Fireballs on the Rise

[Sevan Makaracı]

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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."

LINEAR INCREASE OF FIREBALL EVENTS SINCE 2010

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What a Meteor Looks Like

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What a Large Daytime Fireball Looks Like

Chelyabinsk Fireball (2013)

[Howard]

Fireball Over San Francisco California (Oct 22)
A bright fireball was seen by many in the Bay Area this evening around 19:54 local time in California.

Bryant Grigsby reported that it caught his attention by the shadows it cast on a wall in front of him. Karen Randall described it as green, fragmenting towards the end.

At the College of San Mateo, Daryl Stanford said: "It started out bluish white, then turned green; and it finally seemed to spiral and fragment at the end."

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http://www.seti.org/seti-institute/news/preliminary-results-traject...

http://amsmeteors.org/members/fireball/browse_reports?report_status...

http://cams.seti.org/

[Howard]

Fireballs Observed Across Mid-Atlantic U.S. and Scotland (Oct 14)

A "giant fireball" burned through Earth's atmosphere over New Jersey, Maryland and Pennsylvania on Monday night, creating a fireball seen for hundreds of miles, according to the American Meteor Society.

More than 100 witnesses from Virginia to Connecticut reported seeing the fireball about 8:25 p.m., according to the society.

It is estimated to have entered the atmosphere over southern New Jersey, likely landing somewhere in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Witnesses reported seeing it silently but brightly shooting across the sky before appearing to burn up.

"The breakup was so visible I could see many of the fragments glow green as they fell strait (sic) down from its position," a report from "Johnny B." in Aberdeen said on the society's website. "Shaun B." in Laurel reported seeing it turn from reddish to blue to bright white.

Hours earlier in Scotland, a display of the Northern Lights over the Highlands was lit up by a fireball.

Byron Griffiths, who lives on the Isle of Lewis, took the below shot around 8.30pm on Monday as it fell through the sky.

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http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/weather/weather-blog/bal-wx-fireba...

http://longvalley.patch.com/groups/around-town/p/giant-fireball-see...

http://www.nj.com/weather-guy/index.ssf/2013/10/fireball_dozens_rep...

http://www.amsmeteors.org/fireball_event/2013/2456

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-24532979

http://news.stv.tv/scotland/243856-fireball-enters-atmosphere-in-sk...

[jorge namour]

Friday, October 11, 2013,

Bright fireball of Calabria and Sicily: yet another "meteoroid" over the skies of South- ITALY

In the evening, around 20:15, a giant "fireball" lit up the skies of southern Italy, between Calabria and Sicily. E 'was without a doubt yet another fireball

http://translate.google.com.ar/translate?sl=it&tl=en&js=n&a...

[Howard]

Fireball Explodes Off Philippines (Oct 2)

A ball of fire streaked from the southern skies at 5 a.m. on Wednesday, hitting the coastal water before exploding and illuminating nearby villages.

Senior Inspector Edilberto Alvarez, the police commander of Station 9, confirmed the mysterious phenomenon but could neither offer a clear explanation of the incident at Barangays La Paz and Talisayan.

Alvarez said a dull but loud explosion occurred later at the sea water fronting Barangay Talisayan.

“It was confusing because based on my own experience an improvised bomb if exploded  would not create such bright and colorful light covering a massive area compared to that one… whatever it was,” Alverez said.

The police official also dismissed the possibility that the ball of fire that exploded was man-made.

The police official said investigation conducted from among the residents of Talisayan disclosed that that ball of bright glaring fire streaked from above the skies came from east to west, passing through the airspace of Barangay La Paz toward Talisayan.

The areas were brightened up briefly by the passing mysterious ball of fire that hit the middle of the sea water in front of the NY canning company in Talisayan and exploded.

The police commander said none of the people in the area could also tell who were responsible for such mysterious explosion.

Alvarez they continued to investigate but admitted limitations in going deeper since the area where the ball of fire landed and exploded was in the deep sea.

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http://www.philstar.com/nation/2013/10/03/1241006/giant-fireball-hi...

[Howard]

Large Fireball Blazes Across Mid-Atlantic States (Sept 29)

Heat map of the witnesses who saw the event

A large fireball was seen streaking through the night sky over 8 states and the nation's capital around 7:30 p.m. Sunday. 

