Fireball Over Perth Australia (Nov 2)

People across Perth have seen a huge fireball over the city tonight. Some people even said they heard explosions like fireworks in the moments afterward.

Perthites took to social media to report seeing the huge fireball streak across the sky, just after 7pm Wednesday evening.

At the time a crescent moon could be seem to the west-south-west and the first evening stars were visible, just after the sun sank.

People quickly reported on Twitter and Facebook that they had seen a fireball, that lasted around 30-seconds, and even heard explosions in the moments afterward.

JBE on Twitter wrote, “Gorgeous streaking green light in Swanbourne!”

“It was spectacular – bright green. I thought it was a flare at first,” Katjo said.

People from Mandurah, Mt Pleasant, Perth’s coastal suburbs all said they said the bright lights.

Others said they heard loud booms around that time.

Source

http://soperth.com.au/ball-fire-seen-perth-reports-explosions-13551

Fireball Over North Central U.S. (Nov 6)

Hundreds of people commented on the Valley News Live Facebook page about a huge fireball in the sky on Sunday.

AMS also received over 124 reports of a huge flash in the sky about 6 p.m.

A report from Red Lake, Minnesota said "I was in the woods with some friends and we seen a bright white light, lit up everything in the woods."

Another from Grafton North, Dakota, "I seen a huge flash and nothing else. It was unexplainable."

The sightings were reported mainly in North Dakota and Minnesota but also in South Dakota and Manitoba, Canada.

Sources

http://www.valleynewslive.com/content/news/How-common-is-the-large-...

http://www.amsmeteors.org/members/imo_view/event/2016/4359

Perhaps not so rare in the future:

Photographer snaps erupting volcano at exact moment a meteor shoots past

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/photographer-snaps-erupting-vo...

A lucky photographer has managed to snap the incredible moment a meteor zoomed right over an erupting volcano .

As the bright red lava started streaming out of the stratovolcano, the bright flash of the meteor was seen speeding through the starry night sky.

The rare moment was caught on camera by Dutch photographer Tomas Van Der Wiejden while he was on a trip to Kamchatka, in eastern Russia.

Tomas, 30, was trying to snap lava flowing from the erupting volcano, Klyuchevskaya Sopka, and said he feels "very fortunate" to have captured such a unique moment.

He said: "I was taking exposures of the erupting volcano when for a split second, a bright flash streaked over the volcano.

"I immediately realised this was a meteor, but I had to wait a few seconds for my camera to finish taking the image to see if I had captured it.

"Thankfully, the meteor showed up on the image perfectly."

Bright Fireball Rumbles Over Florida (Nov 21)

A brilliant fireball blazed over the Gulf of Mexico last night.

People from Marco Island, to Orlando, up to Crystal River have reported seeing the bright light streaking across the sky.

ABC7 meteorologist Josh Stone said it looked as bright as the sun.

Many have been sharing their experiences of shaken windows, rattled doors and freaked out pets as it not only lit up the sky but created a rumble, too.

Video shows the fireball at 11:17 p.m. It's the same time as others from as far north as Georgia and Alabama reported seeing the light.

According to Bill Cooke of Marshall Space Flight Center, "The meteor began 46 miles above the Gulf of Mexico and 8 miles from Sarasota. It then moved slightly north of west ...before disintegrating at an altitude of 15 miles".

Approximately 100 sightings came into the American Meteor Society about the event.

Sources

http://www.mysuncoast.com/news/local/suncoast-residents-spot-fireba...

http://www.fox13news.com/news/florida-news/219187181-story

http://www.amsmeteors.org/members/imo_view/event/2016/4635

Fireball Over the United Kingdom (Nov 23)

A huge fireball was reportedly spotted across the UK Wednesday night.

According to Astronomy Ireland, the massive space rock struck our high atmosphere around 5.15pm, creating sparks, a smoke trail and a bright flash said to be more intense than the full moon.

Astronomy Ireland say they’ve been inundated with messages from people who spotted an extremely bright object.

AMS received over 100 reports about the fireball.

Sources

http://www.rte.ie/news/2016/1124/834136-astronomy-fireball/

http://www.thejournal.ie/fireball-ireland-november-3099973-Nov2016/...

http://www.amsmeteors.org/members/imo_view/event/2016/4669

Fireball Over Denmark (Nov 28)

A fireball blazed across the Danish sky on Monday evening, according to astrophysicist Tina Ibsen from the Tycho Brahe Planetarium in Copenhagen.

People from all over the country have reported seeing the fireball streak through the sky at about 18:30.

“We have received many inquiries from people who saw a fireball,” according to Ibsen.

“However, no-one has reported a bang or a sound, which indicates the meteor burnt up before it hit the Earth’s surface.”

Source

http://cphpost.dk/news/meteor-blazed-across-sky-in-denmark.html

Meteor explodes over Siberian city, turning night into day

6 December, 2016. People in the Republic of Khakassia in southwest Siberia witnessed a large fireball exploding in the sky on Tuesday, which briefly made the evening as bright as the day. Some even managed to catch the event on camera.
“At first, I couldn’t understand what’s going on. There was a sudden luminescence. It wasn’t as light as day, but still quite bright,” witness Olga Sagalakova told RT.

