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Meteor fireball over northeastern USA so bright it could be seen 550 miles away - 'Brightest shooting star of my life'

Sean Martin
Daily Express
Tue, 03 Nov 2020 16:34 UTC
Fireball video: Fireball booms across US on Halloween - 'Brightest shooting star of my life'
Fireball video: Fireball booms across US on Halloween - 'Brightest shooting star of my life'
A fireball which some have described as the biggest and brightest they had ever seen boomed over northeastern USA on Halloween.

The spooky season kicked off with a bang on Halloween when residents across nine states witnessed a huge fireball. The meteor was so big and bright that it could be seen in the north of Michigan, all the way down to Georgia, more than 900 kilometres away.

Witnesses described the booming fireball as having a plethora of colours, mainly blue, white and green, coming from the main body as it hit Earth's atmosphere.

Almost 200 people flocked to the International Meteor Organisation (IMO) to report their sightings.

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AMS October 2020 meteor fireballs compilation


Sott.net
Tue, 03 Nov 2020 09:18 UTC
Meteor fireball over US
© YouTube/American Meteor Society (screen capture)
The American Meteor Society (AMS) October 2020 meteor fireballs compilation:


Comment: Also check out SOTT's monthly documentary SOTT Earth Changes Summary - September 2020: Extreme Weather, Planetary Upheaval, Meteor Fireballs



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Asteroid's fireball over Perth, Western Australia sounded like a 'meth lab blew up'

Michelle Stanley
ABC News (Australia)
Mon, 02 Nov 2020 11:12 UTC
The fireball was captured by the Desert Fireball Network's Katanning camera system.
© DFN, Curtin UniversityThe fireball was captured by the Desert Fireball Network's Katanning camera system.
Experts from Curtin University's Desert Fireball Network (DFN) believe last night's fireball and sonic boom was caused by small piece of asteroid, less than one metre wide, hitting the atmosphere and breaking up over the Earth.

Dr Hadrien Devillepoix said the fireball — reported at 8:09pm local time, east of the Perth metropolitan area — would have been visible up to 500 kilometres from Perth in Geraldton, Kalgoorlie, and Albany.

The exact location cannot be determined because remnant cloud hindered DFN's cameras from being able to triangulate the asteroid.

"Not many people actually saw the fireball directly," Dr Devillepoix said.

"We got it on one camera — all the way down in Katanning in the Wheatbelt."
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'Outstanding' meteor fireball explodes over northern USA

Sean Martin
Daily Express
Sat, 31 Oct 2020 11:18 UTC
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A fireball has exploded over the USA, leading some to describe the experience as "outstanding".

On October 28, residents of Michigan, Wisconsin and Illinois were treated to a "spectacular" fireball as the Sun was rising. So powerful was the fireball that people were able to see it, despite daylight beginning to take place.

Tens of people reported the phenomenon to the International Meteor Organisation (IMO), describing their experience of the small space rock hitting Earth's atmosphere.

Many described the trail of the fireball taking on a blue colour, likely because of certain gasses packed into the atmosphere.

Jean said: "Saw it just after sunrise as the sky was brightening up. It was very bright and spectacular."
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Meteor fireballs reported over England and Japan


Sott.net
Fri, 30 Oct 2020 12:28 UTC
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Meteor fireballs were filmed over the counties of Devon and Hampshire in the UK on October 25 and 26 respectively as reported on social media:

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Spate of 4 meteor fireballs seen over Brazil between 10 and 26 October


Sott.net
Wed, 28 Oct 2020 11:56 UTC
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The first fireball was recorded over the state of Ceará on October 10 with associated reports of a loud bang and tremors shaking walls and windows in the district of Maçico do Baturité.

The meteor fireball was recorded by the geostationary satellite GOES-16 and by a live weather camera.

A resident of Redemption recorded the trail of smoke left in the sky by the meteor.

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'Fireball' meteorite contains pristine extraterrestrial organic compounds


Phys.org
Tue, 27 Oct 2020 09:21 UTC
The meteorite fragment that fell on Strawberry Lake which contains pristine extraterrestrial organic compounds
© Field MuseumThe meteorite fragment that fell on Strawberry Lake which contains pristine extraterrestrial organic compounds.
On the night of January 16, 2018, a fireball meteor streaked across the sky over the Midwest and Ontario before landing on a frozen lake in Michigan. Scientists used weather radar to find where the pieces landed and meteorite hunters were able to collect the meteorite quickly, before its chemical makeup got changed by exposure to liquid water. And, as a new paper in Meteoritics & Planetary Science shows, that gave scientists a glimpse of what space rocks are like when they're still in outer space — including a look at pristine organic compounds that could tell us about the origins of life.

"This meteorite is special because it fell onto a frozen lake and was recovered quickly. It was very pristine. We could see the minerals weren't much altered and later found that it contained a rich inventory of extraterrestrial organic compounds," says Philipp Heck, a curator at the Field Museum, associate professor at the University of Chicago, and lead author of the new paper. "These kinds of organic compounds were likely delivered to the early Earth by meteorites and might have contributed to the ingredients of life."

Comment: Michigan Meteor Event: Fireball Numbers Increased Again in 2017

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Western America spots 'most amazing' meteor fireball brighter than the Moon

Sean Martin
The Express (UK)
Sun, 25 Oct 2020 12:17 UTC
Western America spots 'most amazing' meteor brighter than the Moon
© GETTY / VERA RWestern America spots 'most amazing' meteor brighter than the Moon
Residents of the west coast of America were treated to a spectacular phenomenon when a "jaw-dropping" fireball streaked across the night's sky.

People of California, Oregon and Washington spotted what some are calling the "most amazing" fireball they have ever seen. The fireball, which was a meteor which hit the atmosphere, came into view on the evening of October 23. Hundreds of people witnessed the phenomenon, flocking to the International Meteor Organisation (IMO) to report their sighting.
David told the IMO: "It was beyond incredible."

Debra detailed her experience, saying: "The object falling was so green and dramatic that I began screaming to the passenger in my car - 'oh, my God--look, look at that...'

"I then saw it break into a few pieces, and continued trying to look to the extent my passenger was helping me to drive.

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Fireball meteor seen in the sky over Alaska on October 15

Ned Rozell
gi.alaska.edu
Thu, 22 Oct 2020 10:35 UTC
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Katie Kangas operates a bed-and-breakfast in Ruby, Alaska. On the morning of October 15, she turned to look out her picture window, toward the cabin next door. She was waiting for her client to switch the light on, at which point she would step out and deliver his breakfast.

Staring out into the darkness, she and her husband Ivan saw "an enormous ball of light in the sky to the west. It was moving north to south, and was quite big."

A few hundred miles northwest, Daisy Sours was standing outside in Selawik, Alaska, at about 7:30 that morning. She saw something she never had before.

"It looked like fireworks, until it split into four dots," she said.
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Second meteor fireball seen over Puerto Rico in 4 days


WION
Fri, 23 Oct 2020 10:04 UTC
Fireball spotted in Puerto Rico
Fireball spotted in Puerto Rico
Hundreds of people called up the authorities and updated their social media timelines as the locals spotted a fireball in the night skies of Puerto Rico.

The locals took to social media to share pictures and videos of colourful fireball above the Caribbean island.

A video was shot and shared by Frankie Lucena (@frankie57pr) on Twitter in which the fireball can be seen heading in a downward direction, which the spectator claimed can be "a Taurid".


Comment: Witnessed on Oct 17: Bright meteor fireball over Puerto Rico

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