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2NOV2010
"Driving home from work this evening, around 7:20 pm ; Initially I thought it was the vapor trial from a jet as it caught my attention (we live south of Logan Airport) Then I could see it looked like a ball of fire with a comet-like tail behind it, but was moving much slower and was much bigger than a shooting star. I was worried that it might be a jet on fire and crashing because I could see it breaking up and a shower of debris behind it and it was coming in at an angle like a jet. It was traveling South-East to North-West - and I was in North Quincy MA heading east at the time. Very strange; I've never seen anything like it." -- Amy B., Quincy, MA (contact info)
2NOV2010
"I just saw the biggest meteor I have ever seen in my life tonight. It was around 7:15 pm and I was in East Weymouth. At first it appeared to be a low flying plane on fire but it was actually a large white ball with a long tail behind it. It went from West to East. It appeared to be heading towards Boston from the South Shore and was traveling horizontally across the sky. It lasted about 3-4 seconds and eventually exploded with red pieces falling towards the Earth. It would seem that somewhere in North Weymouth, MA or Hingham, MA there may be pieces of a meteor lying on the ground!" -- SJDoran (contact info)
2NOV2010
"Got out with the wife in Belmont, MA to vote, and we saw a very slow moving bright light going from what looked to be SE to NW, or maybe E to W. This was between 7:15 and 7:20. We both got out of the car, gasping at the sky, and as someone who has seen plenty of shooting stars and fast moving objects, this was moving far slower than anything I'd ever seen. It also looked much lower, and appeared to have several different "jets" of light coming off it, so I guessed that it may have been breaking up. We lost it through the trees, as we were both trying desperately to get our cell phone cameras out... but alas, even though it was slow, we were even slower."
-- Brian S., Belmont MA (contact info)
2NOV2010
"THANK YOU!!! I saw a very large "ball of fire" with an even longer tail behind it - going from East to West over Hampstead, NH at 7:18PM tonight. It only lasted a couple of seconds, but it was really bright - and then it was gone. I asked friends, but nobody else had seen it - so I started searching online ... and here it is" ! -- Elaine
2NOV2010
"I just saw a very large Meteorite shoot across the sky here in Massachusetts, it was traveling east to west, seemed to be very low to the ground and was breaking up into pieces as it traveled across the sky, It had a very long trail of "flames" and as the pieces broke off they also had trails behind them. I have seen many smaller Meteorites while fishing at night on cape cod but nothing as large and low to the ground like this." -- Scott M. (contact info)
2NOV2010
"I just saw a fireball at approximately 7:30pm from Warwick, RI. It was travelling from east to west and lasted about two seconds. At first I thought it was a plane (we are close to the airport), but then noticed it had the distinctive round mass of a fireball. It was bluish green and so amazing. I used to teach astronomy so it was especially exciting for me. My husband was surprised but not nearly as excited as me!" -- Alicia (contact info)
2NOV2010
"I also observed this event while using my telescope last night viewing Andromeda. About 4-5 degrees off of the horizon beginning in the east and transiting out of view to the north. Bright white in appearance, with fragments falling off. I didn't witness the beginning or end of the event but the time frame reported by others sounds accurate. I began viewing Jupiter around 7pm and was just moving on to Nebula when I witnessed the event. Reminded me of the video of the shuttle break-up a few years ago. I thought it might be a satellite re-entering." .....Mike in Hudson, NH (contact info)
2NOV2010
"Harvey Leonard (highly respected Boston MA area meteorologist) said that this might be the end of the Orionids or the beginning of the Leonids. I probably saw the same show that others report below. In Gloucester/Rockport MA at 7:15 p.m., with a very clear dark sky, we saw a very bright, very low fireball (but colored green, no red - is this weird?) with a wide, long tail of white sparklers moving from southeast to northwest. It appeared to be breaking up quickly" -- Jane Seigel (Contact info)
2NOV2010
DATE: 02 NOV, 2010 @ 19h 17m EDT
PLACE: Elizabeth Brown Elementary School, 29 Gardners Neck Rd. Swansea, MA, USA
SKY: Cloudless; chilly
SIGHTING DETAILS: Initially about 0 degrees azi. @ about 15 degrees alt.
