Fire in the Sky
© Michael Boschat
People in several areas of Nova Scotia spotted flaming objects in the sky Sunday evening. Michael Boschat captured this image near Halifax.
People in several areas of Nova Scotia spotted flaming objects in the sky Sunday evening. Michael Boschat captured this image near Halifax.
Reports of sightings were spread over a large area, with similar descriptions, leading many to think it was a meteorite.
Andrea Thompson of Onslow had just arrived home with her husband and daughter at 6 p.m.
"We were still in the car and facing toward Truro Heights," she said. "We all saw what looked like a massive fireball high in the sky. It was definitely something that was on fire and it burned up before 6:01."
The show lasted about 20 seconds.
File photo
© Globalnews.ca
Reports of a meteor over the capital region started coming in shorting after 5:00 p.m.
The Global Edmonton SkyTracker camera was facing southwest, with the High Level Bridge in the bottom left hand corner of the shot. At 5:08 p.m. a fire ball can be seen for about 45 seconds over the south horizon before it either burned out, or was covered by clouds near the horizon.
© DashcamDundee
Published on Dec 7, 2015
Parked outside waiting for someone I noticed a large bright object travelling towards the ground at speed, it appears blue-ish in colour and is trailing before disappearing behind the houses.
Comment: Other meteor fireballs observed over Ireland and the United Kingdom in November include: There were 29 reports of this event recorded with the American Meteor Society (AMS). This may be the same meteor seen over Scotland on 29.11.2015:
The meteor comes from the east at about 25 second mark.
I was driving southbound at https://goo.gl/maps/zqjSYkayet32 .
The fireball was brilliant white and the dashcam doesn't do it justice.
The rumble you hear is the sound of a diesel Vanagon.
© Bramon - Brazilian Meteor Observation Network
To see the fireball, enlarge the video to fill your screen.
Our Hurricane Barrier Cam was pointed to the west. For perspective, the I-Way Bridge is on the right, Rhode Island and Hasbro Children's Hospitals are in the center of the screen. I circled the streak of light in red below. You can see it behind the exhaust from the smoke stack. In the inset, you can see the pieces of the burning debris that fell off of the object.
© SMART Project (screenshot)
Comment: Yes, the Geminid meteor shower is active at present. But it is well worth remembering what can come out of the sky without any warning at all, such as the Chelyabinsk meteor from February 2013:
For more on the very high probability of Earth soon being on the receiving end of a major cometary bombardment, and why, see Laura Knight-Jadczyk's Comets and Catastrophe series:
- Tunguska, Psychopathy and the Sixth Extinction
- Letters From the Edge
- Meteorites, Asteroids, and Comets: Damages, Disasters, Injuries, Deaths, and Very Close Calls
- Impact Hazards on a Populated Earth?
- Climate Change Swindlers and the Political Agenda
- Forget About Global Warming: We're One Step From Extinction!
- New Light on the Black Death: The Cosmic Connection
- The Hazard to Civilization from Fireballs and Comets
- Cosmic Turkey Shoot
- Wars, Pestilence and Witches
- Thirty Years of Cults and Comets
- Comet Biela and Mrs. O'Leary's Cow
- Tunguska, the Horns of the Moon and Evolution
And the books: Comets and the Horns of Moses by Laura Knight-Jadczykand Earth Changes and the Human Cosmic Connection: The Secret History of the World - Book 3 by Pierre Lescaudron
and Laura Knight-Jadczyk