“We looked at the mountain near us… and there was huge meteor flying above it. It had a tail. Frankly, I was scared. I thought that it was a bomb,” she said.

Reports of the rare occurrence came from across Khakassia, as well as from the neighboring Krasnoyarsk Region, local news website xakac.info reports. The event was best seen over the town of Sayanogorsk.

A Khakassia resident, Nikolay Soldatov, said that the meteor “emitted a cold light like a fluorescent lamp.”

“I saw that it was starting to brighten fast. The flash was really bright. It wasn’t blinding, but it was still bright. I looked up and... above the city hospital there was a meteor,” he told RT.

The meteor was seen for three or four seconds and around half a minute later there was a loud bang, triggering car alarms in many parts of the city, the witness said.

“It was very beautiful. You don’t see this every day,” Sergey Isaykin said of the meteor. “But we weren’t scared as we instantly understood that it was something like [what happened] in Chelyabinsk three years ago.”

The apparent meteor burned up high in the atmosphere as little or no blast sound was heard on the ground by most eyewitnesses, reports said.

Local forums were bombarded with speculation of a possible rocket malfunction or other technological mishaps, but the emergency services assured locals that the flare was natural and had caused no damage.

If any fragments of the meteor survived the fall, they most likely landed somewhere around the Babik Valley, the regional authorities told TASS, adding that an expedition had been dispatched to the area.

“[The meteor] was several times smaller than the one over Chelyabinsk, but its fragments may be found,” commented Viktor Grokhovsky, professor at the Ural Federal University. “Determining where they landed would require accurate calculation of its path. This may take a day or so.” Source: rt.com

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+++Probable meteorite fall in Spain last night+++
A very bright fireball appeared over Spain last night, December 11, 2016 at 22:25 local time (21:25 UTC). This video was captured and compiled by the meteoroid research group at Huelva University, Spain. Coincidentally, this fireball is not a member of the Geminid meteor shower which is currently active and will be peaking in two nights, but a piece of an asteroid from the main asteroid belt. Preliminary calculations indicate it may have produced meteorites! Video: Meteoroides.net - click on their site to see many more bright meteors and fireballs they have captured (Y)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXTEAXyXAb4&feature=youtu.be

Fireball Over Columbia (Dec 16)

Numerous users of social networks have reported how a ball of fire ran through the skies of Colombia at 6:25pm local time Friday night.

The phenomenon was seen in the municipalities of Bucaramanga, Girón and Zapatoca of the department of Santander and the municipality of Yopal of the department of Casanare.

There have also been reports of a similar sighting from the Venezuelan state of Apure.

Source

http://strangesounds.org/2016/12/large-fireball-colombia-venezuela-...

In the Omsk region, Russia witnesses filmed on video falling meteorite

Google translate. 

17 December, 2016. Director of the Omsk planetarium Vladimir Krupko confirmed that Omsk managed to shoot it a bright meteor.
On Saturday, December 17 at the social networking came with the video recorder Omsk Denis Bubnov, which caused a wide public resonance. The footage shows that the fireball appears in the sky, which went on a tangent and extinguished. Frame Author explained that the entry was made this morning when the young man was driving down the road in the Gorky region.
Some commentators agree with the author that it is a meteorite. Others have suggested that there was a shooting star, a very big sky in Omsk. Thirdly generally assumed that someone ran sky lanterns. Clarity has made a major star in the academic area. As commented "NGS.Omsk" Omsk planetarium director Vladimir Krupko, the driver took a flight bright meteor.
"Bright meteors often fall, especially now Geminids meteor shower is still valid", - said Krupko edition. Also, the scientist added that meteors light up at an altitude of 120 km above the surface of the Earth, and go out usually at a height of 80 km. Source: omskregion.info

In the sky above the Murmansk region, Russia a meteor exploded

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18 December, 2016. The meteorite, according to preliminary data, burned in the dense layers of the atmosphere above the Murmansk region. Video recording with a bright flash avtoregistratora published witnesses.

According to eyewitnesses, the phenomenon was recorded on Saturday night near the village of Tuloma, located 30 kilometers from Murmansk.

FlashNord source in the regional emergencies department said that the information about the devastation on the ground and injuries were reported, at the power did not occur there had been no incidents.

Get comment at the Pulkovo Observatory FlashNord agency has not yet succeeded.

In April, 2014 in the skies over Murmansk it was also recorded outbreak of the explosion of a meteorite. Source: flashnord.com

Fireball Explodes Over Central America (Dec 27)

A giant fireball exploded in the skies over Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua Tuesday evening, creating seven distinct flaming objects.

Eyewitnesses said it flew across the sky from south to west as it disintegrated.

The event took place at around 10.30 pm local time, and brought hundreds of people out on the streets to watch.

Source

http://www.euronews.com/2016/12/28/central-american-sky-lit-up-by-s...

Meteorite burns up over north Russia

9 January, 2016. A meteorite has burnt up over the Arkhangelsk Region in north Russia, without reaching the Earth, according to the regional emergencies services A meteorite has burnt up over the Arkhangelsk Region in north Russia, without reaching the Earth, the regional emergencies services reported on Monday.

"Yes, indeed, a meteorite burnt up in the dense layers of the atmosphere in the Arkhangelsk Region in the evening of January 8. It did not reach the Earth. Eye-witnesses saw a flash in the sky," the emergencies services said.

