West Texas Meteor Fireball...Captured By ELPALLSKY Fireball Camera 17nov2011

Image From Sandia Fireball Camera-El Paso Int'l Airport Air Traffic Control Tower 18nov2011 00:53:28 UTC - 17nov2011 5:53pm MST

Same Fireball Imaged From ELPALLSKY-Sandia Network Fireball Camera-El Paso, TX

BREAKING METEOR FIREBALL NEWS..."Neon" Green Fireball Bolide Captured By ELPALLSKY Sandia Fireball Camera In El Paso TX 30OCT2011

ELPALLSKY Just Alerted...El Paso Tx. 30OCT2011...Fragmenting Fireball Witnessed By FAA Weather Observer at 05:00:04 UTC 31OCT2011 (11:00:04 P.M. MDT 30OCT2011) And Captured By ELPALLSKY-Sandia Fireball Network Camera... 

image above and movie below courtesy and (c) 2011 ELPALLSKY-in image, Up is North and East is Left

Brief Eyewitness Account From:
Daniel D.-El Paso, TX:
Wow!, the most awesome meteor I've seen! Long-lasting, low on the horizon, a brilliant flash, and a neon-green trail!   Initial Report! Thank you Daniel!

Additional Reports via Email:

Toni C.-Timberon, NM:
Saw a large fireball falling to the south of me at 11:05 MDT.  It appeared
to be near El Paso. Looked red & yellow, like real fire, to me, but I was in such disbelief, it’s hard to tell if I remembered correctly! My initial reaction was that a plane exploded, since it appeared to be ‘heading’ toward ELP. Scared the wits out of me! Confirmation report! Thanks Toni!

MORE REPORTS NEEDED...POSSIBLY METEORITES ON THE GROUND 

This fireball likely terminated over Northern Mexico. Trajectory analysis and potential fall zone should be completed soon and will be posted to this site as soon as available. Other area cams likely captured this event and will be evaluated, so please bookmark for updates and future reference.Initial uncalibrated rough coord's from ELPALLSKY are as follow;

Beginning Azimuth: 157
Beginning Elevation: 23
Ending Azimuth: 164
Ending Elevation: 8.5
Duration: 4.2sec
Visual Magnitude: -10.3 at terminal burst

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Bright Orionid Meteor Captured By ELPALLSKY Fireball Camera 22OCT2011

From ELPALLSKY...The Orionids Are Underway !!!

Nice Orionid Over El Paso, TX To Start The Show !! 22OCT2011 06:44:44 UTC 12:44am MDT

image above and movie below courtesy and (c) 2011 ELPALLSKY-Jim Gamble

 

Texas Daylight Fireball Reported To ELPALLSKY 01OCT2011

TEXAS DAYLIGHT FIREBALL

Additional Eyewitnesses Needed On This Daylight Event !!

Email From:

Reagan R.- Lufkin, TX
10/1/2011 at 8:25 a.m., south of Diboll and north of Corrigan, TX.  Sighted while driving south on Highway 59. Bluish white with a slight green with distinct tail moving east to west. Became visible a little before the 11 o'clock position and began to diminish by the 2 o'clock position.  Tail began to diminish and object seemed to give off or break into orange pieces and disappear.  If anything made it to the ground it would most likely be in heavily forested area.  Not having witnessed anything in the daytime like this before (nor any at night that were anywhere near this big or bright) it seemed very low in the sky.  Not being more experienced at estimating these things it seemed to be only a few thousand feet away and was extremely bright. Witnessed by myself, my wife and couple in vehicle following us.



W.P.-Southwest LA 8:00-9:00am CDT
I saw an orange fireball with a long tailed, bright blue streak traveling through the sky, from east to west.  Just before, it passed from my range of vision, over the horizon, it broke into two parts.  Each part became an individual fireball and both appeared to burn out during their descension.  I was facing southwest, alone in my deer stand, when I initially saw the fireball appear in the west. 
WP in LA

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Houston Meteor Fireball Reported To ELPALLSKY 01OCT2011

From The ELPALLSKY Chatbox:

Oct 1 2011, 7:25 PM Guest632 (guest):

I was driving to work this morning om I45 South at appr. 540am. I saw what I thought to be a falling star. It started out White and falling towards the skyline but soon turned to look like it was on fire as if an engine had burned out as it went down. Ellington Field, Hobby Airport are the only two strips I am aware of. I watched the news but have seen nothing reported. Space Junk??? I don't know, all I do think I know is that it did make it thru the atmosphere, maybe landed in the gulf, Galveston??

