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Meteorites impact ground in Tuscany, April 1 2012

PigrecoProgetti
You Tube
Sun, 01 Apr 2012 14:40 UTC
Meteorite Valli Senesi Tuscany

Meteorites fall in Val D'Orcia (Siena's Hills) Tuscany, Italy
At 9pm on Sunday evening, April 1 2012, a meteorite stuck in Val D'Orcia near the departments of Radicofani and Sarteano, with coordinates: N 42 ° 56'17 "- E 11 ° 47'34". The fireball left a visible streak in the sky and two small-sized meterorites impacted the Senesi hills, causing a patchy fire most likely due to a big heat wave. There's a second site but we are not yet able to reach it.

With the intervention of the NBCR Fire Brigade, the Operational Nuclear Biological Chemical and "Radfiottivo" of the Department of Siena, the point of impact was identified, the fire was extinguished and soon samples of suspected carbonaceous Chondrite were found. Investigators conducted analyses to determine the type of material.

No radioactivity was registered at the point of impact, an area ​​about 60cm in diameter and up to half a meter deep. A thermal camera registered 756 degrees celsius even though the impact happened more than 18 hours earlier.

Dozens of glowing points of several thousand degrees were detected on the thermal camera's monitor.

Thanks to Simone Seddio of Astrofili ANTARES of Legnano.

Comment: According to official science, meteorites don't start fires because they are always stone cold when they reach the ground. So much for official science...

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Flash spotted on Jupiter: Is it a hit?

Alan Boyle
NBC News Cosmic Log
Tue, 11 Sep 2012 22:00 UTC
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© George Hall
The flash on Jupiter is visible as a bright spot on the left edge of the planet's disk, as seen in this video image.
Astronomers are abuzz over sightings of a flash on Jupiter - which suggests that the giant planet has taken another bullet for the solar system team.

Today's report follows similar sightings of impacts in 2009 and 2010. As in those earlier cases, the call has gone out to look for any visible scars on Jupiter's cloud tops. That would be a sure sign that an asteroid or comet was drawn in by the planet's gravitational pull, potentially saving us from a cosmic collision threat.

"It's kind of a scary proposition to see how often Jupiter gets hit," said George Hall, an amateur astronomer from Dallas who captured the flash on video this morning.

Hall didn't actually see the hit when it happened. Early this morning, he brought out his 12-inch Meade Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope with the Point Grey Flea3 video camera attached, just to capture imagery for a composite picture of Jupiter. "Jupiter happens to be ideally positioned at about 6 o'clock in the morning," he explained. "It's right overhead."

Comment: As such events are becoming more common, please have a look at some of the research, sections and articles we continue to provide under Fire in the Sky or read Meteorites, Asteroids, and Comets: Damages, Disasters, Injuries, Deaths, and Very Close Calls or our continued Sky Watch Fireballs and Meteorites.

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'Horrendous' Celestial Fireball Blazes Across Hawkes Bay, New Zealand

Patrick O'Sullivan
Hawkes Bay Today
Wed, 05 Sep 2012 06:04 UTC
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File photo
Another witness to the "fireball with a tail" that appeared in Hastings skies on Tuesday last week has come forward, saying he's surprised no other witnesses have come forward.

Ross, who would not give his surname because "people will just think I'm mad" said he was sitting in his spa pool when he saw a huge orange/red fireball going toward Te Mata Peak.

"It was the most amazing thing I have seen in my 61 years," he said.

"I thought, shit. I yelled out to my wife but she just thought I was just ranting and raving as usual.

"I came racing out and said something is going to be on the news - something like that is going to cause a tidal wave or something. I rang up all my mates and they said, you've been taking drugs.
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Increased meteor smoke: Noctilucent clouds brightening and spreading south


space.com
Tue, 04 Sep 2012 00:00 UTC
noctilucent clouds
© NASA
Astronauts on the International Space Station took this picture of noctilucent clouds near the top of Earth's atmosphere on July 13, 2012.

Rare and mysterious clouds that are so bright they can be seen at night have mystified people since they were first observed more than a century ago, but scientists have now discovered a key cosmic ingredient for these night-shining clouds: "smoke" from meteors as they burn up in the Earth's atmosphere.

Blue-white clouds that eerily glow in the twilight sky are called noctilucent clouds, or NLCs. They typically form about 50 to 53 miles (80 and 85 kilometers) above ground in the atmosphere, at altitudes so high that they reflect light even after the sun has slipped below the horizon.

In a new study, scientists found that noctilucent clouds have an extraterrestrial link.

Comment: Indeed they are, they're telling us that something wicked this way comes...

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Large bright meteor reported over Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma September 3, 2012


lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com
Tue, 04 Sep 2012 07:47 UTC
Several (?) meteor events reported September 3rd over Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas.

From the times and reported directions of travel it is hard to make heads or tails of these events; perhaps more sighting reports will help clear up the picture.

Initial Reports

03 SEP 2012 Mike Denton, TX USA 2130 CDT
4 sec S-N: Turquoise, large, bright Very bright, slow. Possibly 2 parts. Brightest, largest I have seen.
03 SEP 2012 Jane dunbar Bartlesville, OK. USA 21:15:00
3 to5 seconds? W-E Yellow no sound Bright like a star Had a tail Yellow core with illumination around it
03 SEP 2012 David Harrison, AR 21:10, CDT
2-5 sec Spotted to SSE, traveling left to right, very steep angle. May have impacted near Ponca, AR Red, turning to orange,with lots of sparks, then turned green. about same as moon large shower of sparks One of the most beautiful I've ever seen, never seen green before. Also the first time I saw one I beleived might impact.