Delware Middletown-area resident Dan Foraker described the fireball as a “perfectly round ball of fire.”

“I’ve never seen anything that big. I didn’t know if there was a plane going down,” he said. “It lasted for about six seconds and went down behind the trees. I didn’t hear a sound, but I was waiting to hear a loud boom.”

The ball of fire was reported by a witness in Wilmington about 7:08 p.m., one in Ellendale at 7:14 p.m. and a witness in Lewes at 7:15 p.m. About that same time, an observer in Salisbury, Md. also reported a sighting.

The American Meteor Society, meanwhile, is investigating 21 reports from witnesses who saw this fireball over Washington, D.C., Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Virginia and West Virginia between 7 p.m. and 8:13 p.m.

Another massive fireball was sighted about 7:30 p.m. Saturday night in the Atlanta area and was reported to the scientific organization by 250 witnesses in Virginia, Maryland, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia and North Carolina.

Sources

http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20130930/NEWS/309300057/Meteo...

http://www.amsmeteors.org/fireball_event/2013/2179

[Howard]

Yet Another Massive Fireball Over Southeastern U.S. (Sept 28)

AMS has been bombarded by fireball reports from all different parts of the country this week. The latest event took place over Alabama and Georgia last night September 28th 7:30 PM local time. 350 witnesses from Virginia, Maryland, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, Alabama and Georgia have reported the event so far. Below is a heat map of the witnesses who saw the event.

Angelique F., a poster from Millbrook, Ala., wrote, “This fireball resembled the size and altitude of a crop duster just over tall pine tree level but was made entirely of fire.”  She said the fireball moved left to right as she was facing northeast.

A Gallatin, Tenn., poster said, “It was the largest and brighest fireball I have ever seen.”

Conner Meredith wrote, “I saw it very clearly shoot all the way across the sky near Cherokee Blvd at Spring St. It looked like a small object on fire and moving very fast.”

James Spann, a TV meteorologist in Birmingham, Ala., tweeted around 9 p.m., “Bill Cooke of NASA reports tonight’s fireball is the 15th significant one this month — ‘very unusual’ in his words.”

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http://timesfreepress.com/news/2013/sep/28/fireball-streaks-across-...

http://www.amsmeteors.org/2013/09/another-massive-fireball-over-atl...

http://www.amsmeteors.org/fireball_event/2013/2158

[jorge namour]

Saturday, September 28, 2013

Giant fireball lit the skies over Italy: hundreds of reports.

In the evening, a few minutes after 21:20, a giant "fireball" lit up the skies Italian, seen by many cities (Florence, Bologna, Ancona, Pescara, Perugia, Rome, Naples, Bari, Taranto, Lecce, Foggia, Crotone, Catanzaro and many others)

http://translate.google.com.ar/translate?sl=it&tl=en&prev=_...

[Howard]

Another Massive Fireball Blazes Across U.S. Skies (Sept 27)

Fireball on September 27 at 11:33 p.m. as photographed from Dolly Sods, WV (Alex Parlini)

AMS received 847 reports of another bright fireball over the U.S. on Friday night that followed a similar event over the same area the day before. 

Witnesses from Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, Wisconsin and West Virginia reported a bright light moving across the night sky on September 27 at around 11:33 p.m. local time. The fireball was also seen as far north as Alberta, Canada.

Brad H. from Logan, Ohio posted on the AMS website, "This was the brightest Bolide/Fireball I've ever seen in my 20+ years of observing the night sky. It left an afterimage in my vision and was so bright I could see the colors of the treetops by its light."

September 2013 has been a busy month for sightings of bright meteors. Last night’s event marks the 14th fireball sighting with at least 25 witnesses in September, breaking the same record that was set on Thursday night for the most fireball events in September.

Sources

http://earthsky.org/earth/u-s-midwest-sees-another-bright-fireball

http://www.amsmeteors.org/fireball_event/2013/2132

http://www.kshb.com/dpp/news/national/Copy_of_Canada-meteor-Firebal...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2013/10...

