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Meteor fireball illuminates night sky in Pozan, Poland


The Irish Times
Tue, 07 Jan 2020 01:25 UTC
Fireball over Poland
© Panorama Poznan Online/MSN
A bright light, believed to be a meteor, has been captured flashing across the sky in the city of Poznan, Poland:


Video source: Panorama Poznan Online
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'Green flash' seen in Fort Collins, Colorado night sky likely a meteor

Erin Edell
Fort Collins Coloradoan
Tue, 07 Jan 2020 00:09 UTC
Fireball over Ft Collins, CO
© Fort Collins Coloradoan (file photo)
Did you see something unusual streaking across the night sky Friday night?

No, I'm not talking about a drone. At least, I don't think I am.

Regardless, there's no need to have a "let's storm Area 51" moment just yet. Any unusual sightings were likely activity from a Quadrantid meteor shower that peaked late Friday night over Northern Colorado.

Coloradoan reader Krista Vance tipped us off to a bright green ball of light she said she and her 15-year-old daughter Olivia saw streak across the sky while driving north on Taft Hill Road near the Cathy Fromme Prairie area around 9 p.m. Friday.

"It was only visible for two snaps of your fingers, then ... poof ... gone," Vance told the Coloradoan, adding that the sight of the quick green flash gave her goosebumps.
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Meteor fireball spotted over Ottawa - Gatineau, Canada


CBC News
Mon, 06 Jan 2020 21:55 UTC
Fireball over Ottawa-Gatineau
© Sandy MacPherson
Several people say they spotted what's been described as a bright ball of light whizzing across the sky over Ottawa-Gatineau late Sunday night.

Jason Jones and his wife were driving alongside the Gatineau River near Cantley, Que., just north of Gatineau, when they spotted the object.

"The two big things were the diameter and the brightness," Jones said Monday morning. "It was clearly as bright as Venus or the moon ... and instead of a pinpoint of light with a tail, it was a sphere with a tail."

Christopher Cordick was driving northbound along Eagleson Road in Ottawa's west end when he saw what he described as a "very vibrant light in the sky descending rapidly." Cordick said the time was around 10:10 p.m.
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Rooftop cameras capture another meteor fireball over Madison, Wisconsin

Tess Klein
WGBA-TV
Wed, 08 Jan 2020 16:52 UTC
Rooftop cameras in Madison, Wis. have captured yet another meteor
Rooftop cameras in Madison, Wis. have captured yet another meteor soaring through the nighttime sky.

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Meteor fireball blazed over Anchorage, Alaska on 21 Dec 2019

Gilbert Cordova
KTUU
Wed, 01 Jan 2020 12:52 UTC
Fireball over Anchorage, AK
© Anchorage Police Dept.
You know the saying, 'shooting star make a wish,' well here is your chance!

Anchorage police posted the video below of a meteor lighting up the night sky in Anchorage on Dec. 21.

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Meteor believed to have caused loud boom, flash of light in Saratoga County, New York

Samantha DiMascio
News10
Tue, 31 Dec 2019 20:36 UTC
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© George Varros and Dr. Peter Jenniskens/NASA/Getty Images
As many people search for answers after hearing a loud explosion accompanied by a green flash in the sky, Saratoga County Sheriff Michael Zurlo said he now believes it may have been a meteor.

"It sounds exactly like a fireball report. They can surprise people. We can't always predict them," said Dr. Valerie Rapson, director of the Dudley Observatory at Siena College and has her PhD in Astrophysics.

She said as soon as she heard the reports meteor came to mind. She said specifically, a "bolide."

"When these rocks come in, they're fairly small, but they're coming in at very high speeds so they can potentially break the sound barrier and actually create this ripple effect that will shake homes or cause explosions," said Dr. Rapson.

Comment: Read SOTT.net's Comets and Catastrophes Series by Laura Knight-Jadczyk for more on the hazards to humanity from meteors and asteroids. Bombardments from space rocks are cyclic in nature and have occurred repeatedly throughout history.

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Doorbell camera captures meteor fireball streaking over Saskatoon, Canada

Bryn Levy
Saskatoon StarPhoenix
Mon, 30 Dec 2019 19:08 UTC
Saskatoon meteor fireball
© YouTube/Saskatoon StarPhoenix (screen capture)
A Saskatoon man got quite the sight this weekend.

Adam Frank spotted a meteor blazing across the night sky late Saturday night.

His doorbell camera also caught the spectacle from the front of his Hampton Village home.

Sky-watchers will want to keep their eyes peeled for the next few nights, as we are in the midst of the Quadrantids meteor shower, which typically runs from the end of December to about mid-January.

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Spectacular meteor breaks up over Pacific island of Guam


RT
Sat, 28 Dec 2019 13:48 UTC
guam meteor fireball
A fireball which blazed through the night sky, falling apart in a fireworks display and dazzling the residents of Guam, was captured in multiple astounding videos, triggering disputes over its origins.

Hundreds of people witnessed the mysterious ball which was seen darting across the sky in the US territory, Guam in the western Pacific on Friday night, some capturing spectacular pictures and videos of the spectacle.

The unusual event triggered heated debates over the origins of the bright object that apparently fell apart and burned up in the atmosphere.

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Meteor fireball flying through sky caught on doorbell camera in Hamden, Connecticut


WTNH
Mon, 16 Dec 2019 20:52 UTC
A possible meteor streaking across the sky was caught on a doorbell camera in Hamden.

Annette says her Ring doorbell camera caught a video around 5:30 a.m. Sunday of a meteor.
Fireball over Hamden, CT
© WTNH
NASA posted about the Geminid meteor shower Saturday night, encouraging everyone to look up at "a bright & brilliant cosmic show...now playing in a sky near you!"

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Dashcam captures meteor fireball over Greenville County, South Carolina


WYFF
Fri, 13 Dec 2019 17:14 UTC
Fireball over S. Carolina
© WYFF
It's not every day you see a meteor flash through the sky.

It's even more rare to capture the event on video.

A WYFF News 4 viewer likely did just that recently. uLocal Carolinas member Jeff Bott captured his video Thursday morning.

uLocal Carolinas is WYFF News 4's Facebook group where members post pictures and videos of cool and beautiful images.

Bott said he was driving on Emily Lane, south of the Southern Connector (County Rd. 316,) in Greenville County at 4:40 a.m. when his dashcam captured a light streaking through the dark sky. Footage of the meteor can be seen here.
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