This happening has not caused any consequences, the emergencies services said.
"There are no structures damaged or persons affected. This has also had no effect on the work of infrastructure," the emergencies services said. Source: tass.com

Fireball seen over Lansing and around Midwest (Jan 8)
http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/local/2017/01/11/fire...
 Dave Behnke wasn't prepared for what he saw in the sky before dawn on Sunday.

Neither was his dog, Harvey, who had insisted they go outside at such an early hour to begin with.

"He started barking, looking up and going crazy," said Behnke, who lives in Lansing Township. "I said, 'what the hell?' And then he started cowering. I looked up, and I was thinking, 'did I just see something or not?'"

The object was "about the size of a VW wagon," Behnke said. It was changing colors and moving from north to south. He thought it was only about 100 feet above the trees.

What they saw was a bright meteor known as a fireball. And lots of other people saw it, too.

The American Meteor Society received 145 reports of a fireball seen over seven states and Ontario, Canada around 6:15 a.m. Sunday. Observers from all over southern Michigan, including East Lansing, Laingsburg, Charlotte and Webberville, logged sightings on the AMS website.

"I was on my way to work when I saw what I initially thought was a low flying plane behind a tree," an East Lansing resident wrote. "However, when I moved past the tree I saw the object. It was very bright and seemed to be very close."

AMS is a non-profit scientific organization founded in 1911. It recorded 3,778 fireball events in the U.S. last year, including 173 in Michigan, according to its website.

In February 2016, about 160 people reported seeing a fireball over Wisconsin and west Michigan, according to published reports. A fireball also was seen over the western part of the state on Dec. 26, 2016.

The meteor society archives fireball reports for study purposes and shares them with the public and other organizations. You can find its website at http://www.amsmeteors.org/.

Behnke said he was glad to hear that other people saw the fireball on Sunday morning, too. His dog hasn't been the same since, he said.

"Harvey, he was upset for the next couple of days," he said. "He's been traumatized."

Fireball Over the Carolinas (Jan 25)

AMS has received numerous reports of a bright fireball seen over North Carolina and South Carolina on Wednesday, January 25th 2017 around 04:15 EST (09:15 UT).

Sources

http://www.amsmeteors.org/2017/01/bright-fireball-over-north-caroli...

http://www.amsmeteors.org/members/imo_view/event/2017/299

http://www.wmcactionnews5.com/story/34378608/monday-morning-firebal...

Monday morning fireball sighting in the Mid-South

Monday, January 30th 2017, 11:12 am EST

(WMC) -

If you saw a bright flash in the sky around 6:16 a.m., it wasn’t lightning. It was a short trail, exploding fireball that lasted around three seconds.

Check out this still image captured by ArkansasSky.com near Greenbrier, Arkansas. They caught a big flash on their camera in the lower part of the sky between 20 and 30 degrees above the horizon.

There were several sightings in Collierville and scattered reports from Louisville, KY to Austin, TX. Check out the map to see all the sightings as of 9:30 a.m.

Bright green fireball illuminates the sky over Illinois, US

https://watchers.news/2017/02/06/fireball-illinois-wisconsin-februa...

A bright green fireball illuminated the sky over Illinois and Wisconsin at 07:25 UTC (01:25 CST) on February 6, 2017. It was captured by numerous cameras.

Cameras at St. Mary Catholic High School in Neenah captured several angles of the meteor. Technology administrator Martin Suettinger says there were reports that the meteor rattled homes and knocked photos off walls.

The American Meteor Society received over 300 eyewitness reports and they are still coming in. Some of them said a loud boom and fragmentation was associated with the event.

The green fireball was seen primarily from Illinois and Wisconsin but witnesses from Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Iowa, New York, Kentucky, Minnesota and Ontario also reported the event.

The preliminary estimated trajectory plotted from the witness reports shows the meteor was traveling from the Southwest to Northeast ended its flight on the Lake Michigan somewhere between Sheboygan and Manitowoc, WI, the AMS said.

http://wbay.com/2017/02/06/flash-and-boom-meteor-spotted-over-the-m...

http://www.northescambia.com/2017/02/unexplained-fireball-boom-ratt...

Unexplained Fireball, Boom Rattle Residents

February 19, 2017

There’s no official word so far as to what caused a large boom and a bright light across a portion of the North Escambia area Saturday night.

About 9:15 p.m., the first of hundreds of reports began to arrive in the NorthEscambia.com newsroom describing the boom — shaking houses and rattling windows — in a swath from Baldwin County in Alabama, across northern Escambia and Santa Rosa counties in Florida and Escambia County in Alabama.

Many that were outdoors at the time also reported a big light or fire streaking across the sky….leading many to  theorize the the boom was from a meteorite. (Well, technically a meteoroid that entered the atmosphere, a meteorite if any part managed to survive and hit the ground.)

Other media outlets also received numerous reports of the fireball and boom.

There were no reports of any explosions and anything unusual from emergency services or area airports.

and another:

Did you see two fireballs in the sky above Cheltenham this evening

Did you see two fireballs in the sky above Cheltenham this evening?

We have been contacted by someone who said they saw the phenomenon as they drove along Princess Elizabeth Way.

