There are increasing meteor reports recently all over the world. More debris from the Px tail...
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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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Fireball Over Southern Ontario (Oct 17)
A bright fireball streaked over Ottawa Monday, captivating those awake early enough to witness it.
"It was like standing on Parliament Hill and watching the fireworks. That's how close it was," according to resident Mary Dallimore.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/possible-meteor-monday-morning...
http://www.nola.com/weather/index.ssf/2016/10/fireball_over_lake_po...
Early morning risers from Louisiana to Kentucky and beyond reported what some describe as a greenish streak or fireball in the sky Wednesday (Oct. 12), the National Weather Service in Slidell said. The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Officesaid it received multiple reports around 7 a.m. about a possible meteorite overLake Pontchartrain.
"People called reporting a strange green streak shoot across the sky. There was no indication or evidence to that suggests it was a flare and we have no distress calls in the lake," the Sheriff's Office said in a Facebook post. "This was even observed by some law enforcement officers as well. Very strange."
Meteors, commonly called shooting stars, are visible as streaks of lights caused when a meteoroid burns up in the Earth's atmosphere.
"Yes, it was a fireball meteor," said Mike Hankey with the American Meteor Society, a nonprofit that tracks and monitors meteor events.
NASA's Meteor Watch said the bright green fireball was first reported 65 miles above Sawyersville, Ala., and moving northwest at about 89,000 miles per hour. It appears to have fragmented 41 miles above Louisville, Miss., according to a Meteor Watch Facebook post.
The agency's sky cameras in the region had been turned off to protect them from the sun's glare, so the trajectory analysis is based on eyewitness reports, NASA said. Based on its brightness, the object was estimated to weigh about 5 pounds and be 5 inches around.
"Given the high uncertainty in the visual reports, a reliable orbit cannot be computed, so the source of this object remains a mystery at this time. However, we can definitely say it was a natural object (meteor) and was not associated with the Orionid meteor shower," NASA said.
Hankey described the fireball meteor as rare because of its daytime appearance. "These are sporadic events but happen somewhere over the Earth every day," he said. "This was rarer than most as it was seen early in the morning. Also several reports of big smoke cloud left behind."
He said his organization hadn't received video or pictures, but that he's hopeful.
Here's the tweet from the National Weather Service, with links to a map of sightings:
And another:
http://www.wtva.com/news/People_report_seeing_fireball_in_sky.html
By Zac Carlisle Oct. 12, 2016
TUPELO, Miss. (WTVA) - Many people in North Mississippi and Alabama reported seeing a bright "fireball" in the sky this morning.
Most reported seeing it sometime near 7 a.m.
"I just saw a big something streak through the sky about 5-10 minutes ago! Bright, white, BIG," said Shala Weaver.
According to Bill Cooke with NASA's Meteoroid Environments Office in Huntsville, Alabama, the "fireball" was a meteor moving 89,000 miles per hour.
It appears to have fragmented 41 miles above Louisville, Miss.
"Estimates of the brightness indicate that the object weighed about 5 pounds and was roughly 5 inches in diameter."
And another:
http://www.wapt.com/article/fireball-sightings-reported-in-mississi...
Meteor society says fireball reports span from Georgia to Texas
Jay Bird, a 16 WAPT viewer from Madison, said about 7 a.m. Wednesday, he saw a long, white line of light and then heard an explosion with a faint boom.
“It had a fluorescent blue cloud that stuck around for about five minutes,” Bird said in an email.
According to the American Meteor Society, close to 200 people have reported seeing a fireball around the same time as Bird. The reports span from eastern Georgia to east Texas.
NASA said it received morethan 100 reports from Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia. Unfortunately, NASA said its cameras were turned off when the event happened.
"All sky cameras in the region had already shut downto protect themselves from the bright Sun, forcing us to rely solely onthe eyewitness reports for trajectory analysis,"NASA spokeswoman Karen Northon told WDSU -- 16 WAPT's sister station in New Orleans.
The object was a meteor, NASA said. It was first seen 65miles above Sawyersville, Alabama and moved west at about 89,000 mph.
"It appears to have fragmented 41 miles aboveLouisville, Mississippi," NASA said. "Estimates of thebrightness indicate that the object weighed about 5 pounds and was roughly5 inches in diameter."
Because of no photos or video, NASA said that a reliable orbit can't be determined, which means the source of the object is a "mystery."
What NASA can say, though, is that it was a natural meteor. However, it wasn't part of the Orionid meteor shower.
Severe Weather Europe shared International Meteor Organization's post.
Also a *BIG* fireball over Algeria yesterday - October 2, 18:50 UTC! Likely visible from the Iberian peninsula, France, Corsica, Italy, Sardinia, Malta and Tunisia. We are looking for eyewitnesses! Did you see it? Do report!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKcwYJANOH4
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Severe Weather Europe shared International Meteor Organization's photo.
Pretty impressive fireball over the north Adriatic region last night - was likely visible from Italy, Austria, Slovenia and Croatia. Did you see it?
https://www.facebook.com/InternationalMeteorOrganization/photos/a.3... OCTOBER 4 2016
http://meteore.forumattivo.com/t4513-fireball-2016-10-04_19-49-34-1...
