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Loud boom heard in Kingman, Arizona possible meteor strike

Emily Black
Mojave County Rattler
Thu, 09 May 2019 13:23 UTC

Residents all over Kingman heard a very large boom last night about 9:15 p.m.

Reports poured in from Facebook with people saying the boom shook their house, their windows and scared their pets.

Anise Wight, from Kingman, said on Facebook that the loud explosion was sometime after 9 p.m.

"I live near Ames and Melody," said Wight. "I checked to make sure a neighbor's house didn't blow up."

Another resident, Kari LeeAnn, said she heard it and went outside.

"I saw what looked like lightning by the mountains from the northwest, so I thought it was just thunder," said LeeAnn. "I thought it was weird when I realized there wasn't hardly any clouds above me."

Bright meteor fireball reported over Mato Grosso, Brazil

Sott.net
Tue, 07 May 2019 06:31 UTC

The American Meteor Society (AMS) has reported a meteor fireball over Mato Grosso on Tuesday, May 7th 2019 around 02:00 UT. A video of the event (2056-2019) was uploaded to the AMS website.

Bright meteor fireball lights up the skies from Wales to France and is recorded on multiple sky cameras

Sott.net
Tue, 07 May 2019 02:48 UTC

At 02:48GMT a meteor fireball lit up the skies at an estimated magnitude -5 brightness, apparently burning up over Cambridge, England. Multiple sky cameras from Cardiff, Wales to East Barnet in North London and Wimeraux, France captured the event.

It's believed that this particular sighting could be part of the Eta Aquariids which were spawned by Halley's comet. EarthSky.com writes:

Because Comet Halley has circled the sun innumerable times over countless millennia, cometary fragments litter its orbit. That's why the comet doesn't need to be anywhere near the Earth or the sun in order to produce a meteor shower. Instead, whenever our Earth in its orbit intersects Comet Halley's orbit, cometary bits and pieces - oftentimes no larger than grains of sand or granules of gravel - smash into Earth's upper atmosphere, to vaporize as fiery streaks across our sky: meteors.

It so happens we intersect Comet Halley's orbit not once, but twice each year. In early May, we see bits of this comet as the annual Eta Aquariid meteor shower.

While this brilliant sighting may be part of the Eta Aquariids, as SOTT's Fire In The Sky section has been documenting, fireball activity continues to increase with every passing year, and, throughout the year, at times when there isn't a known meteor shower occurring.

Falling meteor fireball captured on dashcam in Pretoria, South Africa

Rekord Centurion
Fri, 03 May 2019 11:52 UTC

Social media went crazy last night after a Pretoria resident posted rare video footage of a shooting star in the city online.

This rare astronomical show happened just before 20:30 on Thursday evening.

In the video, taken by Clinton Kruger, a meteor is seen flashing through Pretoria's night skies.

i just saw a freaking falling star ❤️😭
- frafra (@Francinedoranxx) May 2, 2019

Speaking to Rekord, Kruger said it was astonished to see a shooting star in Pretoria.

Houses rocked after 'unexplained big boom' in southeast suburb of Queensland

Judith Kerr
The Courier Mail
Mon, 29 Apr 2019 14:30 UTC

Residents of a southeast suburb are scratching their heads after experiencing a loud "boom" and feeling the earth shudder early on Sunday evening.

Cornubia resident Shaun Pask said his West Coorang St house was rocked by the event which took place just before 6pm.

Mr Pask said he felt as if a large object had hit the roof of his house.

"My wife and I were inside when we experienced the house shuddering - it was so loud I could not image any handheld device could possibly create that amount of noise," he said.

"It was not a small object hitting a small part of the roof - it was like something fell from the sky and it landed on our whole roof at the one time.

Meteor Fireball seen streaking through skies in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Meteor Shower Tonight
Fri, 26 Apr 2019 20:08 UTC

Another big fireball was seen in Brazilian skies at 20:08 (23:08 UT) this Friday, April 26, 2019. This time, the bright meteor was reported in the north of Rio de Janeiro and east of Minas Gerais and recorded by BRAMON's cameras.

The space rock entered Earth atmosphere at an altitude of 80.8 Km over Rio das Flores, RJ, followed a northeasterly direction at a speed of 19.14 Km / s (68.9 thousand Km / h) before disappearing 5.67 seconds later, at an altitude of 38.4 Km over Argirita, MN.

