Fireball Internet Traffic Sources Suggest Large FL Meteor Fireball Event 06AUG2011
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UPDATE !!! Email Confirmation Of This Event Just Received...
UPDATE !!! Email Confirmation Of This Event Just Received...
Email From:
Michelle-Sarasota, FL:
I witnessed an amazing fireball in the sky on the evening of Saturday August 6th, 2011 between Apx 11:00pm & 11:30pm in Sarasota, FL.
The fireball was a bright blue & green in color with a white tail......I was sitting indoors at the time with the lights turned down very low. The windows in the living room face east and it gives me a very good view of the night sky from where i was sitting. The fireball was arching in the sky and moving from a west to east direction (heading east). We live about a half mile west of McIntosh Middle School in Sarasota, and i'm quite sure the direction of travel of this fireball would have been east and going right over this school.
I'm not sure of the altitude or height from the ground, but it did appear to be quite low and arching down towards the earth and at a steady rate of speed.
Do these size and type of fireballs aften impact the earth?.....and from ones that are witnessed, are the impact locations and the debris often found??
Are these witnessed fireballs often large in size?
Did anyone else witness this particular fireball?.........any information would be very interesting & appreciated.
Thanks.
Michelle.
Sarasota, FL. thank you Michelle! Excellent report! I've sent you an email in response to your questions...thanks again!
Robin C.-Orlando, FL:
The fireball was a bright blue & green in color with a white tail......I was sitting indoors at the time with the lights turned down very low. The windows in the living room face east and it gives me a very good view of the night sky from where i was sitting. The fireball was arching in the sky and moving from a west to east direction (heading east). We live about a half mile west of McIntosh Middle School in Sarasota, and i'm quite sure the direction of travel of this fireball would have been east and going right over this school.
I'm not sure of the altitude or height from the ground, but it did appear to be quite low and arching down towards the earth and at a steady rate of speed.
Do these size and type of fireballs aften impact the earth?.....and from ones that are witnessed, are the impact locations and the debris often found??
Are these witnessed fireballs often large in size?
Did anyone else witness this particular fireball?.........any information would be very interesting & appreciated.
Thanks.
Michelle.
Sarasota, FL. thank you Michelle! Excellent report! I've sent you an email in response to your questions...thanks again!
Robin C.-Orlando, FL:
I know you already received confirmation from someone else, but I just wanted to respond as well since I'm in a different part of the state. This was visible from Orlando (central Florida) as well. I was sitting on my back porch reading and shortly after 11:00 PM I glanced up and saw this ball arching through the sky away from me. I'm horrible with the whole NSEW thing, so I can't tell you for sure the direction. The front was wide, the tail was short in comparison to the width and even from that distance it looked like the tip could almost be red...like something burning up.
We haven't seen anything on the news so I was really curious about what this could have been.
Thanks.
Robin thank you Robin!
We haven't seen anything on the news so I was really curious about what this could have been.
Thanks.
Robin thank you Robin!
Kimberly N.-Estero, FL:
Sat aug 6, 2011 aprox 11:00pm Facing east saw a glowing green ball moving very fast through the clouds from west to east was not as large as a full moon but maybe 1/3 as large and as bright. No sound at all, sighting only lasted for a couple of seconds. Never saw any thing like it before,often look up at the night sky. thanks Kimberly!
Anonymous-Sarasota, FL:
Anonymous-Sarasota, FL:
Approx. 11:00 pm I saw an incredible green light streaking the sky, west to east. It was amazingly bright and linear, like a giant glow stick flying through the sky. It was so fast that by the time I got my family to turn around, it was gone. Of course they thought I had imagined it...so I'm so happy to find these other posts!! thanks whoever you are!
Cindy S.-Winter Haven, FL:
I posted on my facebook page immediatley after i seen the fireball- star- meteor- what ever it was, it was absolutely awesome. It was the evening of aug. 6 @ 11:15 pm I was on the end of the dock on lake grassy in Winter Haven Fl fishing when it first caught my eye. Up in the sky, over the top of my head ,it seemed to fall , almost float down. It was so close I thought it was gonna splash into the water.I was facing south, so if you say from my positioning it would be 11 oclock in the direction of the sky when I first seen it. It didnt come straight down, only slightly from a left to right
Cindy S.-Winter Haven, FL:
I posted on my facebook page immediatley after i seen the fireball- star- meteor- what ever it was, it was absolutely awesome. It was the evening of aug. 6 @ 11:15 pm I was on the end of the dock on lake grassy in Winter Haven Fl fishing when it first caught my eye. Up in the sky, over the top of my head ,it seemed to fall , almost float down. It was so close I thought it was gonna splash into the water.I was facing south, so if you say from my positioning it would be 11 oclock in the direction of the sky when I first seen it. It didnt come straight down, only slightly from a left to right
angle. As it came down it was a very bright orange firey but not red color. When it fell through the clouds the whole cloud was glowing color. The same bright color of the object. As it broke through each cloud it seemed to magnify in light. But what was the most exciting thing of all, was how dang close the thing was. It seemed hughe! I really thought if it was gonna hit in the water in front of me, I was surely gonna get wet. This thing was close. Very Very close. I was so excited i went running back inside as quick as i could and posted my sighting on facebook. I am including a copy of it for you.
Here is my status from the night of 8 6 2011 Thanks for letting me share and good luck Cindy Sanford
I was just out on the dock fishing, and you just wouldnt believe the most awesome falling, not shooting, but falling star I just seen!!! It was so close , that as it fell down through the clouds, it illuminated the whole cloud with these bright beautiful firey colors. It was so close I thought it would splash the water in front of me!!! (Chyrl, you better check your backyard , it may had fallen over there.. LOL!! PRAISE YOU LORD! For such a magnificent sight!
Initial F.I.T.S. Inquiries:
Seminole, Florida arrived from google.com on "elp allsky: Central FL Gulf Coast Green Meteor Fireball 27APR2011..." by searching for pinellas meteorite.00:22:57 -- 1 hour 24 mins ago
Brandon, Florida arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for green glowing ball in night sky.
00:06:35 -- 1 hour 40 mins ago
Pinellas Park, Florida arrived from google.com on "elp allsky: Central FL Gulf Coast Green Meteor Fireball 27APR2011..." by searching for meteorite pinellas.
22:54:58 -- 2 hours 51 mins ago
Micanopy, Florida arrived from google.com on "elp allsky: Possible Northern California Blue/Green Meteor Fireball 14JUL2011" by searching for green meteorite.
21:50:06 -- 3 hours 55 mins ago
Kissimmee, Florida arrived from google.com on "elp allsky: Jul 24, 2011" by searching for green light with glow in the sky over kissimmee fl august 6 2011.
21:33:46 -- 4 hours 11 mins ago
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