Fireballs on the Rise
There are increasing meteor reports recently all over the world. More debris from the Px tail...
ZetaTalk: Live Chat, written November 21, 2009
- "When the debris from the tail of Planet X first started arriving in ernest, in 2004, the establishment chose to call this space junk. When the public became alarmed at the amount of space junk falling to Earth they tried to enhance the story by claiming that two satellites had crashed into each other, but this just made a bad story worse. Since fireballs have not gone away, but continued apace and if anything gotten worse, a new term has been used - asteroids. This is debris in the tail of Planet X, which is increasingly turning toward the Earth, hosed out from the N Pole of Planet X. This is why the wobble has gotten more violent, why electromagnetic disruption of dams and airplanes has occurred, and why blackouts will become more frequent. There will also be displays in the sky, some of which has already been noticed, from the electromagnetic tides assaulting the Earth's atmosphere. Stay tuned, more to come!"
March 3, 2012
Reports of a "bright light" and an "orange glow" were received by police across Scotland and the north of England around 9.40pm.
The Met Office tweeted: "Hi All, for anyone seeing something in the night sky, we believe it was a meteorite."
A spokesman for Strathclyde Police said the force had been "inundated" with calls about a bright object in the sky across the west of Scotland. A Durham Police spokeswoman said a number of calls came in around 9.45pm from concerned members of public who had seen a "bright light or a fire in the sky" and believed it may have been incidents involving an aircraft. "
It has been confirmed with air traffic control that there are no incidents of aircraftin difficult and nothing registered on radar," she said. "
The sightings are believed to be either an asteroid burning out or similar which has been restricted to the upper atmosphere only." Grampian Police said reports of people seeing a "flare or a bright object with a tail" were received from across the region. And Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary said numerous calls were made about a "large ball of fire in the sky" across Annandale and Eskdale.
One user wrote on the force's Facebook page: "It was awesome to see! Really big and bright!" Hundreds of people took to Twitter to report similar sightings across Scotland and the north of England. People described seeing a bright fireball moving across the sky with a large tail.
The Kielder Observatory also reported the sighting of a "huge fireball" travelling from north to south over Northumberland at 9.41pm. The Observatory posted on Twitter: "Of 30 years observing the sky #fireball best thing I have ever seen period."
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Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on January 23, 2020 at 5:24am
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https://in-cyprus.com/fireball-meteor-reported-over-cyprus/
Fireball meteor reported over Cyprus
January 22, 2020 at 7:58am
The Cyprus Astronomy Organisation took to social media last night to report that a bright fireball meteor had been observed after 10 pm in the sky over Cyprus.
It also urged the public to report their own sightings and to complete if possible an attached report.
Sightings were reported from across the island
Fireballs are meteors that appear brighter than normal, the International Meteor Organisation explains on its website.
A great majority of the material orbiting in outer space are tiny sub-millimeter sized bits of stone, ice, or metal, or a combination of these materials. These are known as micrometeoroids or simply space dust. These tiny fragments cannot produce enough light to be seen when encountering the atmosphere and yet they contribute many tons of material to the Earth’s weight each year. As the size of these objects approach a millimeter, they begin to produce enough light to be seen upon entry to the upper atmosphere as ordinary meteors.
Due to the velocity at which they strike the Earth’s atmosphere, fragments larger than 1 millimeter have the capability to produce a bright flash as they streak through the heavens above. These bright meteors are what we call fireballs and they often strike fear and awe for those who witness them.
Fireballs actually occur every day all over the Earth. To the individual though, they are a rare spectacle that is witnessed very few times per lifetime. It must be remembered that fireballs also occur during the day or on a cloudy night. They also occur over the ocean or over uninhabited portions of land. Even if a fireball occurs over your location, you need to be outside facing the right direction or you will still miss it. Therefore the International Meteor Organisation takes keen interest in these sightings in the hope that its origin can be determined and that perhaps meteorites can be recovered, it added.