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https://www.facebook.com/lameilleureinfometeo/photos/a.344721230251... OCTOBER 5 2016
witnesses in oise and the yvelines indicate having seen towards 5 h25 a ball green light in the sky: have you observed? # FRANCE
https://www.facebook.com/lameilleureinfometeo/photos/p.101575877508...
The Weather Channel HERE is our meteorite, photographed in England at 5:14 this morning by the surveillance cameras
Bright Fireball Explodes over Northeast U.S. (Oct 4)
People from Maryland to Québec may have seen an unusually large and loud fireball in the sky. The American Meteor Society received 510 reports of a fireball with a sonic boom. The fireball was likely an asteroid.
Tuesday night’s fireball sightings could be one of the American Meteor Society’s (AMS) top 10 events in terms of received reports, according to the Washington Post.
“What struck me is that people from Canada to Southern Maryland saw it,” Mike Hankey, operations manager for the American Meteor Society, told the Post. “That means it was pretty bright.”
http://www.phillyvoice.com/fireball-lights-night-sky-over-pennsylva...
http://www.amsmeteors.org/2016/10/fireball-over-eastern-great-lakes/
In Toronto, police and fire services received multiple calls about a plane crashing into the Toronto Harbor, TheStar.com of Toronto reported:
"I'm in South Jersey and I saw it. It was gigantic. I was wondering how far people could see it. I've been trying to figure out what it was."
Another Reddit user, admissessibilicable, wrote: "I did! Looked like a huge green flame over West Philly."
And kierzandax noticed it, too: "Saw it while driving home on the AC Expressway. Awesome sight."
Huge Green Fireball Over Southern Italy (Oct 1)
A bright fireball impressed thousands of people in Southern Italy just after sunset at around 7:00pm local time.
The greenish ball of flame was seen in Puglia, Basilicata, Calabria and Sicily, heading south / east, the Ionian Sea, and also in the lower Tyrrhenian.
Source
http://www.meteoweb.eu/2016/10/enorme-palla-fuoco-verdastra-sul/756...
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Bright Fireball Explodes Over Washington & Idaho (Sep 29)
Tiffany Hansen snapped a picture on Thursday morning of a bright meteor falling to Earth.
On her own Facebook page, Hansen posted "Luck, serendipity, chance...call it what you want. It all comes to being in the right place at the right time. Meteor captured over Post Falls, Idaho."
Other viewers reached out to us, saying they saw a green flash and heard a loud boom in the Bonner County area.
The National Weather Service said there is some scientific certainty that the loud bang and flash of light was a meteorite.
Source
http://www.kxly.com/news/spokane-news/kxly-4-viewer-snaps-photo-of-...
Massive Fireball Rocks Queensland Australia (Sep 26)
Hundreds of central Queenslanders reported witnessing a bright light streaking across the sky followed by a loud explosion about 8.30 last night, in what experts believe may have been either a meteor strike or a “near earth asteroid.”
Residents near Gladstone reported seeing the fireball, described by some as a “mini sun” arcing overhead towards the horizon, lighting up the entire sky.
The sighting was followed by a loud “sonic boom,” indicating an overhead explosion.
Experts say a meteor – which has a burning hot exterior as it travels through Earth’s atmosphere, but an icy interior – likely exploded when the extreme temperatures interacted and became volatile.
Police received multiple calls from concerned residents, who reported their homes and windows shaking.
Geosciences Australia confirmed a “tremor” shook the Gladstone area about 8.30, which was not caused by an earthquake.
Queensland Police tweeted that they “don’t know anything about a meteor shower,” but may be able to consult some ‘experts.’
No damage, craters or impact spots have yet been found, leaving some to speculate the meteor crashed somewhere offshore.
Higgins Storm Chasing crew said on Facebook, “A bright flash or light has been reported by hundreds of people, this light was seen as far south as Hervey Bay and as far north as Yepoon with a tremor being felt upon impact over the general Gladstone area and Boyne Island.”
Social media also lit up with stories of sightings.
“Definitely saw a bright flash like a shooting star, then it flashed out high in the sky a bit to the North,” user Mike said of his sighting near Kin Kora, south of Gladstone.
“As it started I thought lightning, then realized it was probably a meteor. Took at least 2 minutes for the sound to arrive.”
Sources
http://tenplay.com.au/news/national/september/meteor-strike-likely-...
https://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=dgZ2ecJwScR7yYMcn7hxf958Cqca...
Large Fireball Over UK, France and Netherlands (Sep 23)
A huge fireball shot across the sky late Friday night, shocking residents in the UK and visible as far east as Germany and as far south as France.
The flash of light was caught on camera at 11.34pm in Ash Vale, Surrey, by the UK Meteor Observation Network.
AMS received over 100 reports of this event:
"I love astronomy and I have seen bright meteorites in the past but this is by far the brightest and longest I have ever seen."
Sources
http://www.kentlive.news/did-you-spot-this-huge-fireball-as-it-shot...
http://strangesounds.org/2016/09/large-fireball-uk-video-picture.htm
Sources:
http://www.amsmeteors.org/members/imo_view/event/2016/3398
AMS received 50 reports about a fireball seen over ME, NY, MA, NJ, CT, RI, PA and NH on Tuesday, September 13th 2016 around 01:14 UT.
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