Fireballs

'Loud bang' heard across Dorking and Westcott, UK

Kirstie McCrum and Jamie Phillips
Surrey Live
Mon, 02 Nov 2020 17:28 UTC

Reports are emerging of a large presence of emergency services in the Dorking area after a "loud bang" was heard by residents.

Witnesses in the area have said that paramedics and police officers are in attendance at an incident in the Westcott area of the town as of around 4pm on Monday (November 2).

However, it is not believed that this is in connection with the noise heard by a number of residents. People have taken to social media to question the source of the noise, with some speculating it may have been a "sonic boom".

Surrey Police has been contacted for more information. We will be providing all the latest updates and information as we receive it in our live blog below.

Meteor fireball lights up Alabama sky

Maggie Gregg
WVLT
Tue, 03 Nov 2020 17:22 UTC

There were many reports of a mysterious bright greenish-blue object streaking across the Alabama sky just before 6 p.m. on Sunday. Turns out it was a very bright meteor -- often referred to simply as a fireball.

The fireball wasn't just spotted in Central Alabama; it was seen at multiple locations across Alabama, Georgia, the Carolinas, and Tennessee.

It was even seen a time or two as far away as Kentucky, Virginia and Florida!

According to reports submitted to the American Meteor Society, it was seen burning up in Earth's atmosphere near Birmingham, Montgomery, Huntsville, Auburn, and Troy just to name a few Alabama cities.

The most concentrated area of reports came in from around Atlanta, Georgia. That's likely due to the amount of people there that could have witnessed it.

Huge meteor fireball seen over US - 'Almost thought it was a plane crashing'

Sean Martin
Daily Express
Sun, 15 Nov 2020 12:31 UTC

A huge fireball over the US stunned hundreds of residents across mid-northeast US, with some claiming they "almost thought it was a plane crashing".

A large fireball dazzled onlookers across the US when it entered the atmosphere on November 14. The fireball was so bright some people claimed to be "frightened".

Tens of people swarmed to the International Meteor Organisation (IMO) to report their sighting.

Eric wrote on the IMO: "I've seen shooting stars in the past, but this one was much larger than anything I've seen before.

"It honestly frightened me and my girlfriend."

The meteor can be seen bright in the top right of the image

Meteor fireball blazes over Albany, Missouri

Sott.net
Sat, 14 Nov 2020 08:48 UTC

The American Meteor Society (AMS) received 16 reports (event 6561-2020) about a meteor fireball seen over IA, KS, MN, MO, NE and OK on Thursday, November 12th 2020 around 01:05 UT.

A video from Daniel B, a resident in Albany, Missouri was uploaded to their website.

Bright meteor fireball lights up night sky over Puerto Rico

Frankie Lucena
YouTube
Fri, 13 Nov 2020 08:21 UTC

This Taurid meteor was captured facing southwest in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico on Nov. 13, 2020 at 1:23am local time (5:23 UTC). It was taken the day after the peak of the Taurid meteor shower which was on the 11th and the 12th of November.

Meteor fireballs reported over Quebec and Japan

Sott.net
Wed, 11 Nov 2020 18:07 UTC

The American Meteor Society received a total of 9 observer reports from Quebec and New Hampshire of a meteor fireball on November 9th at around 06:27 UT.

A single video of the event is available:

Bright meteor fireball captured over Mediterranean Sea

Meteors
Sun, 08 Nov 2020 17:21 UTC

This beautiful meteor spotted from Spain overflew the Mediterranean Sea on 2020 November 8 at about 4:13 local time (equivalent to 3:13 universal time). It was generated by a rock from Comet Encke that hit the atmosphere at about 101,000 km/h. It began at an altitude of about 97 km over the sea, and ended at a height of around 46 km after traveling about 79 km in the Earth's atmosphere.

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), Sierra Nevada (Granada), La Sagra (Granada), La Hita (Toledo), and Sevilla.

Giant green meteor fireball lights up Norway night sky

Yahoo! News
Tue, 10 Nov 2020 14:01 UTC

A meteor camera captured a giant green fireball shooting across the night sky of Larvik, Norway, on November 7.

Sveinung Vegum's camera captured the moment the fireball approached from afar before falling on the horizon.

Local media in Norway reported the fireball had fallen over Sweden. Norwegian Meteor Network said it received close to 100 reports of a powerful fireball seen in Norway on Saturday.

Credit: Sveinung Vegum via Storyful

Meteor fireball in the sky of Rome

Peppe Caridi
MeteoWeb
Fri, 06 Nov 2020 10:12 UTC

In the afternoon today, around 5:45 pm, a huge meteorite was spotted on the sky of Rome and the inland areas of Lazio, in particular from Guidonia, Tivoli and Rieti: spectacular images of the videos arriving from the territory of Italy central, especially between Lazio and Abruzzo. " A unique and wonderful show ", some witnesses said.

A fireball is commonly understood as a body coming from space and which, falling into the atmosphere, looks like a fireball followed by a luminous trail. Normally the bolide is a meteorite, that is a fragment of rock generally originating from a comet or an asteroid which, finding itself passing near the Earth, is attracted by the gravitational field of our planet, thus falling towards the ground.

Bolide filmed over Goiás, Brazil

Bramon Brazilian Meteor Observation Network
Sat, 07 Nov 2020 20:15 UTC

Recorded at 8:54 pm on the night of 11/8/2020 during the light show of DJ Alok's presentation in Goiânia. More in:https://www.bramonmeteor.org/bramon/bo ...

Did you see or record this meteor? Send your report: http://bramon.imo.net