Fireballs

'Sonic boom' sends people into a tizzy in Chandigarh, India

The Tribune
Wed, 23 Dec 2020 22:06 UTC

A loud thumping sound echoed across the tri-city on Tuesday evening.

Residents were shocked wondering what had happened. People heard a thumping sound as their doors, windows and cars shook around 8 pm.

"I was surfing the Internet when I heard a loud sound as if someone had smashed my door. I ignored it, but later got calls from my friends, who said they had a similar experience," said Kunal, a Mohali resident.

"I was sitting in my car when it suddenly shook to my utter surprise. I do not know what is was," said Ravi, a resident of Sector 44, Chandigarh.

Video captures meteor fireball blazing over Texas

Sott.net
Mon, 28 Dec 2020 09:31 UTC

The American Meteor Society (AMS) received 4 reports (event 8137-2020) about a meteor fireball seen over TX on Sunday, December 27th 2020 around 08:19 UT.

A video was uploaded to the AMS website. Credit: Kevin Palivec.

Bright meteor fireball streaks over England

Sott.net
Sun, 27 Dec 2020 18:06 UTC

The American Meteor Society (AMS) has received 9 reports (event 8092-2020) about a meteor fireball seen over England on Saturday, December 26th 2020 around 01:03 UT.

One video was uploaded to the AMS website. Credit: Maggie.

Meteor fireball falls from the sky north of Sandpoint, Idaho

Helen Smith
KTVB
Fri, 25 Dec 2020 17:48 UTC

A KREM viewer captured video of a meteor falling north of Sandpoint on Dec. 23.

In the video, a fireball is seen falling from the sky. It flares brightly before disappearing behind a small mountain ridge, according to the KREM viewer who sent in the video.

The video was captured at his mother's Upper Pack River Valley home about 15 miles north of Sandpoint.

There are three other reports of people witnessing a fireball in Idaho that night according to the American Meteor Society. However verification of those reports is still pending.

Meteor fireball lights up sky over Alabama

Yahoo! News
Wed, 23 Dec 2020 11:40 UTC

A meteor was captured on camera in Marshall County, Alabama, on the evening of December 22, as it hurtled across the sky.

This clip, posted by Michael Brooks on Twitter, shows the fireball as viewed from Lake Guntersville.

The meteor moved at 29,000 miles per hour according to Dr Bill Cooke, Meteoroid Environment Program Manager at NASA, as reported by local meteorologist Jason Simpson.

Credit: Michael Brooks via Storyful

HUGE meteor fireball lights up southern China's dark morning skies

Stuff.co.nz
Thu, 24 Dec 2020 00:16 UTC

A suspected low-flying meteor has lit up the sky in northwestern China's Yushu City on December 23.

Video from the event in the city in China's Qinghai Province showed a bright fireball streaking across and lighting the dark sky.

According to reports, the fireball was probably a bolide and it might have dropped several meteorite fragments somewhere in the area.

A bolide is a very bright meteor.

Comment: The Daily Mail provides a few more details of the awesome event:

In another piece of footage, the burning object is seen descending quickly towards hills and fields.

In a third clip, the fireball becomes brighter and bigger as it approaches the ground.

Dan Ba, a local, said he witnessed the fireball while taking his child to school.

'It started very small, but three minutes later it became very big and bright,' the parent told Pear Video.
Yu Jun, chief writer of Chinese science website Guokr, told Beijing News that the fireball looked like a bolide, which is a very bright meteor.

The Nanxiang County Government told Red Star News that it had heard of the matter but was unclear of the details.

It brings to mind the spectacular fireball that roared through Russia's skies on February 15th, 2013, which SOTT reported on at the time: Fireball explodes over Russian city: Widespread panic and structural damage, Thousand people injured

Although there have been a great many smaller events since then, as recorded in our Fire In The Sky section.

See also: Something Wicked This Way Comes

And check out SOTT radio's:

More footage and data is emerging on Twitter:

Meteor fireball recorded over the Netherlands, observed as far away as Scotland

Sott.net
Mon, 21 Dec 2020 08:42 UTC

The American Meteor Society (AMS) received 80 reports (event 7938-2020) about a meteor fireball seen over Drenthe, England, Friesland, Gelderland, Groningen, Limburg, Niedersachsen, Noord-Brabant, Noord-Holland, Overijssel, Scotland, Utrecht, Vlaanderen, Wallonie and Zuid-Holland on Sunday, December 20th 2020 around 20:16 UT.

One video was uploaded to the AMS website. Credit: Frank Breedijk.

The meteor fireball can be seen in the top left corner at the 0:11 mark.

'Loud booms' in Austin, Texas lead to 911 calls but no explanation

Wes Wilson
KXAN
Fri, 18 Dec 2020 02:35 UTC

Multiple loud booms woke people up overnight in south Austin. The Austin Police Department says as many as a dozen people called 911. The first call came in at 2:30 a.m.

APD says the callers described the noises as "gunshots," "a transformer exploding," and a "loud boom noise." Multiple people said they could hear at least three different booms. One caller also said this happened before in September.

"Calls to 311 being transferred to 911. 911 operator advised of multiple reports but not explanation," one KXAN viewer wrote to us. They also said they've heard the loud noises since approximately September.

Austin Police sent an officer to the area around 3 a.m. That officer drove around but did not hear the loud sounds.

'Explosion' heard across North Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, UK

Matt Jackson
Stoke on Trent Live
Sun, 20 Dec 2020 02:26 UTC

Families across North Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent have reported hearing a 'loud bang' this evening.

The 'small explosion' was heard echoing across the streets of May Bank, Basford, Etruria, and Hanley with many wondering what was going on.

Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service has confirmed it was not called to any explosions in the area.

But families have still been left scratching their heads and wondering what it was.

One resident said: "There was a small explosion over May Bank. Two or more were then heard with the loudest one over Basford Park."

Another added: "There was a loud bang over Basford, it was close to our house and the floors vibrated."

Southwestern Idaho doorbell camera catches reported meteor explosion

Greg Jannetta
Fox News Radio 1310
Mon, 14 Dec 2020 01:22 UTC

A thunderous boom and flash in the sky was reported to police in southwest Idaho over the weekend that was picked up on at least one doorbell camera in the city of Eagle. Meteorologists that have viewed the footage say it could have resulted from a piece of space debris that entered the Earth's atmosphere.

My first impression of the footage captured in Eagle on Friday night was that it looked like a large aerial firework. The fact that the object made such a loud noise that actually caused people in this neighborhood to scream out, kind of debunks that theory.