[Howard]

Hundreds Report Large Fireball Across Texas (Sept 21)
A green fireball shot across the Texas sky on Saturday night (Sept. 21) at around 9 PM CST. Witnesses from all over Texas, including Abilene, Austin, the DFW metroplex, Houston, and Waco reported seeing the fireball.

Some eye witnesses say they saw a second flash of light following the first brighter flash. But unlike other recent fireballs, video of this meteor has yet to surface. There has also been no official word on the size of the meteor or how long it took to disintegrate as it blazed across the sky.

An eye witness reported the following on the Texas Storm Chasers Facebook page: “i am a firefighter with heart of the pines vfd in bastrop tx. we had just made a run and i was walking my long driveway back to the house with my uniform still on and admiring the starry sky when i saw the most amazing toxic green streak … it was HUGE! and it silently exploded into a large white ball of light and then dozens of brilliant orange fragments i guess went off in every direction. it was so low to the ground that i dropped to one knee.”

“We saw not just one but two, the 1st a bright shooter with a nice trail, the 2nd was amazing, the brightest meteor we’ve ever seen with sparkling trail of red yellow and orange. Wish we had our camera, it was one in a million,” responded another from Plano, TX.

Several witnesses say the fireball was quite large and appeared to be very close to the earth.

Last month another bright fireball was captured on video as it screamed over Tennessee. NASA later confirmed this fireball and said it was one of the brightest on record. The August Tennessee fireball also appeared over the northern tip of Georgia early in the morning, around 3:27 AM.

“From Chickamauga, Georgia, the meteor was 20 times brighter than the Full Moon; shadows were cast on the ground as far south as Cartersville,” said Bill Cooke, NASA’s head of the Meteoroid Environment Office in a statement.

Cooke claimed this fireball came in at an altitude of 21 miles and clocked in at a final speed of 19,400 mph, setting off a sonic boom as it disintegrated in our atmosphere.

A few days later another bright fireball was seen in Georgia and Alabama by thousands of eye witnesses, many of whom were at a Mumford and Sons concert at the time.

NASA also confirmed this fireball and said it entered the atmosphere at 76,000 mph. This meteor also set off a sonic boom and was also greenish in color, much like this past Saturday’s blazer. NASA officials estimate the meteor was the size of a baseball when it flew across the southern sky at 8:18 PM CST.

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http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1112956084/texas-skies-ablaze-gr...

[Howard]

Bright Fireball Blazes Across Midwestern U.S. Skies (Sept 26)

AMS "Heat Map" showing the density of witness locations.

Nearly 500 reports from 15 different states have flowed into the American Meteor Society (AMS) reporting an extremely bright fireball slowly trickling across the sky. Based on those reports, the AMS estimates the fireball was moving from west to east across the Midwest, before ultimately culminating somewhere in eastern Indiana.

Witnesses reported shadows cast upon the ground, unusual sounds, and a swirling contrail marking the aftermath of the blast.

"This was a very bright event," reports Bill Cooke of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office. "Flares saturated our meteor cameras, and made determination of the end point (the terminus of the fireball's flight through the atmosphere) virtually impossible. Judging from the brightness, we are dealing with a meter class object."

Data from multiple cameras shows that the meteoroid hit Earth's atmosphere traveling 51 km/s (114,000 mph) and passed almost directly over Columbus, Ohio.

Kevin Keadle, 26, of Palatine, Ill. was one of those lucky enough to catch the fireball. Keadle told Weather.com he snapped the picture above from his apartment around 6:20 CDT and that the fireball was "really visible" and moved extremely slowly across the sky, lasting "a minute-and-a-half to two minutes."

"The sun was coming up, so it just looked like a blip with a big bright trail behind it,"  Keadle said.

The AMS reports that September has been a busy month for meteor sightings. This morning's event marks the thirteenth fireball sighting with at least 25 witnesses, the most ever since the AMS started recording sightings online.

Sources

http://www.weather.com/news/midwest-meteor-fireball-20130926

http://www.amsmeteors.org/fireball_event/2013/2132

http://wqad.com/2013/09/26/hundreds-report-seeing-bright-fireball-a...

http://spaceweather.com/archive.php?PHPSESSID=0rdtql6d20o8tfo348fsm...