Fire in the Sky

Meteor explodes over Greece, panicked locals report fragments falling into sea

World Bulletin
Thu, 28 Nov 2013 12:00 UTC

File photo of a meteor entering the atmosphere, taken from the ISS last year.

A meteor hit Zakynthos, the third largest Greek island, in the Ionian Sea on Wednesday night.

Eyewitnesses said the sky lit up like day after an explosion and objects which looked like fire balls fell into the sea, according to state-run ANA-MPA news agency.

"Meteor strikes are common in Greece, it is not threatening," geology Professor Efthimyos Lekkas told an AA correspondent.

The meteor didn't cause any damage but people panicked around the region.

From Youtube:

Comment: "Meteor strikes are common in Greece, it is not threatening."

What the hell kind of statement is that?!

Sure, fireballs exploding overhead is a daily occurrence NOW because they have increasing exponentially in recent years!

Reader Comments

carefix · 2013-11-29T06:11:32Z

The exponential increase

...is very significant but why is not known. Currently there is no sign of the increase, which seems to be about a factor of ten in a decade, levelling off. The increase seems to be common to all sizes so we are getting many more bigger meteors hitting the Earth. This suggests that the risk of a dangerously large meteor hitting has increased in proportion.

Interestingly over a similar timeframe the number of volcanic erruptions has gone up by a similar factor. I cannot think of a causal link.

If anything I would put the meteor increase down to the solar system passing through a could of debris or the Oort cloud being perturbed by a large body. The vulcansim does seem to be linked to "solar/space weather" but I haven't looked into this.

If the end to these exponential rises does not come soon the planet is going to become a scary dangerous place.

parallel · 2013-11-30T01:34:10Z

Yes, it does not bode well. For years Laura and SOTT editors have connected the dots on cyclical catastrophes and their cosmic and electrical nature. For example:

Meteorites, Asteroids, and Comets: Damages, Disasters, Injuries, Deaths, and Very Close Calls
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Forget About Global Warming: We're One Step From Extinction!
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And the connections have been discussed quite a few times on SOTT radio:
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