Finally about 10 degrees azi @ about 10 degrees alt.
Duration about 3~4 sec.
General Bright, details visible in the tail, straight track sloping down t the left; passing over the three arc-stars in handle of Big Dipper" -- LON CARACAPPA (contact info)
2NOV2010
"I was at Shaws in Salem, NH last night around 7:30 when I saw something in the sky. At first I thought it was a plane on fire. Then I thought it was silent fireworks but it was going horizontal. I was in such awe not knowing what I saw that I didn't even think to take a picture with my phone. I was traveling so slow. It was a very sureal moment and I wonder if I will ever see another one in my lifetime. I would love to see a video if anyone else captured activity last night." -- Maryellen (contact info)
2NOV2010
"We saw a spectacular fire ball coming from the east south east passing between Cassiopeia and Perseus in Cumberland, Maine, about 7:30p on November 2nd. It seemed to last for about 4 to 5 seconds, was slow moving, yellowish wide streak turning reddish as it broke into several pieces just at its end. Definitely a life time best for me." -- Bill Rixon of Freeport, Miane (contact info)
2NOV2010
"I also saw this one and filed a report with amsmeteors.org -- though it hasn't shown up yet.-- 1917 EDT, Westford, northest to north travel. Very slow -- maybe 3 degrees per second. Exploded into fragments at the end. Significant trail (maybe 5 degrees)" - - Philip (contact info)
2NOV2010
"In Stoneham I saw a large white object with a rounded front end and a tail at about 7:20 last night. It appeared to have scattered objects trailing behind it but everything was white (no red). It went from east to west with a slight turn to the south. It streaked right over my neighbors house and seemed so low I thought it might touch the roof. It appeared to be very large so I immediately ruled-out a shooting star. I thought it might be a plane but the shape was so perfectly round in the front and there was such a perfect tail behind that I thought it could only be celestial. By the time I ran to the back yard it was not in sight.
Thank you for your blog. I have an understanding of what I saw in Stoneham, Mass on Nov. 2"
Marilyn M (contact info)
2NOV2010
"On the way home at 7:19pm this evening I saw what I thought was an awfully low-flying airplane. It's flight path was parallel to snow hill rd between kelton rd and the gardner farm.
(MOVING SLOWLY EAST TO WEST) as it came over my windshield it began to split into a (long) trail of large shooting stars....the car behind saw it too-did you?
I was rushing, so long trail of shooting stars does not describe it well. Someone else's description of "breaking up describes it better - a big chunk leading the way and smaller pieces, trailing. It moved at the speed of a jet flying low, but went out when it was just past overhead - long before reaching the horizon..." Jennifer (contact info)
2NOV2010
"I observed a the most dramatic fireball of my life for about 4 sec transiting my NE-facing window (~16 miles NW of Boston) about 3-4 degrees above the horizon, it was yellow with a sizable fireball and relatively short tail, shedding pieces. I was a private pilot, and know the flight pattern of the nearby airport well, so I can say that this was comparable in apparent size to a Cessna 150-series at ~2000 ft, 1 miles out. In actual size, I believe the technical term would be "humongous"""I forgot to note: my sighting was just before 7:20 EDT." -- Anonymous - sign of the times? (no contact info)
2NOV2010
"On the night of Nov. 2, 2010, my boyfriend and his cousin witnessed this super fast (approx. 800 mph) fireball with a burning glow to it as it sped over them, kinda close....after reading about Hartley's Comet 2, I think it had to be that....he was so excited about it, he called the police right away and they confirmed it with the FAA that 10 other people saw it too. They were heading up north on rt. 22 in Amenia, NY near Renneys at around 7:15pm....I was excited too for them and only wished I was there also experiencing it for myself.....my boyfriend is very cosmic...seems that he has witnessed extraordinary objects/sightings/UFOs since living up in Amenia. We both witnessed UFOs on the night of July 3 and July 5, 2010 also in Amenia, NY. We are DEFINITELY NOT ALONE." -- Blackwhiskers(contact info)
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