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)

[Starr DiGiacomo]

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

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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

[M. Difato]

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..."

[Howard]

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.

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

[Starr DiGiacomo]

Events in 2017   1362-2017

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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

[Howard]

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.

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

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

[M. Difato]

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/

[Starr DiGiacomo]

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)

[Howard]

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.”

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

[Howard]

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."

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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

[Scott]

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...

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

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