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Bright Mid West Fireball

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By: Mike Hankey, 01/29/2014

AMS Event #312-2014 - "Mid West Fireball" - January 28th, 2014 - 2D Trajectory

The American Meteor Society has received over 100 reports of a bright fireball seen from mid western states at approximately 8:30 PM local eastern time. Witnesses from Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, West Virginia, Kentucky, Michigan and Pennsylvania reported an extremely large and bright bluish green ball of light followed by a bright white tail. Sighting reports clustered the start and end point of the meteor near the Ohio and Kentucky border, heading from the east almost due west.

 

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New England Fireball

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By: Mike Hankey, 01/13/2014

AMS Event #92-2014 - Heat Map

A large, bright, long duration fireball was seen and reported by hundreds of witnesses last night across New England (January 12th 2014, 5:20pm EST – 22:20 UT.) Witnessed reported the brightness greater than the full moon. The fireball was seen from primarily Connecticut, but witnesses from Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island also reported seeing the fireball.

 

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Fireball confirmed as debris from Taurid comet, scientists say

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By Ari Bloomekatz  November 8, 2013  LA Times

The source of the large fireball that streaked over Southern California on Wednesday has been traced to debris from the Comet Encke, local researchers and scientists said Friday.

The fireball, which according to the American Meteor Society could be seen Wednesday night as far away as Utah, Arizona and Nevada, was tied to long-lasting meteor streams from the annual South Taurids meteor shower.

Scientists on Friday said the Comet Encke, debris from which causes the Taurids, completes its orbit of the sun roughly every three years, the shortest of any known comet, according to NASA.

Witnesses who reported seeing the fireball to the American Meteor Society described it as "awesome" and "not the average shooting star."

"I was a little startled but awed by it," Rachel V. from Long Beach posted on the society's website.

SoCal Residents Report Meteor Sighting

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By Christina Cocca and Jonathan Lloyd|  Thursday, Nov 7, 2013

A meteor shower may have been spotted in Southern California skies Wednesday night.

NBC4 viewers flooded the newsroom with phone calls of reported sightings of a meteor shower that looked like a "fireball" and "exploding stars" from as far as San Diego. The National Weather Service also received reports, starting at about 8 p.m.

"I saw it while I was driving," viewer AnnMarie said via Twitter. "I thought it was a firework!"

NBC4 received reports of sightings in Temecula, San Diego, Coachella Valley, Palmdale, Tustin, Ontario, Palm Springs, Brea, Malibu, Pomona, Chino, Redlands, Seal Beach, Fresno, Long Beach, Anaheim, San Bernardino and Los Angeles.

A viewer from Los Angeles sent a video of what he described as a fireball over a parking lot.

 

Fireball explodes over Sarajevo at 30km above the ground

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Scott.net - 11/02/13

Bolide entering the atmosphere photographed from SarajevoMultiple explosions were registered last night at 00:36:59 as bolide penetrated the atmosphere. Its fragments could have hit the ground.

This is the brightest meteorite event every since the Meteorite Network commenced with its experimental activities in tracking the sky activity.

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Baseball-sized meteor blows up spectacularly over Alabama (video)

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NBCnews.com -  9/11/13, Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A baseball-sized meteor blasted over the southeastern United States on Monday night, creating a bright streak of light, a sonic boom and a ruckus on Twitter.

The meteor appeared at 9:18 p.m. ET over Alabama, traveling at about 76,000 mph (122,300 kilometers per hour). It exploded 25 miles (40 kilometers) above Woodstock, Ala., located about 30 miles (50 kilometers) from Birmingham.

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Meteor strikes, punches hole 2 meters deep - China

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The Watchers, 8/1/13, Adonai

A meteor has reportedly crashed at a dump site in a village of northwest China around 02:00 local time on Thursday, August 1, 2013. Meteorite impact left a 3 meter wide and 2 meter deep crater. 

Authorities reported no casualties. Search for meteorite fragments is ongoing.

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Large Fireball Meteor with Sonics Over Ohio

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Amsmeteor.org - 5/31/13, Mike Hankey

 

Over 200 witnesses reported a large fireball over Ohio last night around 11:05 PM local central time (3:05 UT). The fireball was seen from primarily Ohio and Indiana, but witnesses from West Virginia, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Kentucky and North Carolina also reported seeing the fireball. Here is heat map for the event that shows where the witnesses reported from. Click the image below to review the event map and witness reports for this fireball.

 

Heat Map for AMS Event 2013 1185

 

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