Only true fireballs have the ability to survive all the way down to the Earth’s surface. The easiest method to determine whether a meteor was a fireball or not, is to estimate its brightness. If the object you witnessed is brighter than any object in the sky except for the sun and the moon, then it is a fireball. Another important factor is the duration of a fireball. While larger than most all other meteors entering the atmosphere, they still are traveling at tremendous velocities. Like ordinary meteors, they will suffer disintegration and will slow down to the point where they no longer produce light. This usually takes only a few seconds. Rarely a very large fireball will last 5-10 seconds before it is extinguished. If your object lasts in excess of 10 seconds it is most likely a satellite or some sort of aircraft and not a fireball.
The brightness is difficult to estimate but most fireballs are usually in the range of magnitude -5 to -10. Magnitude -5 is equivalent to the planet Venus at its brightest. At this magnitude a fireball can cast a very faint shadow under the darkest conditions. As fireballs increase in brightest (from -5 to -10) the shadows become pronounced and easier to see. At magnitude -9, the light from a fireball is equivalent to the light produced by a half-illuminated moon. At magnitude -13, the light from a fireball is equivalent to the light produced by a full moon. Fireballs brighter than the full moon are exceedingly rare.
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https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/environment/watch-video-over-a-firebal...
Watch dramatic moment fireball crashes to earth
UPDATED: 10:31 22 January 2020
A couple were left stunned as they watched a fireball crashing to earth in East Anglia
It was spotted across Norfolk and Suffolk on Sunday, January 19 with sightings in Haddiscoe, Norwich, Blakeney, East Rudham and Wells.
Matthew and Claire Ling were travelling near Ipswich when they spotted it at 5.12pm.
Mr Ling, from Woodbridge, said: "It was totally coincidental. We saw this intense white light to the right of us.
"The trajectory was unlike a plane or a drone. It was coming over Tattingtone, towards the river. It was quite impressive and fascinating to watch. When we got home my wife said it must have been a meteor or a fireball."
It was reported to the UK Meteor Network Twitter site, and Dan Self, chairman of Breckland Astronomical Society, said: "Fireballs can hit the atmosphere at up to 70km a second. This fireball could probably have been seen all over England."
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Comment by Juan F Martinez on January 21, 2020 at 6:33pm
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Puerto Ricans baffled by strange lights appearing overhead in dawn skies (VIDEO, PHOTOS) 21 Jan, 2020
Residents of Puerto Rico were stunned to witness a bizarre phenomenon in the skies just off the island, as an unusual array of lights inexplicably appeared in the distance for some time before completely disappearing.
At approximately 6:30am local time Tuesday, eyewitnesses began seeing strange light formations in the sky, many of whom took out their camera phones to document what they were seeing.
While some were quick to call it “the end of days,” thankfully the Caribbean Astronomical Society (SAC) was on hand to allay the public’s fears of doomsday, an alien invasion or indeed some Elon Musk-related celestial light displays.
Eddie Irizarry, Vice President of SAC, explained that the phenomenon was merely the fuselage of a CZ-3B Chinese rocket re-entering the atmosphere after some three years, having delivered a TJS-2 satellite into orbit.
https://www.rt.com/usa/478799-mysterious-lights-above-puerto-rico/
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Comment by jorge namour on January 18, 2020 at 1:29am
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Meteor streaks over Puerto Rico, unsettling some amid quakes
1/17/20
http://www.dailyjournal.net/2020/01/17/cb-puerto-rico-meteor/
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A meteor streaked low across the sky in Puerto Rico on Friday, setting social media abuzz as the spectacle amazed some people and unsettled others on an island still being hit daily by small earthquakes.
The bright burning ball was caught by security cameras and people randomly taking pictures and video of other things.
Rafael Rivera, a pharmacist, said he saw and heard the fireball as he passed over a toll bridge in northern Puerto Rico, briefly worrying it was a malfunctioning plane.
“It was a loud noise,” he said. “I see this ball of fire, very fast and very big, and I said, ‘Wow, that can’t be a plane because it’s going too fast.'”