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Breaking Meteor Fireball News...South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska Daylight Fireball Reported To ELPALLSKY 22SEP2011

ADDITIONAL REPORTS NEEDED ON THIS DAYLIGHT EVENT !!!

Email From:

Stan B.-Minot, ND:
At approx 4:30 PM this afternoon, a fireball/meteor fell straight down east or northeast of Minot, ND, at least from my position it went straight down. I was 2-2 1/2 miles north of the Glenburn corner on highway 83 this afternoon when this ‘meteor’ fell to the south southeast of my position, maybe to the east 10 degrees of due south. If it would have been at night I believe it would have brightened up the sky and the ground for miles around the impact. Stan B.

Zana M.-Spearfish, SD:
At about 3:20 PM MST Today 9/21/11 I saw what appeared to be a green blaze shooting down across the sky. Out of the NE. It looked relitively close. Seemed as if it would crash some where near...although it was probably a million miles away! I have never seen something like that. It was a vivid neon green. Only lasted a few seconds. Very weird. Kind of eerie in a way. What was that?

Brandon M.-Broken Bow, NE:

Daytime Meteor:

Witnessed Bright Green/White Meteor Tail at 4:27PM CDT.

Sighted from 10 Miles North of Broken Bow, NE.

Sighted about 30 degrees above the horizon facing north

10-15 deg west from true north

Object was on a NNW trajectory

Paul A.-Unknown Location:
I was driving West yesterday Sept 22,2011 about 4:30 pm CDT when I saw a bright greenish fireball (falling star) in the Western sky..right above the road. Looked as though it would fall on the road but burned out before it got all the way down. Lasted only a moment. Unusual for daytime to see things like that.

P. Monaco-Alliance, NE:
Was driving south of Alliance, NE about 3:30pm on 9/22/11 and witnessed a bright green object (fireball) with large tail coming from a NE direction which broke up before hitting the ground.  Was very bright for this time of day.

Anonymous Reporter:
At about 425 pm I was driving south on highway 83 at about mile marker 99 (north of Bismarck) and I saw a large bright meteor type object falling very fast., it was a little off to the right of what would otherwise have been straight ahead of me. (I figure it to be at about 00:30 from the highway if the highway in front of me was considered 12:00) I heard on KFYR radio that a several people from around the state saw it. I wish I would have had time to take a picture. It seemed kind of odd because it was so very visible in broad daylight. It happened so fast I did not even have time to pull over or even so much as slow down my car. It was falling straight down with a significant bright tail. The burning head was much thicker than the tail. It must be deceiving as to how far away it was because it looked kind of close to me. Other witnesses said on the radio that they thought it was as far away as South Dakota. It was really odd. I did actually say out loud “whoa baby” as I continued to drive in the general direction of where I thought the meteor like object had likely impacted. I actually thought I would see a related fire on the side of the road. At that moment I thought there was a slight possibility of seeing a related mushroom cloud, or experience a related blast of shock wave air. Oh well. It was kind of an interesting moment.

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UARS Flyover Captured By ELPALLSKY 19SEP2011 06:15 MDT

WHILE THE WORLD AWAITS IT'S FIERY DEMISE, THE U-A-R-S SPACE VEHICLE MAKES A SERIES OF SPECTACULAR FLYOVERS ANNOUNCING IT'S SLOW BUT ULTIMATE DE-ORBIT

UARS Flyover Captured By ELPALLSKY-Sandia Sentinel Fireball Network Camera-El Paso, TX 19SEP2011 12:15:00 UTC (06:15:00 MDT)

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Colorado Green Meteor Fireball Reported To ELPALLSKY ~9:30pm MDT 18AUG2011

Report To ELPALLSKY-Fragmenting Green Colorado Meteor Fireball Around 9:30 p.m. MDT 18AUG2011

Email From:

Christine B.-Merino, CO At 10:17 p.m. MDT:
I just saw a Green fireball in western sky from merino Colorado about 45 minutes ago. It was moving left to right almost horizontally until it dipped towards the ground and burned out. It was visible for 2-3 seconds, unlike the meteors we had been watching tonight, which where lightning speed white streaks. The green fireball was large, well defined and appeared to be a double ball. The tail was long and thick.          thanks Christine!   OTHERS??