He asked us via twitter: "Seen two fireballs in the sky when heading down Princess Elizabeth Way. Heard anything

He added that he was driving with his son and noticed two bright lights which dimmed and left smoke trails.

"I really can't believe me and my son would have been the only ones to see them, they were bright enough," he said.

It is not the first time that fireballs have been seen above the town.

Back in August 2014, a fireball was also seen over the town on a Sunday night.

This one was caught on camera, however, as you can see below.

image: http://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/images/localworld/ugc-images/2...

The police had no report of any 'fireballs' this evening, but they did say they attended a car fire in Caenarvon Road in Hatherley at around 6.35pm.

They closed the road and PCSOs helped divert the traffic.

Other people on social media suggested the 'fireballs' may have been flares.

And there was another aerial phenomenon in Gloucestershire.

AMS received 47 reports about a fireball seen over OK, CO, TX, KS and NM on Monday, February 27th 2017 around 02:56 UT.

http://www.amsmeteors.org/members/imo_view/event/2017/791

Long fireball north north west of hawley, Tx 2-26-17 8:55 pm

http://www.amsmeteors.org/videos/?video_id=473

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6Fy8KEgEVA

Long bright fireball over north west texas last evening at 8:55 pm Video captured via sandia all sky camera in hawley, tx

http://www.centralwesterndaily.com.au/story/4534423/meteor-fireball...

Meteor fireball lights up the sky and is spotted near Orange | Video

BRIGHT: The meteor is spotted by a motorists travelling on the Escort Way.

A meteor fireball blasting to Earth was spotted near Orange on Wednesday night.

Video footage of the bright light with a fiery tail was identified by skywatching expert Rod Somerville.

“That one to me looks just like a nice bright meteor, known as a fireball,” he said.

The footage was taken from a car travelling on the Escort Way near Boree about 7.45pm and uploaded to YouTube by David Bell.

Mr Somerville, president of the Orange Planetarium Inc. said it was difficult to say where it would have landed as meteors travelled at up to 30,000 km/h.

“It’s deceptive because it looks like it is coming down.

“If it did land it could be hundreds of kilometres away.

“They tend to move very fast.”

He said most meteors were not very big.

“That one could have been the size of your fist, they are quite deceptive.”

That one to me looks just like a nice bright meteor, known as a fireball. - Rod Somerville, skywatching expert

Mr Somerville said he had a report of what appeared to be space junk south-east of Orange around the same time on Wednesday night.

“There was a report of seeing two close together, it was very bright with a fiery tail.”

He said there were plenty of meteors in the skies.

“There is an awful lot of dust in the solar system, mainly left behind by comets.”

“You could see 8-10 meteors a night if you were to lie down and look at the sky out of the lights around Orange.”

People took to social media with reports of seeing the meteor in Orange.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcLkuDTg4_c

and another:

https://www.geo.tv/latest/134503-Meteor-causes-panic-in-Pakistans-m...

´Meteor´ causes panic in Pakistan´s mountainous north

March 16, 2017

ISLAMABAD: A suspected meteor lit up the skies above Pakistan´s mountainous north late Wednesday, officials said, with panicked residents reporting a mysterious light whizzing past and the sound of multiple, powerful blasts.

The incident occurred around 9PM, when citizens in the city of Gilgit and the surrounding Ghizer and Diamer districts saw the bright object racing through the night sky above the region´s remote, soaring mountains.

"I saw a light flash through the sky and then there were multiple blasts," Ghizer district resident Javed Iqbal told AFP Thursday.

"I felt as if something had hit the roof of my house. I rushed outside with my family members and saw everyone getting out of their homes. The blasts had shaken the whole valley," he said.

His story was echoed by others, including Shabir Mir of Gilgit, who said he saw the object "disappear into the mountains", followed seconds later by what sounded like more than one explosion. 

"I thought the object might have hit the mountain," Mir told AFP.

Social media was also flooded with reports of the incident, with some users posting unverified images they said were of the strange light.

Sibtain Ahmed, a senior administration official in Gilgit, on Thursday confirmed the object had been seen in all three areas, followed by the sound of loud explosions. 

"According to our investigation, the flying object was a meteor flying low," he told AFP.

The apparent blasts were the sonic boom created as the meteor ripped through the sky faster than the speed of sound, he said. 

"It did not hit the ground," Ahmed said, claiming it had crossed Pakistan´s territory headed towards Afghanistan´s Wakhan Corridor, which borders the Gilgit-Baltistan region to the north. 

Meteors are pieces of comet or asteroid from outer space that create a fireball as they hit the Earth´s atmosphere.

Those that survive the intense heat and friction and reach the surface without breaking up are known as meteorites, and are sought after by scientists for the information they can give about the early solar system.

It was not clear if the meteor crashed or broke up in the sky. The terrain between the city of Gilgit and the Wakhan Corridor is extremely remote and home to some of the highest mountains in the world. 

There were no immediate reports of any meteor in Afghanistan.

Pakistan´s military released no official statement on the incident, and authorities from Pakistan´s space agency, the Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO), could not immediately comment.

and another:

http://www.areanews.com.au/story/4533646/fireball-lights-up-griffit...