Comment: Wildlife officials investigating unexplained dove deaths in West Texas

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What Was Mysterious Light and Sound in the Skies Over Herefordshire?

Paul Broome
Hereford Times
Fri, 31 Aug 2012 14:19 UTC
Visitors from another galaxy may have visited Herefordshire over the bank holiday weekend - but they didn't hang around long.

A number of readers reported a mysterious explosion of light and sound in various parts of the county on Monday night.

A flash of light moving quickly and a distant explosion were seen and heard following what appears to have been a meteor shower.

"It happened just overhead and only lasted about five seconds," said John Price, who lives near Kingsland .

"It was a blueish-white sphere, about the size of a football, and was quite low in the sky."

John said the boom of light spooked horses in a nearby field before the mysterious sight disappeared in the direction of Leominster .

"It gave off a fierce glow but there was no sound whatsoever. It's something I've never seen before."

But elsewhere in Herefordshire, close to Bromyard , one resident reported hearing a large bang.
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Update: Wednesday's Green Fireball in North Carolina seen from 5 States

Jennifer Saylor
ashvegas.com
Thu, 30 Aug 2012 13:25 UTC
See a big, bright, green meteor over Asheville last night? A rare green fireball was spotted over our city on Wednesday night at about 10:48 p.m.

The same fireball meteor was spotted in a five-state area including North Carolina, South Carolina, Ohio, Kentucky and Virginia, with most spottings seemingly clustered around Asheville, Charlotte and Greensboro.

An account from an eyewitness:
5 sec south to north blazing white, started out small, like a shooting star, then grew bigger, angled down and turned brilliant green, then broke apart in green bits at the end (trees were blocking my view slightly at the end, this is what appeared to happen) startes out like a shooting star, then increased in brightness and size, dimmed slightly when green at the very end of my view it appeared to break off into several fragments This was A-mazing. It was very bright and terribly beautiful!
Details about the meteor here.
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Meteor Blazes Over North Carolina

Scott Gustin
Fox8
Thu, 30 Aug 2012 00:23 UTC
A meteor/fireball was spotted over parts of North Carolina around 10 p.m. Wednesday night.

Several FOX8 viewers in Greensboro, Lexington and several other cities reported seeing the fireball shoot across the sky shortly before 10 p.m.

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© Stuart McDaniel

Stuart McDaniel posted a photo of the meteor/fireball on his Facebook page. The photo was taken in Lawndale, which is located in Cleveland County.

McDaniel also posted a short video of the meteor/fireball shooting across the sky.

A website that tracks meteor and fireball sightings reports several people reported the meteor/fireball on Wednesday.

The website lists reports from Lexington, Asheville, Chapel Hill, Weaverville, Boone and Charlotte.

Most people reported seeing a "bright light" or "green flash" across the sky between 9:45 and 10:15 p.m.

Several FOX8 Facebook fans also reported seeing the fireball.

"I thought I saw a very bright light shooting across the sky around 9:55 p.m. I was driving and came up on trees around the same time so wondered," Amber Goforth Blue wrote.

" I was driving through Winston-Salem on Business 40 when i saw it! Beautiful!" wrote Jenn Jones Lewis.
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Massachusetts residents describe multicoloured meteor blazing across sky and out to sea on Monday night

Sarah N. Mattero
Boston Globe
Wed, 29 Aug 2012 05:57 UTC
New Englanders were treated to a celestial light show Monday night when an apparent meteor blasted past them.

Multiple reports from people in Massachusetts and Maine, posted on the American Meteor Society website, described a large, bright object traveling slowly across the sky between 9 and 10 p.m., leaving a trail behind it before abruptly vanishing.

The observers described the meteor as a brightly colored object. Such meteors - also known as fireballs - can vary in color, depending on the different elements, like sodium and magnesium, vaporizing within them, said Mike Hankey, operations manager of the meteor society, in an e-mail.

"Based on the witness reports, it looks like the fireball was headed mostly west to east and probably ended somewhere over the ocean," Hankey said.

A report submitted by a Peabody resident said the fireball seemed to move very slowly, with a "white/red" tint at first that changed to a "heavy greenish color."
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Thousands witness meteor shooting across skies of Greater Manchester on its way to exploding over south Wales

Alice McKeegan
Manchester Evening News
Tue, 28 Aug 2012 05:51 UTC
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File photo
A mystery 'fireball' spotted in the skies above Manchester on Monday night was a meteor, experts have said.

The bright object was seen to shoot across the atmosphere before disappearing just seconds later behind the clouds.

Hundreds of people witnessed the phenomenon at around 11.10pm on Monday night. Experts have now confirmed it was a golf ball sized meteor, which exploded above South Wales and caused a sonic boom, shaking windows and setting off car alarms.

The rare sight caused alarm on Twitter with Manchester residents tweeting their amazement at the incident.

Damien Sawyer wrote that it appeared to be a 'huge bright light streaking past the moon' and asked GMP if any other sightings had been reported.

The 26-year-old, who works as a resource analyst for the Co-operative Bank, spotted it from the bedroom window of his home in Gee Cross, Hyde.

Comment: Yes, the one in March this year was even more spectacular:

Meteor Lights up the Sky Across England

They keep trying to play this phenomenon down but it keeps getting more and more noticeable.

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