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US: Video of Meteor shooting across Pennsylvania

Jane Holahan
Lancaster Online
Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:28 UTC
If you saw a bright flash of light in the sky about 1 a.m. Monday, it wasn't a leftover firework. It was a meteor.

And a pretty impressive one at that.


Michael Gaines, who lives near the Costco on Hempstead Road, had gotten home from the Long's Park Patriotic Concert a few hours earlier and saw the flash from his porch.

With an interest in astronomy, Gaines knew that it wasn't a stray Fourth of July sparkler.

"It was a lot brighter than fireworks," said Gaines, who realized he was seeing the fireball of a large meteor. "You could see remnants, little fragments - something was moving from right to left across the sky."
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US: Meteor over Maryland and Pennsylvania

Frank Roylance
The Baltimore Sun
Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:44 UTC
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We have been receiving reports today of a likely meteor over north-central Maryland and southern Pennsylvania early Monday morning. (Not the one in the Flickr.com image seen here.)

Below are the first reports we have received. If you heard or saw something similar, around the same time, please leave a comment. Include the time, your location, which direction you saw the object or flash, a description of what you saw, and note any boom or other sound you heard, as well as the time lapse between flash and boom.

The York Dispatch: In York County, Pa., police officers from Penn Township, Southwestern Regional and Newberry Township reported seeing a flash and hearing a boom around 1:15 a.m. Monday, July 6, according to local 911 centers. Officials in Harford County, Md. also reported seeing a flash and hearing a boom near the Mason-Dixon Line.

Capital Gazette: An Annapolis city police officer reported that she and her partner both saw what she described as a "bright blue light in the sky" just after midnight. It was followed by "a light with a tail, falling from the sky," according to our informant. Annapolis police reported hearing a similar report on Baltimore County police radio.
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US: Large meteor fireball creates sonic boom over Pennsylvania


WGAL.com
Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:42 UTC
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A number of viewers throughout the Susquehanna Valley have contacted News 8 about a bright light they saw in the night sky, and an explosion they heard and felt early Monday morning.

"At approx. 1:05 a.m. my wife and I were outside enjoying the cool evening and we saw a bright flash of light and a few seconds later we heard a series of explosions. Do you have any information on that?" read one.

"I just wanted to report something very strange. At about 1:10 AM while laying in bed. We heard and felt a deep rumble, the house shook and we felt either an explosion shock wave or an earth quake," read another.
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England: A50, Meir/Longton, Stoke-on-Trent - A Fireball-Like Object

John Hayes
UFOINFO
Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:16 UTC
Posted: July 5, 2009

Date: June 6 2009
Time: 11pm
Number of witnesses: 4
Number of objects: 1
Shape of objects: Fireball/bright light
Weather Conditions: Small amount of cloud

Description: A fast moving fireball like object moving in direct path over the A50, seen on two occasions with a full car of people with me. At first we thought it was an aircraft on fire, it almost looked as though the light emitted from the object was passing through and searching the clouds, I dunno. It was moving in a straight line but the light appeared to flicker, but it's path did not falter. Light was not coming from a direct source or visible light or led, like a glowing ball almost.
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Ireland: County Laois - A Very Strange Sound From All Over the Sky

John Hayes
UFOINFO
Sun, 05 Jul 2009 15:21 UTC
Posted: July 4, 2009

Date: 5 6 2009
Time: 23.40
Number of witnesses: 2
Number of objects: 1
Shape of objects: Small lights
Weather Conditions: Cloudy sky

Description: We both heard a very very strange sound when we were in the house. It was a deep sound that washed in and out, in and out. I didn't know what it was at first - it sounded like a boiler, but we both looked at each other both in shock because it was a much bigger sound than that. We went outside and the sound came from the sky, but it seemed to come from all over the sky - it was very hard to locate the source of the sound. We eventually saw the source of the sound - a light fly away which looked like a plane, but the sound was no sound of a normal plane. It was much deeper, widespread and it washed inward and outward.
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US: 2 See Large Fireball Break Up Into Smaller Fragments