Expert says fireball lit up Griffith night sky

Griffith residents watched in awe on Wednesday as a strange light lit up the night sky, with many taking to social media in the search for answers.

16 Mar 2017, 8 a.m.

According to operations scientist John Sarkissian at the CSIRO Parkes Radio Telescope, in the absence of any other information the event was likely a ‘fireball’.

“From the description it looks like what we call a fireball, which is an extremely bright meteor that was breaking up,” Mr Sarkissian said on Thursday.

While a spectacular sight for all who saw it –the fireball itself was likely only the size of a pebble.

“Or a fist sized rock at the very most,” Mr Sarkissian said.

http://www.amsmeteors.org/members/imo_view/event/2017/980

Events in 2017   980-2017

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AMS received 4 reports about a fireball seen over Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur on Tuesday, March 14th 2017 around 19:46 UT.

Mystery blue fireball lights up Swedish night sky (March 21, 2017)

A bright, blue light which flashed across the night sky in eastern Sweden on Monday followed by a loud bang was most likely a huge bolide.

People in several towns in Sweden, including Uppsala, Stockholm and Örebro, reported seeing the strange fireball at around 9.30pm on Monday.

https://www.thelocal.se/20170321/video-mystery-blue-fireball-lights...

Video: 

https://www.facebook.com/expressen/videos/10154628740505345/

https://www.rt.com/viral/381690-sweden-blue-fireball-bolide/

Fireballs Over North America and Siberia (Mar 16-23)

Scientists in the Russian city of Irkutsk are searching for people who witnessed a daytime fireball glowing bright green at 11:39 GMT on March 23.

That the celestial body was visible in the daytime speaks volumes of its enormous weight, according to a source at the Astronomical Observatory of Irkutsk State University.

A bright fireball was also spotted from New York to Kentucky on March 21 at 12:40 GMT, prompting more than 100 reports to the American Meteor Society. A high concentration of sightings came from the D.C. area.

"It was the brightest meteor I've ever seen," one Arlington resident wrote.

"I have seen fireballs before. This was the closest one I've ever seen," one Leesburg resident reported  "This appeared to be very close and bright. Like you could see the ball of fire at the end of the trail almost."

On March 16, a blazing space rock was seen streaking across the skies of the Pacific Northwest around 16:40 GMT.

Aside from the skies, it also lit up Twitter as far away as Oregon and Idaho.

The American Meteor Society, whose website documents meteor sightings, received 114 reports about the fireball.

"It lit the sky up like it was the middle of day and even though it only lasted for a couple seconds the passenger in my car and myself were amazed at how it came out of nowhere and how bright it was," one commenter wrote. "It was an experience we will never forget."

Sources

http://tass.com/science/937136

http://www.fauquier.com/news/fireball-streaks-across-east-coast-ski...

http://www.amsmeteors.org/members/imo_view/event/2017/1074

http://www.amsmeteors.org/members/imo_view/event/2017/1012

Another Fireball Blazes Over Vancouver BC (Mar 30)

For the second time in two weeks, a large fireball was seen streaking across the sky in southern British Columbia.

“Blue sparks shooting downward off the fireball three times during the descent,” wrote Beau M. of Snohomish, Wash. “Brilliant green streak, widening into several streaks and terminating in a bright hot red,” said Richard M. of Mount Vernon.

“Not sure exactly what I saw but it appeared as a ball with a flame or something. It was pretty fast,” Sheri C. from Blaine, Wash., wrote. “I was facing Peace Portal in my vehicle … and it appeared to hit the ground somewhere. It was quite exciting!”

The sightings came two weeks after a fireball blazed across the sky on March 16 at 9:40 p.m. and was caught on a car dash camera.

“It’s a rare thing for a person to see a fireball,” said AMS astronomer Mike Hankey in Baltimore. “They only last for a second or two and to randomly catch it is a once-in-a-lifetime experience.”

Source

http://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/fireball-season-meteor-repo...

http://www.wtsp.com/news/social-media-lights-up-over-fireball-in-th...

Social media lights up over fireball in the night sky

5:41 PM. EDT April 03, 2017

TAMPA, Fla. (WTSP) -- There are social media reports of a fireball over Tampa around 3 a.m. early Sunday morning.

A report on the American Meteor Society webpage confirms a similar possible sighting. According to Antonio Paris, an astronomer at MOSI, seeing meteors flying across the sky isn't unusual.

If you look up at the night sky, Paris said you could see a meteor almost every night if it's clear. That's not as common in cities like Tampa. Paris said you'll have better luck in rural areas and national parks where there's less light pollution.

There were many reports of the fireball reported to the American Meteor Society webpage.   (Photo: American Meteor Society webpage)

A shooting meteor flashed across the night sky in California, Monday (Apr 10), dazzling onlookers and even managing to video bomb one astonished woman.
https://www.rt.com/usa/384341-fireball-meteor-california-video/
The luminous fireball, described by a number of eyewitnesses as “green”, streaked over San Diego, California at around 9pm local time, according to the American Meteor Society (AMS).

