Major Meteor Fireball Widely Seen over Eastern US 08DEC2011

 METEOR FIREBALL  

10:31 P.M. CST-11:31 P.M. EST 08DEC2011

Captured by a Sandia Sentinel Fireball Camera-Lake Station, IN

From ELPALLSKY: 09DEC2011...
Although at a distance on the horizon from the camera, Sandia Sentinel Fireball Camera Operator Steve Witt posts this capture of the widely seen Eastern US fireball which occured at 04:31 UTC (10:31 pm CST-11:31 pm EST) on Dec 8, 2011. Eyewitness reports to ELPALLSKY follow Steve's video below. Thank you Steve, for your diligence!

Email From:

Michelle K.-Montello, WI:
I saw the same thing...it was a bright green ball with a green tail. I was traveling southeast in montello Wisconsin and the light traveled from left to right.

Anonymous Reporter:
A bright green burning meteor seen all over southern Illinois. Tons of people seen it falling in a bright green light then it exploded.

Jason B.-Chicago, IL:
around midnight 08dec11 over Chicago in southern sky a bright white fireball like a low plane came almost straight down from east to west lasting several seconds and breaking into 3 large white chunks with tails.

Pete & Ann O.-De Plaines, IL:
Great website!  My name is Pete and I was comming home from Wisconsin on 12-08-2011.  I was traveling Southbound on I-294 when around 8PM, I caught glimpse of a huge fireball!  I was on the Des Plaines, Illinois area of tollway when at the Eastern part of the sky, there was a bluish-green fireball that had a long tail that seemed to be breaking up.  It was traveling about -20* from horizontal and was twice as bright as Jupiter!!  I thought for sure I would see this on the news via landing in someone's backyard!

   

Eastern Kentucky Meteor Fireball 31OCT2011

Email From:
Randall M.-Eastern Kentucky:
eastern kentucky..halloween night..12:30...was watching a movie in the dark when i saw a bright orange light in the sky through my window..ran outside and watched it for about 15 or 20 seconds...dont know what it was but it was cool....randall   Thanks Randall!

Bright Green Dusk Meteor Fireball Central/Eastern AZ 01SEP2011

Email From:

Kathryn A.-Scottsdale, AZ:
I saw a very bright green, almost neon, in the eastern sky around 7pm on September 1, 2011, in North Scottsdale, Arizona. It traveled from the northeast downward to the south, sky was still light but object was very vivid and bright.     thank you Kathryn!

MORE REPORTS NEEDED ON THIS EVENT !!

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F-I-T-S Indicates Possible Meteor Fireball Eastern Tennessee 14-15JUN2011

FITS Inquiries:

Lenoir City, Tennessee arrived from google.com on "elp allsky: AL, GA ,TN, NC, FL, Large Bright Green Fireball 20MAY2011..." by searching for green ball in sky in tennessee.
22:37:11 -- 1 hour 57 mins ago

***If you witnessed this fireball, please email wxtx01@gmail.com with details. Please include time, date, your location, which way you were facing, direction the object traveled (left to right etc.), color, any fragmentation, sounds (booms, sizzles, hisses etc.). Thank you!***

Eastern New Mexico Meteor Fireball 20MAR2011

Looking For Additional Observations !!! If you saw a fireball in the area of Eastern New Mexico, Southeastern Colorado or the panhandle of Texas the night of 20-21 Mar. 2011, please provide us with a time, your location and what you observed at wxtx01@gmail.com . Thank you!

Trinidad, Colorado arrived from google.com on "elp allsky: Mar 20, 2011" by searching for fireball eastern new mexico march 20, 2011.
19:13:42 -- 5 hours 19 mins ago