Southern California Fireball/Loud Booms 21MAY2011...

Internet Traffic Indicates Possible Meteor/Fireball Event Over SO CAL 21MAY2011

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May 23 2011, 8:45 AM Guest465 (guest): Im in santa clara n i saw the light that i thought looked like a firework but it stayed in the sky n went downward n disappeared in thin air. This was at 1:02 am santa clara ca. I didnt hear anything but then wen I came home i looked up n saw the line across the sky

May 22 2011, 12:20 PM Neal (guest): Yesterday evening, just after sunset, about maybe 8:45 PM PST, I saw two bright flashes of blueish-greenish color, in rapid succession,to the south. It appeared to be behind Chino hills. I saw it from Toyota Speedway at Irwindale, between races. I am not sure what this was.

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Julie-Downey, CA:
Hi,I was out in the swimming pool at around 11:25pm on May 21 with my dogs staring at the sky in Downey, California when I saw about 9-10 lights traveling north bound.  They then split and my eyes could only follow the brightest one and then I could no longer see them or it. What where they?
Julie

Justin H.-San Jose, CA:
hello i found your site by searching google for meteor and using the tools to find latest posts. i went outside around 9:15-9:30pm to smoke a cigarette. i noticed what i thought was a satellite travelling across the sky, i watched it move from south to north, passing stars. it was just east of me, and as it passed one star that star began moving and following it.  i thought it was an optical illusion. i swear the second object was stationary until the satellite passed directly next to it. they had different trajectories, it was definitely not an illusion as i watched both objects travel across the sky until they both faded into the light pollution from the street lights. i've seen what i thought were satellites before, many times actually, but never two at once like that. i found it remarkable and turned my gaze back to the center of the sky when all of a sudden just south of me i saw what i thought was a meteorite falling straight down, it looked like a single firework falling to the ground, it had a red flame trailing around it, it seemed to burn out and dissapear before it hit the ground, i did not hear anything. it freaked me out, i've seen shooting stars before but they were always travelling across the sky, not straight down into the ground. i am located a few houses east of the intersection of curtner and lincoln ave in san jose california. i immediately posted about it on facebook but i dont think anybody believed me because of that whole rapture crap, so i did some googling (using the search tool - latest) and found these tweets about it. if you have any further questions, i would be glad to answer! i am definitely interested in figuring out what it was!
justin

From Internet Traffic Sources:

Los Angeles, California arrived from google.com on "elp allsky: Loud Booms Heard In Southern California 17APR2011 Possible Fireball?" by searching for meteor mission viejo heard a loud sound boom may 21 2011.
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Woodland Hills, California arrived from google.com on "elp allsky: Loud Booms Heard In Southern California 17APR2011 Possible Fireball?" by searching for loud blast in woodland hills.
23:35:34 -- 24 minutes ago

Fremont, California arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for what was the ball of fire in may 21 2011 sky.
23:11:39 -- 49 minutes ago

Weed, California arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for red orange glow in southern sky May 21, 2011 california.
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San Jose, California arrived from google.com on "elp allsky: Meteor News...California Fireball NOV13, 2010 9pm CST" by searching for fireball san jose may 21.
22:51:01 -- 1 hour 10 mins ago

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