The group received reports of more than 400 event sightings, primarily from San Diego but also from Los Angeles, Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico.

http://www.amsmeteors.org/2017/04/bright-fireball-over-san-diego-ca/

Fireball Over Southeastern U.S. (Apr 12)

AMS has received over 300 reports of a fireball event seen across South Carolina on Wednesday, April 12th 2017 around 8:45pm EDT (April 13th – 00:45 UT.). The fireball was seen primarily from the South Carolina area but witnesses from several states around also reported the event.

Sources

http://www.amsmeteors.org/2017/04/fireball-over-south-carolina/

http://www.amsmeteors.org/members/imo_view/event/2017/1337

Events in 2017   1362-2017

AMS received 203 reports about a fireball seen over MA, NH, CT, ME, NY, NJ, VT, PA, RI, WV, Ontario, VA and Québec on Saturday, April 15th 2017 around 02:08 UT.

http://www.amsmeteors.org/members/imo_view/event/2017/1362

Fireball Over Australia (Apr 16)

A bright flash of light was seen thundering through the sky on Easter Sunday, with one Toowoomba resident describing it as "breathtaking."

About 6pm residents all over south-east Queensland reported seeing a very large and bright meteor soaring through the sky before residents in Killarney heard a large bang.

Footage taken from Runaway Bay on the Gold Coast clearly shows the bright object heading towards the Great Dividing Range before disappearing.

University of Southern Queensland Associate Professor Jonathan "Jonti" Horner said it was safe to say the bright object was not man-made.

Source

https://www.thechronicle.com.au/news/bright-light-loud-bang-was-fir...

Bright light seen shooting across the New Zealand night sky may be first of many (Apr 26)

http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/91911318/bright-light-see...

Dashcam footage appears to show what looks like a shooting star above Wellington.

A bright light seen shooting across the sky on Wednesday evening is likely to be the first of many, according to a Wellington astronomer.

The light, which most eyewitness accounts describe as bright green and moving extremely quickly, was reportedly witnessed in Wellington, Nelson, and as far south as Christchurch and Dunedin..."

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/florida/fl-reg-meteor-sighting-201...

Keys deputy among those who spotted meteor streaking over South Florida

A fireball streaked across the sky overnight, according to multiple reports.

By 4 a.m. Wednesday, the American Meteor Society received nearly 50 reports about the flaming streak in the night sky.

A meteorologist at CBS Miami also recorded video, the station’s website said.

The object was likely a meteor breaking up in the atmosphere. It was visible from the Keys to Port St. Lucie on the east coast and as far north as Tampa on the west coast, reports said.

Among those who spotted and were able to record the fireball was Monroe County Sheriff’s Deputy Sgt. Evan Calhoun. He was on patrol in the Lower Keys, on Big Pine Key, shortly before 11 p.m. Tuesday when his dashcam unit taped the meteor as it streaked across the night sky.

A similar object was spotted in the northern part of the state in November 2016, according to ABC News.

http://www.amsmeteors.org/members/imo_view/event/2017/1497

Events in 2017   1497-2017

AMS received 46 reports about a fireball seen over FL on Wednesday, April 26th 2017 around 03:55 UT.

D. Sound 2 yes 34 no

C. Sound 3 yes 34 no

Frag 33 yes 6 no

Green Fireball streaks across New Zealand and exploded in a ball of green light (May 18)

 http://gisborneherald.co.nz/localnews/2803456-135/meteor-turns-on-e...

 HUNDREDS of people across the district last night got a perfect view of an extraterrestrial visitor, as a meteor briefly entered the atmosphere and exploded in a ball of green light.

“It was like a shooting star then it sort of exploded and fireballed itself a bit further, then it was gone. It was as moving so fast, but so so pretty,” one witness reported to The Gisborne Herald.

Other witnesses said it resembled a “green fireball”, and one said it was the size of “six houses”.

Scores of others also reported the sighting to  weatherwatch.co.nz. 

“Biggest brightest comet we’ve ever seen in all our 56 years. Quick and flashy. Seen in awe from Otoko near Matawai,” one report said.

Sightings of the meteor were recorded from 7.15pm onwards, and were noted across New Zealand.

Met Service meteorologist Lisa Murray confirmed there were no unusual atmospheric conditions at the time..."

http://kxan.com/2017/05/19/video-fireball-streaks-across-bastrop-sky/

Texas

Fireball streaks across Bastrop sky

May 19 2017

BASTROP, Texas (KXAN) — For the past two years, Aaron Olmsted has had a dash camera mounted in his car. He says he has it because he drives a quick car and the camera comes in handy in certain situations.

But early Friday morning was the first time his camera ever captured a fireball streak across the sky in Bastrop. Olmsted and his wife were driving back to their Bastrop home from the Austin airport around midnight when they noticed the bright light.

“We both spotted it,” says Olmstead. “My wife was driving, and I was in the passenger seat and we both saw it and we were both amazed.”

The couple said they’re not sure if anyone else saw what they saw because it was late and there weren’t that many people driving on State Highway 71 in Bastrop at the time.

“We were basically the only ones on the road last night and it just fell right in front of us. It was real quick,” says Olmstead. “I didn’t know if it were space junk or a meteor because it exploded at the end. It almost did a firework thing at the very end.”

Olmsted says the fireball was a bright white, but right before it exploded it turned a reddish-orange.

