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'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.

People across Ohio valley report loud, mysterious boom

WKBN
Fri, 11 Dec 2020 13:00 UTC

People from Hubbard to Girard to Austintown to Youngstown and even as far as Greenville, Pa. reported hearing and feeling a loud boom Friday morning.

The sound was captured on Nicholas Serra's home surveillance camera around 7:45 a.m.

"It was a loud bang. Felt like a bomb may have gone off," said Hubbard resident Victoria Malphrus.

The source is still a mystery.

The comments came flooding into WKBN before 9 a.m. Some reported their houses shook. Others said they heard what sounded like a loud explosion.

Mirta Chapman, of the Brier Hill neighborhood in Youngstown, said she was working from home around 8 a.m. when she heard a loud explosion and her house shook.

(The sound of the boom can be heard approximately 20 seconds into this surveillance video submitted by a viewer)

Comment: On December 11th, the American Meteor Society received 22 reports of a fireball over Connecticut, Michigan, Ohio and Ontario at around 00:29 UTC.

Bright meteor fireball over São Paulo, Brazil

Bramon Brazilian Meteor Observation Network
YouTube
Wed, 16 Dec 2020 08:12 UTC

A fireball was spotted crossing the sky in the interior of the state of São Paulo on the night of Tuesday, December 15th. The space rock entered the Earth's atmosphere at 9:35 PM BRT, when it was captured by the cameras of stations RCP3, RCP4 and CRP1, located in the cities of Nhandeara and Indiaporã, both in SP and by another 5 cameras of Clima ao Vivo in São Paulo and Paraná .

Meteor fireball streaks over Minnesota

Sott.net
Thu, 17 Dec 2020 07:52 UTC

The American Meteor Society (AMS) received 88 reports (event 7723-2020) about a meteor fireball seen over MI, MN and WI on Wednesday, December 16th 2020 around 12:48 UT.

One video was uploaded to the AMS website:

Stunning meteor fireball over the Atlantic Ocean

Meteors
Tue, 15 Dec 2020 12:43 UTC

This stunning fireball was spotted from Spain by the cameras operating in the framework of the SMART project on 14 December 2020, at 23:12 local time (equivalent to 22:12 universal time). The event overflew the Gulf of Cadiz (Atlantic Ocean). It was produced by a meteoroid belonging to the Geminid meteoroid stream. The bolide began at an altitude of about 100 km over the sea level, and ended at a height of around 51 km over the ocean.

The event was recorded in the framework of the SMART project, operated by the Southwestern Europe Meteor Network (SWEMN), from the meteor-observing stations located at Calar Alto (Almería), La Hita (Toledo), and Sevilla.

Meteor fireball over Goiás, Brazil

Bramon Brazilian Meteor Observation Network
YouTube
Thu, 10 Dec 2020 08:51 UTC

Fireball over Goiás at dawn on December 10th.

Bright meteor fireball captured over eastern France

Sott.net
Mon, 14 Dec 2020 09:03 UTC

The American Meteor Society (AMS) received 115 reports (event 7648-2020) about a meteor fireball seen over Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Baden-Württemberg, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Fribourg, Grand Est, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Piemonte, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Rheinland-Pfalz and Vaud on Sunday, December 13th 2020 around 16:42 UT.

One video was uploaded (credit @flightlevel150) to the AMS website:

Mysterious fireball spotted in skies over Morecambe, England explained by experts

Sarah Hodgson
Lancs Live
Tue, 08 Dec 2020 23:20 UTC

A mysterious flaming rock in the sky has had people in Morecambe scratching their heads.

What appeared to be a "big rock on fire" was seen over the town at around 8.15am on Monday (December 7).

Two 11-year-old boys, Thomas Wilson and Jay Grounds, saw the strange object while walking to school and managed to take a picture of it:

Jay's mum, Beth, said: "My son and his friend Thomas saw what the described as a big rock on fire in the sky this morning on their way to school and Thomas got this picture of it. Did anyone else see it around 8.15am?"

She added that the boys said that it disappeared from view after a few moments.

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Fireballs

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

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

Southwestern Idaho doorbell camera catches reported meteor explosion

People across Ohio valley report loud, mysterious boom

Bright meteor fireball over São Paulo, Brazil

Meteor fireball streaks over Minnesota

Stunning meteor fireball over the Atlantic Ocean

Meteor fireball over Goiás, Brazil

Bright meteor fireball captured over eastern France

Mysterious fireball spotted in skies over Morecambe, England explained by experts

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