UFOs Northwest
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:27 UTC
Posted: July 4, 2009

Date of Sighting: July 2, 2009
Time of Sighting: 10 PM MDT
Location of Sighting: Longmont, Colorado (About 20 Miles North of Denver)

Description: My partner and I were driving East to Longmont on Highway 66 (Ute Highway) from Lyons, Colorado and saw a giant fireball in the sky, hiding behind a large section of storm clouds. At first I thought it was the moon, but suddenly it came out from behind the clouds and rapidly decreased in altitude. Once it began decreasing in altitude, it starting breaking up into smaller pieces-- two, then three and then four. As soon as it began breaking up, they began flying in formation to the West (thus eliminating the option of it being a meteor due to it's trajectory). About 30 seconds later, 4 of the pieces began falling to the ground (each piece also had very long tails, similar to a meteor). As they were falling, two of the pieces jutted off to the left, while the other two jutted to the right. One by one, they fell to the ground in a blaze.
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England: Reader reports sighting of orange fireball-like object in the sky above Knutsford


Knutsford Guardian
Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:49 UTC
A reader wrote to the Guardian on Sunday to report a sighting of an orange fireball-like object in the sky above Knutsford.

The letter is below.

Dear Sirs, Last night - Saturday 27th June 2009 - while walking home from visiting friends, my son, partner and myself saw a strange object in the sky above Knutsford. Although we are used to seeing planes flying over us regularly, this was not a plane!

It was like an orange red fireball and at the height it must have been, was much larger than a plane, it traveled at great speed for what would have been several miles (at that height) and then hovered over Knutsford for several minutes before gradually getting smaller and then disappearing. This was just after 11pm. While we were watching we heard voices behind us and 2 other people who had walked in the same direction arrived. We pointed out the light and both of these people also saw the same light.
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[Video] A fireball in the sky of France


Science Hub
Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:09 UTC
An amateur videographer has filmed an impressive fireball that travelled the skies of France in June 2009. The ball of fire then disappeared from view behind trees. According to their comments it is not an airplane. This fireball is like having an object coming through the atmosphere... unless it is an airplane? Could it be a UFO? I did not find more information on this video.


Comment: Sott.net has an alternative theory - incoming space debris:

Meteorites, Asteroids, and Comets: Damages, Disasters, Injuries, Deaths, and Very Close Calls

What are they hiding? Flight 447 and Tunguska Type Events

Signs Meteor Supplement

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US: Meteor lights up the sky over Arizona

Derek Jordan and Ted Morris
The Sierra Vista Herald
Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:09 UTC
Loud boom heard, bright streak seen across the region late Tuesday

Sierra Vista - A number of southeastern Arizona residents reported seeing a bright meteor in the night sky Tuesday, followed by a loud explosion-like sound as it fell to Earth.

At his home off of Highway 191, about seven miles south of Interstate 10, Wayne Crane said he saw the shooting star just as it lit up the sky shortly before 9:30 p.m.

"I was facing probably southwest, and I just happened to look up, and I saw a glowing object," Crane said. The object appeared very bright and very large, "like a moon against the sky."

The meteor was visible only briefly, said Crane, who is the public relations manager for Sulphur Springs Valley Electric Cooperative.
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US: A Blue Fireball

Peter Davenport
NUFORC
Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:18 UTC
Occurred: 6/7/2009 02:00 (Entered as : 06/07.09 2:00)
Reported: 6/6/2009 11:45:44 PM 23:45
Posted: 6/9/2009
Location: Brooksville, Florida
Shape: Fireball
Duration: 2-3 seconds

Blue fireball falling; disappears before reaching horizon

I was driving north of Highway 41 entering southern Brooksville. I saw a large, bright blue fireball fall straight from the sky in the distance to the north. It disappeared BEFORE reaching the horizon like a comet fading. However, this thing moved much slower and was much bigger than a comet. It looked like space debris but it was too large and moved too fast.
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