The meteor was visible across Puerto Rico in broad daylight, said Eddie Irizarry, a Puerto Rico astronomy professor and vice president of the Caribbean Astronomy Society. He said he got reports from all corners of the island.
Meanwhile, officials at Puerto Rico’s main international airport said they captured the event on camera but flight operations were not interrupted.
The event scared many in the U.S. territory that is experiencing strong daily aftershocks following a 6.4 magnitude quake Jan. 7 CONTINUE...
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https://www.ckom.com/2019/12/31/possible-meteor-lights-up-saskatche...
“Fireball” lights up Saskatchewan sky Saturday night
Saskatoon / 650 CKOMDecember 31, 2019 10:27 amSaskatchewan residents were treated to a unique sight Saturday night, when a possible meteor lit up the night sky.
Tim Yaworski, member of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) who saw the flash, told paNOW that it was a “fireball.”
“It was a very bright meteor known as a fireball,” he said.
“In the case of the [meteor] this weekend, it was just large enough that it took quite a long time to burn up and created a much brighter display than normal.”
James Edgar is a past president of the RASC.
Now living in Melville, Edgar wasn’t able to actually see the bright light in the sky Saturday. However, he has some of his own suspicions on what it could have been.
“Could be as simple as a small asteroid, or a meteor. Or, it could be a spent rocket body from a launch. Could have been years ago, it’s been orbiting the Earth,” he told 650 CKOM.
Edgar said when these events happen, report your sightings to the American Meteor Society.
During this event, there were 12 reports on the website. Based on the findings, the possible meteor was seen in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Alberta and North Dakota.
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GUAM Mariana Islands Fireball 12-28-2019
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What Do They Know? US And Russia Both Developing Plans To Deal With Incoming Asteroids 12-27-2019
When the Russians take decisive action, it is usually for a reason. As you will see below, the Russians have suddenly decided that now is the time to create an organization that will be tasked with detecting, tracking and potentially destroying incoming asteroids. Are they doing this now because they have finally decided that this is a good idea, or has something gotten their attention? Of course they are not likely to publicly admit if they have come to the conclusion that a gigantic space rock is heading directly toward us. Just like the U.S. government, the Russian government is very interested in maintaining social order, and so they would probably delay telling the public about a potential asteroid impact for as long as possible.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/what-do-they-know-us-and-rus...
Mr Putin unveiled the Avangard and other weapons systems in his annual state-of-the-nation address in March 2018, likening it to a "meteorite" and a "fireball".
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50927648?fbclid=IwAR3fv8KHeQT...
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53 meteors recorded at the Space Observatory during two nights, November 29-30, 2019, State of Rio Grande do Sul, BRAZIL.
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https://fireball.amsmeteors.org/members/imo_view/event/2019/5814
Events in 2019 5814-2019
We received 149 reports about a fireball seen over CT, DE, MA, MD, ME, NH, NJ, NY, Ontario, PA, Québec, Quebec, RI and VA on Friday, November 22nd 2019 around 22:24 UT.