Comment: Activity in our skies is really heating up:

Meteor fireball explodes over Costa Rica, possibly crashes into home (23rd April 2019)
'Green meteor' streaks across skies of northern Melbourne, Geelong, Australia Easter weekend (21st April 2019)
Dazzling meteor fireball spotted soaring over Washington DC area (16th April 2019)
A meteor fireball flies over the Mediterranean, falling off the Moroccan coast (14th April 2019)
Meteor fireball lights up the sky in the upper Midwest (14th April 2019)

Loud, home-shaking boom heard in Branson, Missouri area

KY3
Tue, 19 Mar 2019 17:30 UTC

Did you hear a boom Tuesday afternoon, too?

Several viewers from Branson to Mountain Home shared with us they heard a loud boom around 4 p.m. They also say the boom shook their homes.

Taney County Sheriff Jimmie Russell says his office received several calls throughout the county. He doesn't know exactly what it is. He believes it could be a sonic boom. As for what this is, when we find out, we'll let you know.

The Ozarks has a history with these type of 'booms.' When they happen, law enforcement say they receive 60 to 75 calls.

Comment: See also: Loud booms heard, felt in northern Arkansas and south central Missouri.

Meteor fireball explodes over Costa Rica, possibly crashes into home

Meteor Showers Tonight
Thu, 25 Apr 2019 00:45 UTC

A large meteor fireball exploded in the sky over Costa Rica on April 23, 2019 at 9:09pm.

People reported seeing flashes in the sky. Others reported hearing loud booms and feeling rumblings.

On the same evening a rock fell from the sky, making a hole in a roof in Aguas Zarcas, San Carlos, Alajuela. Now experts will analyse the rock to determine its origin. But I bet it is a meteorite!

The woman who found the space rock in her house explains she heard a loud rumble, went to the back of her house, discovered the hole in the roof and found the warm rock on the floor.

Now, cosmochemist (I am one of those :-)) will have to analyse the chemical composion of the rock to determine where this rock comes from... But it is ... the meteorite!

Comment: Just two weeks earlier, a bright meteor fireball was filmed streaking through Puerto Rico skies.

'Green meteor' streaks across skies of northern Melbourne, Geelong, Australia Easter weekend

Kathleen Jessop
Bay93.9
Sun, 21 Apr 2019 19:53 UTC

While locals around Geelong and Wyndham have been enjoying their Easter break, some have experienced an extra special moment.

Following Good Friday's supermoon, a meteor was also seen darting across the sky on Easter Saturday.

The brief, but bright, event occurred around 6:53pm in the northern part of the Melbourne and Geelong sky.

So far, the newsroom can confirm it was seen in Glen Waverley and Werribee in Melbourne, as well as Mildura, Swan Hill and the Murray River.

'Loud bang' heard in Suffolk, England

Suzanne Day
Ipswich Star
Thu, 25 Apr 2019 11:49 UTC

A mystery bang left families in Claydon and Great Blakenham in shock last night - with some fearing it was the result of a crash on the A14 and others concerned there may have been an explosion.

But this morning, with those theories disproved, they have been left scratching their heads over what the loud bang could have been - and wondering if it could have been a sonic boom or even a 'skyquake'.

There have been further reports of another loud bang being heard in Martlesham and Kesgrave at around 8pm.

Harrison Cartwright, from Claydon, was at the doctors at 6.45pm when he heard the loud clash and then felt the room shake.

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Fire in the Sky

Loud boom heard in Kingman, Arizona possible meteor strike

Bright meteor fireball reported over Mato Grosso, Brazil

Bright meteor fireball lights up the skies from Wales to France and is recorded on multiple sky cameras

Falling meteor fireball captured on dashcam in Pretoria, South Africa

Houses rocked after 'unexplained big boom' in southeast suburb of Queensland

Meteor Fireball seen streaking through skies in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Loud, home-shaking boom heard in Branson, Missouri area

Meteor fireball explodes over Costa Rica, possibly crashes into home

'Green meteor' streaks across skies of northern Melbourne, Geelong, Australia Easter weekend

'Loud bang' heard in Suffolk, England

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