Alicia J.-Boulder, CO:
I was in Boulder, Colorado at Settler's park and I saw something falling from the sky on August 18, 2011. It was about 8:15 pm and I was looking north when i saw A large yellow mass fall from the sky. It had a blueish tint around it with a long green tail. It lasted about 5 seconds and disappeared behind the mountains. It was awesome.     thank you Alicia!

Robert W.-Erie, CO:
I had the honor of witnessing this meteor as well. Evening of August 18, 2011 about ~ 8:15 pm. While sitting in my living room next to a large western facing window I noticed the sky light up. A second or so later the meteor became visible as it fell into my view as it traveled within the frame of my window. The meteor had a green tail as it fragmented. I tried to use my iphone compass to get an idea of direction. It does not seem to be very accurate as the readings change +/- 15 degrees. According to the iphone compass my windows faces ~270 degrees West and the meteor was traveling ~315 degrees north. good report! Thanks Robert.

Sandy B.-Colorado Springs, CO:
On August 18, 2011, about 8 pm, my daughter and I were driving north on I 25 in Colorado Springs. As we approached the Fillmore exit, we both saw a very large bright neon green fireball which suddenly appeared barely to the west of the freeway and a bit to the north. Understanding it is difficult to judge distance or size of something in the night sky, it appeared to be about one exit north of us. It appeared suddenly in view from about the middle of the windshield falling straight down. in about 1 second the light was gone before reaching ground. At the point of the windshield, it looked to be about 2 or 3 inches in diameter.
We were on vacation from Texas and were only in Colorado Springs that night so we were not able to ask around in Colorada Springs to find others who had seen it. I called one of the local tv stations speaking to the news manager who looked in the computer records for that day and found no reports of this sighting. I am so curious if anyone else happened to be looking in the right direction to have seen this. It was so huge in the night sky, it could not have been missed.     congratulations on your sighting Sandy! Thank you for your report.

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Bright ISS Pass Over Western U.S. Captured by ELPALLSKY Sandia Sentinel Fireball Camera 03JUL2011

Over the next couple nights, the International Space Station will make a series of passes over the U.S., primarily visible over the Western part of the country. One such pass was captured by ELPALLSKY at9:08 pm MDT on 03JUL2011. Enjoy!

ISS pass ELPALLSKY 03JUL2011-9:08 p.m. MDT-click image to enlarge-in image, N is up and E is left

Long Duration Bright Fireball Over El Paso TX Captured By ELPALLSKY Camera 12 MAY2011

A -7.1 magnitude, 6 second duration meteor fireball captured by ELPALLSKY-Sandia Sentinel Fireball Camera-El Paso, TX at 02:53:38 UTC 13MAY2011 (20:53:38 MDT) 12MAY2011

Composite Monthly Fireball Activity From ELPALLSKY 01APR-30APR 2011...

This is the monthly composite image of all fireball activity captured by the El Paso, TX Station-Sandia Sentinel All Sky Fireball Camera. The image includes an ISS pass as well as Lyrid meteor/fireballs of magnitude -2 and brighter. Enjoy!

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Distant Fireball Captured By ELPALLSKY Sandia Sentinel Fireball Camera 21APR2011...09:09 UTC

ELPALLSKY Captures Meteor Fireball At 09:09:11 UTC (03:09:11 MDT) 21APR2011...

(c) 2011 ELPALLSKY-El Paso, TX-Sandia Sentinel Fireball Network

Same Event Captured By FACT Camera-Sandia National Labs-ABQ, NM

Composite Fireball Activity For The Month Of March 2011 ELPALLSKY-El Paso, TX

(c) 2011 ELPALLSKY-Jim Gamble