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Exactly When You Can See 400 Shooting Stars In 15 Magical Minutes Thursday In Rare ‘Meteor Outburst’ Nov 21, 2019A brief and potentially spectacular meteor storm may see 400 shooting stars light up the night sky on Thursday, November 21, 2019. According to experts, the obscure and usually minor Alpha Monocerotid meteor shower could produce a rare “meteor outburst” with a duration of as little as 15 minutes and as long as 40 minutes.Observers in Europe, Africa, South America and in the eastern part of the US will likely get the best view if predictions prove correct.Exactly When You Can See 400 Shooting Stars In 15 Magical Minutes Thursday In Rare ‘Meteor Outburst’ Nov 19, 2019A brief and potentially spectacular meteor storm may see 400 shooting stars light up the night sky on Thursday, November 21, 2019. According to experts, the obscure and usually minor Alpha Monocerotid meteor shower could produce a rare “meteor outburst” with a duration of as little as 15 minutes and as long as 40 minutes.Observers in Europe, Africa, South America and in the eastern part of the US will likely get the best view if predictions prove correct.When to look for the Alpha Monocerotid ‘meteor outburst’The expected outburst is predicted to occur at 04:50 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on Friday, November 22, when only North and South America, Europe and Africa are in darkness (everyone in Asia or Australasia will miss out). However, the experts advise that you’re outside and looking up at 04:15 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on Friday, November 22.That translates to these times on Thursday and Friday for a sample of well-situated population centers in those regions (you should convert for your exact location and time-zone and check the time of local sunrise). I’ve left out locations west of Denver because the meteor outburst will take place below the horizon.Mexico City, Mexico: 10:15 p.m. CST on Thursday, November 21New York City, NY & Washington DC: 11:15 p.m. EST on Thursday, November 21Santiago, Chile: 1:15 a.m. CLST on Friday, November 22São Paulo, Brazil: 1:15 a.m. BRT on Friday, November 22Buenos Aires, Argentina: 1:15 a.m. ART on Friday, November 22Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain: 4:15 a.m. WET on Friday, November 22Cardiff, Edinburgh & London: 4:15 a.m. GMT on Friday, November 22Madrid, Paris & Brussels: 5:15 a.m. CET on Friday, November 22Marrakech: 5:15 a.m. CET on Friday, November 22“Anyone who is going to try to observe should not be late at all,” advise Jenniskens and Lyytinen. “The strongest maximum would fit in about 15 minutes, or maybe a little bit less. It will be almost completely over in about 40 minutes. I recommend starting the observations at the latest at 04h30m and if you don’t want to miss any meteor, then start no later than at 4h15m.”
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'Unicorn meteor storm' to be triggered by mysterious comet Thursday night
By Brian Lada, AccuWeather meteorologist and staff writer Updated nov. 19, 2019 11:41 AM
This is not your typical meteor shower. On Thursday night, stargazers may get to see several meteors per second during a rare event known as a meteor storm.
There is a chance that the upcoming alpha Monocerotid meteor shower could turn into an all-out meteor storm on the night of Nov. 21, according to Esko Lyytinen and Peter Jenniskens, two meteor scientists who have been studying the meteor shower.
It is not a guarantee that such an event will unfold, but Lyytinen and Jenniskens say that there is a “good chance” that this will bring the first alpha Monocerotids meteor storm since 1995, when it produced rates of around 400 meteors per hour.
What time to look for the flurry of meteors
Knowing when to look for the potential meteor storm is extremely important.
“Unlike most meteor outbursts which last for several hours, strong activity from the alpha Monocertids is over within an hour and easily missed,” the American Meteor Society (AMS) explained on its website.
The outburst is forecast to reach its climax around 11:50 p.m. EST on Nov. 21, according to the AMS.
Onlookers should start looking for shooting stars around 11 p.m. EST and continue looking through midnight for the best chance to see the potential meteor storm. If you are not outside during this window, you may miss the celestial light show entirely.
“These meteors are never spaced evenly but appear in bunches so 2-3 meteors may be seen seconds apart and then an entire minute could go by without any activity,” the AMS said.
What exactly is a ‘meteor storm’
We have all heard of meteor showers, sparked when the Earth passes through a field of debris left behind by an asteroid or comet.
Outburst of unknown origins
The alpha Monocertids is a mysterious meteor shower as scientists are unsure about when it started, or what exactly is causing it.
“This outburst is caused by the dust released by a long-period comet, but the comet itself is still unknown.“
Despite these uncertainties, one thing is known for sure: the meteors radiate from Monoceros, a faint constellation that is Greek for unicorn and located just to the left of the well-known constellation Orion.
Contrary to popular belief, shooting stars will be visible in much of the night sky, not just the area near the unicorn constellation, as long as clouds do not obscure the sky.
https://www.accuweather.com/en/space-news/unicorn-meteor-storm-to-b...
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