteorite to have fallen on Britain. The lump of stone, which weighs 90kg, fell to Earth some 30,000 years ago and is thought to have survived almost whole because it was preserved ...

Have you ever seen a fireball meteor? (A large bright shooting ...
Last night I saw a fireball meteor, the first I've seen in my life. I'm wondering if ... I' ve seen several, including one that occurred at dusk. Quite a few of the "fireball" ...
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2012 THE Year of Meteors!