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Dramatic moment meteor fireball streaks across the sky above Leicester, UK

Sofie Jackson
Daily Star (UK)
Sat, 16 Oct 2021 10:49 UTC
The meteor and its flaming tail are clearly visible in the top of the screenshot
© Reddit u/Jackster2The meteor and its flaming tail are clearly visible in the top of the screenshot
Crystal-clear dashcam footage shows a meteor burning in the skies above England.

In the clip, recorded on Friday (October 15) at about 9:18pm in Leicester, a fireball hurtles towards the ground and is outlined dramatically against the black night sky.

The meteor is so visible you can see the fiery tail streaking behind it as it burns in Earth's atmosphere.

Since it was uploaded on Reddit last night by u/Jackster21 the footage has been watched thousands of times and people were impressed.

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Meteor fireball seen over California


American Meteor Society
Wed, 13 Oct 2021 10:37 UTC
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We received 6 reports about a fireball seen over CA on Wednesday, October 13th 2021 around 07:56 UT.

For this event, we received one video and one photo.

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Meteor fireball over Spain on October 13


Meteoroides.net
Thu, 14 Oct 2021 18:12 UTC
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This fireball was spotted over Spain on 13 October 2021, at 22:29 local time (equivalent to 20:29 universal time). The bolide was generated by a rock from asteroid 2010UB that hit the atmosphere at about 47,000 km/h. The fireball began at an altitude of about 81 km over the west of the province of Valencia (Valencian Community, Spain), and ended at a height of around 32 km over the province of Cuenca (region of Castilla-La Mancha).

This meteor was recorded in the framework of the SMART project, operated by the Southwestern Europe Meteor Network (SWEMN) from the meteor-observing stations located at La Hita (Toledo), Sierra Nevada, La Sagra (Granada), Calar Alto (Almería), and Madrid (Dr. Jaime Izquierdo, Universidad Complutense de Madrid). The event has been analyzed by the principal investigator of the SMART project: Dr. Jose M. Madiedo, from the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC).

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Meteor fireball seen over Georgia and 6 other states


American Meteor Society
Mon, 11 Oct 2021 10:57 UTC
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We received 130 reports about a fireball seen over AL, FL, GA, NC, SC, TN and VA on Monday, October 11th 2021 around 02:05 UT.

For this event, we received 5 videos and one photo.

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Best of the Web: British Columbia woman awakes to a hole in her roof and a space rock on her pillow

Claire Palmer
Cowichan Valley Citizen
Fri, 08 Oct 2021 18:55 UTC
The hole left in the ceiling, and the space rock that created it.
© Ruth HamiltonThe hole left in the ceiling, and the space rock that created it.
On Oct. 4, many were treated to the sight of a fireball lighting up the night sky, with images of a meteor sailing above Lake Louise striking awe.

Longtime Golden resident Ruth Hamilton, however, was fast asleep.

Or at least she was until she was roughly awoken by the sound of a crash through her ceiling and the sensation of debris on her face.

"I just jumped up and turned on the light, I couldn't figure out what the heck had happened," said Hamilton.

She said she took a look around to get her bearings, and spotting a rock sitting neatly on her pillow next to where her head usually lays.
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Meteor fireball crosses the sky over Alsace, France


Tchapp.alsace
Thu, 07 Oct 2021 17:01 UTC
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A "luminous ball" crossed the sky on Thursday evening over Alsace.

What is this thing ? Many witnesses were very astonished to see shortly after 8 p.m. a luminous mass moving at high speed in the sky.

For the professionals of the thing it is about a bolide, a meteorite which by penetrating the atmosphere, causes a strong luminous effect at very high speed.

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Meteor fireball over central Spain (Oct. 4)


Meteoroides.net
Tue, 05 Oct 2021 17:45 UTC
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This fireball was recorded over Spain on 2021 October 4, at 23:12local time. It was produced by a fragment (a meteoroid) from an asteroid that hit the atmosphere at about 86,000 km / h. The fireball began at a height of about 88 km over the east of the province of Ávila and ended at an altitude of around 45 km above the ground level over the center of the same province.

The event was recorded in the framework of the SMART project, operated by the Southwestern Europe Meteor Network (SWEMN), from the meteor-observing stations located at La Hita (Toledo), La Sagra (Granada), Galapagar (Madrid), Huelva, Sierra Nevada, and Seville. The event has been analyzed by the principal investigator of the SMART project: Dr. Jose M. Madiedo, from the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC).

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Meteor fireball over Granada, Spain (3 October)


Meteoroides.net
Sun, 03 Oct 2021 14:25 UTC
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On 3 October 2021, at 21:41h local time, this stunning fireball was observed by a wide number of eyewitnesses over the south of Spain. This bolide was generated by a rock (a meteoroid) from Comet D / 1978 R1 (Haneda-Campos) that hit the atmosphere at about 54,000 km / h. The fireball overflew the province of Granada (Andalusia).

It began over the east of that province at an altitude of about 81 km, moved northwest, and ended at a height of around 34 km over the north of the same province. This bright meteor was recorded in the framework of the SMART project, operated by the Southwestern Europe Meteor Network (SWEMN), from different meteor-observing stations located in Spain.

The event has been analyzed by the principal investigator of the SMART project: Dr. Jose M. Madiedo, from the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC).21:41(local peninsular time) on October 3, this impressive ball of fire could be seen by crowds of people crossing the skies of the south and the center of the country.
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Meteor fireball turns night into day over Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming


American Meteor Society
Mon, 04 Oct 2021 13:57 UTC
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We received 50 reports about a fireball seen over CO, NM and WY on Sunday, October 3rd 2021 around 10:33 UT.

For this event, we received 12 videos and 4 photos.


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Meteor fireball crosses cities in Minas Gerais and lights up Copacabana's sky in Brazil


Agencia Brasil
Thu, 30 Sep 2021 12:39 UTC
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Sky watchers could see the luminous route of a celestial body that entered the Earth's atmosphere last night (29) and crossed four Brazilian cities. As recorded by the climate observation cameras of the Clima ao Vivo platform, a bolide - an object of unknown origin on a high-speed route - lit the skies of Itamonte, Varginha and Patos de Minas, in Minas Gerais, and could also be seen from Rio de January.

See the video record:

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