Minnesota Meteor Fireball 08DEC2011

Email From:
Brett B.-St. Peter, MN-6:25 P.M. CST:
Greenish white fireball (like a large shooting star) traveled north to south across the horizon.  It lasted several seconds.

F-I-T-S Internet Inquiries...Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa Meteor Fireball 11SEP2011

FITS Inquiries To ELPALLSKY:

Waunakee, Wisconsin arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for bright light in eastern sky 9-11.
22:09:39 -- 1 hour 55 mins ago

Ely, Minnesota arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for sonic boom two harbors.
21:11:26 -- 2 hours 55 mins ago

Tom and Karen A.-Marion Iowa:
My son and I saw the meteor from Marion, Iowa (Cedar Rapids area) on Sunday night at 11:35 PM local time. It was traveling roughly south to north. While the lower part of the track was obscured by the roofline of my house from my viewpoint, my son, who had a better vantage point, said that it fractured into several pieces. It was much brighter than the moon and seemed to grow in intensity as it continued its re-entry. I don’t recall any sound associated with its passing but will check with my son after he arrives home.

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Possible Bright Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa North Dakota Nebraska Meteor Fireball Indicated By F-I-T-S Inquiries 03SEP2011

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F.I.T.S. Inquiries to ELPALLSKY

Cleveland, Minnesota arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for flash in the sky minnesota.
01:52:40 -- 11 minutes ago

New Ulm, Minnesota arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for light with green tail in the sky.
01:13:22 -- 50 minutes ago

Walker, Minnesota arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for large blue falling star just fell from the sky.
22:59:43 -- 3 hours 5 mins ago

Des Moines, Iowa arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for Iowa's night sky just a few minutes ago.
22:40:50 -- 3 hours 24 mins ago

Council Bluffs, Iowa arrived on "elp allsky: Bright Green Dusk Meteor Fireball Central/Eastern AZ 01SEP2011".
22:18:53 -- 3 hours 46 mins ago

Fargo, North Dakota arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for bright flash light minnesota .
00:51:52 -- 1 hour 19 mins ago


Des Moines, Iowa arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for seen a bright flash in the night sky then it took off very fast.
22:57:09 -- 3 hours 17 mins ago

Omaha, Nebraska arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for fire ball shooting across the sky mn. 

Milwaukee, Wisconsin arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for strange lights in the sky.
02:56:40 -- 10 minutes ago

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Daylight Fireball Seen From Ontario, Manitoba Canada To Minnesota 27AUG2011 5:20 P.M. CDT

Daylight Fireball Observed Across Upper Mid West U.S. And Southeastern Canada 27AUG2011 ~5:20 P.M. CDT (22:20 UTC)

From Duluth News Tribune:

After Saturday’s Eh? column reported someone seeing a “large object with flames coming from the back of it” over Lake County about 5:20 p.m. Aug. 27, several readers called and e-mailed with their observations.
Rita O’Connell said she and her mother, Millicent O’Connell, saw it about 5:23 p.m. when they were at the Moose Lake exit on Interstate 35. “In the sky high in front of us, about due north, we saw a flaming object falling at about an 80 degree angle from high left to lower right,” she wrote.
Robert LaCosse said he saw it in the eastern sky while sailing in the Apostle Islands area.
Callers reported seeing it from Cook County on Caribou Trail about eight miles in from Lutsen; while driving eastbound on Minnesota Highway 210; and while driving north on Woodland Avenue in Duluth.
Jim Graham said he was one of six people on a pontoon boat on Birch Lake, and five of them saw it. “My father-in-law almost knocked me off the captain’s chair, he hit me so hard,” Graham said.
“It was just awesome,” another caller said. “Just the brightest light in the sky I’ve ever seen.”

Northeast Minnesota Meteor Fireball 27AUG2011

Email From:

Arn P.-Northeast MN:
I witnessed what appears to have been a meteor or fireball day time
event on Saturday August 27th. 2011 at approx. 5:15 PM ct. My location
is 6 miles west of Two Harbors Minnesota 55616. The meteor appeared
for less than 3 seconds as I was facing due north at or about 45
degrees to the horrizon traveling to the east to north east. The
meteor's bright white center was surrounded by a fluroscent blue,
metalic, chrome halo. Smaller than a full moon but larger than the
International Space Station which I have frequently seen orbiting at
night. There were no sonic booms or other sounds to report or any
distinguishable trail.

F.I.T.S. Internet Traffic Inquiries Indicate...Email Confirms Minnesota, Wisconsin Meteor Fireball 10:15pm CDT 25JUN2011

E-mail From:

Thomas M.-Hudson, Wisconsin
June 25  2011. Tonight at 10:15 pm central daylight time I saw a large reddish-orange fireball in the sky. I was on my deck 15 miles east of St Paul minnesota.  The fireball was in the western sky and traveled from the south to north in a straight line.  The angle above the earth ( from my position) appeared to be about 20-25 degrees above the horizon. The fireball was about 1/2 the size of a full moon from my perspective. It appeared to be very,very slightly flickering in intensity but was alway very bright. It appeared to be round. From the time of first sighting  until it disappeared over the horizon was about 30 seconds.  My wife was also a witness.  We compared notes and agreed as to all points about this. I am an experienced pilot of many years experience so am used to looking a objects in the sky gaging distance, shape etc. I have 15 years experience as a Missile engineer at White Sands Missile range some years ago where I experienced many missile firings. So again I am familiar with this aspect of flying objects. This object glowed bright in color Orange-reddish, and left no trail or no visible debris falling away but it seemed to have an extremely slight tail. I am certain it was not an aircraft. The flight path was very consistent and apparently level with the horizon from first viewing to disappearing from sight. I need to add that there was no audible sound from this "fireball".

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Hudson, Wisconsin arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for fire ball in sky June 25 2011, 10 15 pm.
22:57:48 -- 2 hours 24 mins ago 

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