If you’re watching the video, you might notice the time stamp indicates the video was filmed in October of 2016, but there’s a reason for that. Olmsted says the Rexing dash camera was new. “My dash camera came in just before I went on the trip, so, I didn’t have time to set the date on it.”

http://www.ejinsight.com/20170529-saturday-night-fireball-meteor-sp...

Canberra photographer snaps 'rare' daytime meteor in Namadgi National Park (May 30, 2017)

It was an uncanny case of right time and right place when photographer Ari Rex snapped this streaking ball of light at the Namadgi National Park [near Canberra, Australia].

"Last Friday, during the new moon, I went to Namadgi National Park to teach an advanced Milky Way photography workshop," he said.

"I was lucky enough to capture this meteor in my frame. This is a rare phenomenon," he said.

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/canberra-life/canberra-pho...

Fireball spotted across DC sky (June 7, 2017)

Some people around [Washington] D.C., Maryland and Virginia witnessed a fireball light up the sky Tuesday night just before 10 p.m.

http://www.wusa9.com/news/local/fireball-spotted-across-dc-sky/4464...

Thousands Report Shockwave, Fireball in NSW (June 27, 2017)

They felt an earth tremor around 9pm local time on Monday 26th of June 2017. “Reports of a meteor over the Hunter Valley, NSW [New South Wales] at 21:00,” Geoscience Australia said. “Reported tremors and thunder but no seismic activity has been detected by Geoscience Australia,” they said on Twitter.

Another Twitter account, incident alerts, said they had had a “few reports of a rumbling and windows rattling from south of Newcastle to the Central Coast” as well they said.

“I was getting fire wood at the time and looked up at what i thought was fireworks but realise it was coming from the wrong direction. Couldn’t believe it broke into half a dozen pieces,” Ray Deaves said.

“I saw it over Kincumber, it’s was incredible. I hope someone has photos or a video,” Nina Rees wrote

“Me and a mate were driving back from Erina and we’re at the back of Tuggerah and we saw it. Debated a little while as to what it was as we saw in disintegrate as it came down. Was totally amazing, had never seen anything like it!,” Adam Jones wrote on Facebook.

“I was driving along Hawkesbury Rd, Winmalee in the BLue Mountains when I saw it. It was a straight track then broke up into about 10 pieces. Due north from me.” - Warwick Coghlan

http://www.davidreneke.com/thousands-report-shockwave-fireball-in-nsw/

http://www.maitlandmercury.com.au/story/4754696/meteor-sighted-in-h...

Fireball seen in Eyre Peninsula skies

Eyre Peninsula [South Australia] saw the night’s sky light up late Friday night (June 30, 2017) with what appeared to be a meteorite flying across the sky.

A fireball captured over Mt Ives station south of Lake Gairdner by the Desert Fireball Network at 11.56pm on Friday night, which they say is possibly the brightest they've photographed.

http://www.portlincolntimes.com.au/story/4766317/locals-spot-sky-fi...

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/technology/science/did-you-see-a-brig...

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article161409058.html

Dozens report seeing a fireball flying over western NC Thursday night

The American Meteor Society says it received about 50 reports of a fireball flying across the Southeast late Thursday, including sightings in North and South Carolina.

Reports started coming in just before 10 p.m., the AMS said on its web site.

Because there was nothing other than the fireball reported in the area at the time of the boom, speculation is that the boom was likely a meteor breaking up in the atmosphere, reports TV station WLOS.

Calls came in from multiple towns around Charlotte, including Newton, Salisbury and Morganton, says the AMS. Reports also came in about the same time from Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, Virginia and Kentucky and Tennessee.

The AMS is a non-profit scientific organization, supported by members and individuals with interest in meteoric astronomy. 

http://www.amsmeteors.org/members/imo_view/event/2017/2240

Events in 2017    2240-2017 KML

AMS received 82 reports about a fireball seen over SC, AL, TN, GA, NC, VA and KY on Friday, July 14th 2017 around 02:05 UT.

And in TN

http://www.wbir.com/news/local/fireball-spotted-from-east-tennessee...

Fireball spotted from East Tennessee

http://antiguaobserver.com/residents-report-bizarre-ball-of-fire-in...

Residents report bizarre ball of fire in the sky, earth shaking

July 14, 2017

Residents across the island are puzzled tonight, trying to figure out what exactly it is they saw shooting across the sky, which was followed by a loud explosion shortly after 8 pm.

Scores took to social media to share information about what they saw and felt, to include speculation that it was a meteoroid; others described seeing a ball of fire; while some said they saw nothing but felt the earth rumbling like there was an earthquake.

One witness shares with our newsroom what he saw.

Coolidge Police Station confirmed receiving reports and said its officers went out to investigate what exactly happened and where.

While, West Indies Oil Company has denied rumours that an explosion occurred at its plant

http://www.amsmeteors.org/members/imo_view/event/2017/2249

Events in 2017   2249-2017

AMS received 32 reports about a fireball seen over New York, MD, PA, NY, VA, Ontario, IN, NJ, OH, CT and KY on Sunday, July 16th 2017 around 01:51 UT.

Residents of Sumaré and Hortolândia in Brazil were alarmed by a noise followed by a tremor after a meteor fireball exploded over Campinas, Brazil at around 11 pm on July 13, 2017.

