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Loud boom, flashes of light rattle residents in Glasgow, Scotland

Jonathan Whitelaw
The Scottish Sun
Wed, 22 Nov 2017 16:04 UTC
Mystery boom
© The Scottish Sun
A mysterious boom that "shook windows" in the west of Scotland has been heard all around the world.

Worried punters took to social media after hearing the loud bang around 4pm yesterday afternoon. They reported hearing the strange sound in areas in and around Glasgow, such as Woodlands in the west end and Knightswood.

Twitter user @Planet_Pedro wrote: "Jeez. What was loud bang in West of Glasgow??" Another punter then said that they "heard it in Woodlands." And @Planet-Pedro responded: "no. shook windows here."

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Green meteor fireball seen over New South Wales, Australia


Moree Champion
Thu, 23 Nov 2017 13:29 UTC
Fireball over NSW
© Lawana Hillhouse
Speculation ran rife online after Inverell Times reader Lawana Hillhouse reported seeing a strange light moving over the town on Thursday night, November 23, at approximately 9.45pm.

"It was sort of round and real red," Lawana said. She watched the object, which she initially believed was a fireball, move at a medium pace towards Moree.

"I thought it was some sort of weird weather event," she said.

Meteors, ball lightning, burning space junk and even aliens were among the many possible explanations given, as the Higgins Storm Chasing website reported similar sightings across NSW between 9.30-11pm.
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Blue-green meteor shoots across East Iceland skies


Iceland Monitor
Thu, 23 Nov 2017 13:30 UTC
Village of Breiðdalsvík
© Steinunn ÁsmundsdóttirThe tiny village of Breiðdalsvík in the East Fjords. The lights were seen just above the rocks at the back of the photograph.
Locals of Breiðdalsvík in East Iceland wondered if the aliens were actually coming on Tuesday when they were surprised by strange lights shooting across the sky.

According to local paper Austurfrétt the blue-green light shot across the sky at an incredible speed. One of the witnesses was Hrafnkell Hannesson who says he was at the supermarket when the lights appeared.
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Blue Planet

64 mysterious booms heard all over the world this year - why?

Shivali Best
Daily Mail
Tue, 21 Nov 2017 21:14 UTC
boom map 2017

Mysterious booms have been reported 64 times this year, in locations including Michigan, Lapland, St Ives, Swansea and Yorkshire. Incidents are becoming more frequent according to some reports.
Residents in Alabama were left baffled last week when a loud boom resounded across much of the state.

The boom, nicknamed 'Bama Boom', has left experts stumped, with suggested causes ranging from supersonic aircrafts to meteors exploding in the atmosphere.

This isn't the first time that the mysterious sound has been heard, and incidents are becoming more frequent according to some reports.

This year alone, similar noises have been reported 64 times this year, in locations including Michigan, Lapland, St Ives, Swansea and Yorkshire.

Alabama, November 14

Cause: Unknown, suggested explanations include a sonic boom from an aircraft or a meteorite

The Birmingham National Weather Service tweeted: 'Loud boom heard: we do not see anything indicating large fire/smoke on radar or satellite; nothing on USGS indicating an earthquake.'
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Flashing meteor fireball streaks through Japan's night sky (VIDEOS)


The Asahi Shimbun
Wed, 22 Nov 2017 14:25 UTC
fireball
A blazing object believed to be a large meteor whizzed through the night sky over Japan on Nov. 21.

It was visible for a few seconds around 9:30 p.m. and flashed with intense light a few times before vanishing, witnesses said.

The stunning display sparked an explosion of activity on social media.

"It's a fireball ... a big meteor," said Chisato Yamauchi, 43, a researcher at Misato astronomical observatory in Wakayama Prefecture, who watched video footage of the event online.

"Fragments of sand and stone moving through space lit up due to friction upon entering Earth's atmosphere," he explained.

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Bright green meteor fireball captured on camera over Oostkapelle, the Netherlands


Sott.net
Mon, 20 Nov 2017 18:30 UTC
green fireball
© Klaas Jobse
On the night of November 19th, amateur astronomer Klaas Jobse captured a green meteor/fireball over the Dutch village of Oostkapelle.

Estimating the size of the fragment as that of a large marble, Jobse told regional broadcaster Omroep Zeeland that "such a fragment of a comet enters the atmosphere with a gigantic speed and then a spectacular reaction occurs, with this fireball as a result."

While he suspects the meteor fragment originates from the Leonids, he remarked that a great fireball such as this one is extraordinary. "It was pretty clear, so you could see it beautifully. And it was very bright. I think you can compare it with the light of a full moon. Yes, for an amateur astronomer, this is the icing on the cake."

See the footage of the fireball in the video below (00:11-00:15):

Fireball 2017 1119 02:29 UT Oostkapelle from Astronomy! Project Oostkapelle on Vimeo.

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Fireball seen flying over Heathrow Airport, London


RT
Mon, 20 Nov 2017 14:33 UTC
fireball Heathrow Airport
© IRLIVE net / YouTube
Incredible footage of a shooting star streaking across the sky and zooming past aircraft near London's Heathrow Airport has been shared on social media.

Video of the close cosmic encounter was captured by Airlive and posted Sunday. The mesmerizing meteor can be seen shooting across the sky before a low flying plane comes into view. Another aircraft can be seen coming from the opposite direction in the distance.

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Slow-moving meteor fireball caught on camera over Florida?


fox9.com
Sat, 18 Nov 2017 14:35 UTC
Photographer Alec Paris captured still images of the fiery show, giving us a better look.
© Alec ParisPhotographer Alec Paris captured still images of the fiery show, giving us a better look.
People across Florida saw what appeared to be a large fireball lingering in the western sky Saturday night.

Many recorded the slow-falling celestial object on their phones and shared the video with FOX 13, looking for guidance on what it might have been.

FOX 13 Meteorologist Tyler Eliasen say it was possibly the setting sun hitting the contrail from a large jet just right.

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Arctic Meteor Turns Night Into Day


Space.com
Fri, 17 Nov 2017 21:54 UTC
Meteor lapland
Yep, that's a meteor at top right, not the sun, in the middle of the night.
On the evening of Nov. 16th, aurora tour guide Tony Bateman of northern Finland was indoors, warming up between auroras, when his surroundings began to vibrate. "There was a huge bang and the cottage shook violently," he reports. "At first I thought it was an earthquake. Or maybe a tree fell on the cottage roof! I walked outside and inspected the trees. Everything looked okay." A quick replay of his aurora webcam solved the mystery. "It was an incredible meteor," he says.

Comment: We beg to differ with the claim that meteors as bright as a quarter Moon and as bright as the moon occur once every 10 days and every 3 months respectively. Anyone who checks our 'Fire in the Sky' section regularly will know that such events happen much more often.

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Fireball hurtling past Earth captured on camera by International Space Station


RT
Fri, 17 Nov 2017 21:05 UTC
Fireball captured by International Space Station
© European Space Agency / YouTubeFireball captured by International Space Station
Astronauts at the International Space Station captured a rare moment when a fireball whizzed to Earth.

The blink-and-you'll-miss-it footage was shared by astronaut Paolo Nespoli. It was captured on November 5 as part of a series of night-time photographs taken as the Space Station was flying over the southern Atlantic Ocean towards Kazakhstan. The images were put together in a time-lapse video with a 1-second interval.
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