A resident reported feeling the walls of his home and the window shaking as if it were a plane was flying close to the house, or some machine passing in the street. It wasn’t like the same rocking sensation like during an earthquake, but walls and windows vibrated.

Shortly after 10pm on the same day, a fireball was seen in North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, Virginia and Kentucky and Tennessee. (http://poleshift.ning.com/profiles/blog/show?id=3863141%3ABlogPost%...)

http://strangesounds.org/2017/07/meteor-fireballs-create-booms-and-...

http://g1.globo.com/sp/campinas-regiao/noticia/observatorio-de-camp...

https://youtu.be/xgNkR8L7u_I

http://www.amsmeteors.org/members/imo_view/event/2017/2298

Events in 2017   2298-2017

AMS received 15 reports about a fireball seen over MO, IL, AR, KS, IA and OK on Monday, July 17th 2017 around 03:05 UT.

Slow fireball overflew the Mediterranean Sea on July 26 at 00:18 local time (22:18 Universal Time on July 25).

It was recorded in the framework of the SMART Project from the astronomical observatories of Calar Alto (Almería, Spain), La Sagra (Granada, Spain) and Sevilla (Spain).

A meteor flew over Washington state at 9:54 p.m. Saturday evening [July 29, 2017] — creating a fireball that was seen as far south as Eugene, Oregon and as far north as Enderby, British Columbia. 

VIDEO: https://www.newsflare.com/video/140601/weather-nature/washington-fi...

More than 450 people so far have reported spotting the fireball to the American Meteor Society.

The meteor moved a lot more slowly than you’d typically expect.

Either a meteor entered Earth’s atmosphere at a very low angle, so it crossed through a lot of air before disintegrating or skipping back out into space or it wasn’t a meteor.

Satellites, rocket boosters, and other space trash put into orbit by humans sometimes falls to Earth, and those events can look like long fireballs. “Now, that is monitored pretty well,” Mike Hankey, operations manager for the AMS said, “and they have a schedule of, like, ‘This is expected to re-enter in this date at this place.’ And there were no rescheduled re-entries.”

https://www.inverse.com/article/34888-fireball-meteor-washington-or...

http://www.king5.com/tech/science/meteor-streaks-across-northwest-s...

Meteor streaks across Northwest skies

10:47 AM. PDT July 30, 2017

Did you see the big meteor last night?

Many people reported a bright green object quickly soaring across the night sky around 9:30 p.m. Saturday night. Based on reports, it lasted quite long for a typical meteor, at least 5 seconds by some accounts. People reported seeing it from Salem, Oregon to southern British Columbia, from Tri Cities to Astoria.

So what was it? Well, a good guess is that it was a larger meteor that burned up in out atmosphere. Right now, there are two annual meteor showers that are ongoing: the Delta Aquarids meteor shower, and the more popular and spectacular Perseid meteor shower. The Delta Aquarids are currently peaking with roughly 20 meteors per hour. The Perseids won’t peak until August 11-12, but you are likely to see meteors from that several weeks before and after those dates.

Let’s focus on Saturday night. Most meteors that fall towards earth are tiny - like the size of grains of sand. That’s why they’re so quick; they burn up in our atmosphere within a second or two.

What happened Saturday night was more likely a fireball. A fireball is a somewhat larger meteor, which is why it lasts so long. While it is unknown exactly how big this one was, it probably ranged in size from a baseball to a volleyball. Because there was no explosion or reports of any sound, it probably wasn’t much bigger than that.

According to NASA, thousands of fireballs occur around the world each day. Many of these we don’t see because they either happen during the daytime or they happen over open ocean or extremely rural areas where people just don’t get to see them.

Those who did see last night’s fireball certainly got a treat! You might have even captured video without even knowing it! If you have outdoor home security footage, give it a check, and see if you captured this rare sight!

http://www.amsmeteors.org/2017/07/washington-fireball-july-29-2017/

The AMS has received 540 reports so far about of a fireball event seen above the state of Washington on July 29, 2017 around 9:54pm PDT (July 30, 2017 ~ 04:54 Universal Time.). The fireball was seen primarily from Washington but was also seen as far south as Eugene, Oregon and as far north as Enderby, British Columbia. There also have been a few reports from Idaho. According to our latest estimated trajectory, the fireball traveled in a southeast to northwest direction passing just east of Seattle and terminating over the town of Pilchuck on highway 9.

https://www.warwickdailynews.com.au/news/night-sky-fireball-stuns-w...

Night sky fireball stuns Warwick residents

18th Aug 2017 7:33 AM

Warwick residents report seeing a large fireball in the night sky last night

http://fireballs.imo.net/imo_view/event/2017/2796

Events in 2017 2796-2017

IMO received 17 reports about a fireball seen over England and Wales on Thursday, August 17th 2017 around 20:42 UT.

http://fireballs.imo.net/imo_view/event/2017/2819

Events in 2017 2819-2017

IMO received 3 reports about a fireball seen over England, Noord-Holland and Zuid-Holland on Friday, August 18th 2017 around 21:22 UT.

and another:

http://fireballs.imo.net/imo_view/event/2017/2825

Events in 2017 2825-2017

IMO received 4 reports about a fireball seen over British Columbia, OR and WA on Saturday, August 19th 2017 around 03:57 UT.