Internet Inquiry To ELPALLSKY From Ohio 9FEB2011...

Fredericktown, Ohio arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for cincin nati bright flash in sky febuary 9th 2011.
20:05:21 -- 2 minutes ago

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Loud Booms Heard And A Green Meteor Observed From El Paso Texas 9FEB2011 19:24 MST (02:24 UTC)...

by Jim Gamble-ELPALLSKY
  At 7:24 pm MST (local) time Wed. 9FEB2011, a loud boom and subsequent rumble were heard as I stepped outside from my home in east El Paso, TX. The booms seemed to emanate from the north-northeast. Within 30 seconds, I observed a small green meteor of approximately -1 magnitude and lasting 1 to 2 seconds through Canis Major to my south-southeast. I am looking at the possibility that a larger meteor event may have occured just prior to the booms, possibly to my east or northeast. While it is possible that the booms and meteor passage were coincidental, and that the booms may not be meteor related, I nonetheless am asking anyone in the vicinity who may have heard them to post to this site. I will continue to investigate and post updates. Thank you.

Internet Inquiries to ELPALLSKY Suggest WA State Meteor/Fireball 9FEB2011...
Seattle, Washington arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for fireballs in the sky puget sound 2011.
15:28:45 -- 17 minutes ago
Morton, Washington arrived from google.com on "elp allsky: Feb 9, 2011" by searching for meteorites in washington state Feb 9 2011.
13:23:06 -- 2 hours 27 mins ago

Canada Inquiry To ELPALLSKY 8FEB2011 via Chat...

Feb 8 2011, 9:50 PM

Guest18 (guest): i just saw a bright orange thing fall from the sky in St. thomas ontario canada today Feb 8, 2011 at 11:40. what could it be
Cambridge, Ontario arrived from google.ca on "elp allsky" by searching for green light in sky last night February 8, 2011.
11:43:26 -- 1 hour 58 mins ago

Toronto, Ontario arrived from google.ca on "elp allsky" by searching for meteor hamilton ontario feb 8 2011.
17:14:25 -- 2 hours 48 mins ago

Pickering, Ontario arrived from google.ca on "elp allsky: Feb 9, 2011" by searching for meterorites feb 8 2011 ontario.
21:27:14 -- 23 minutes ago

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From James Beauchamp OKC...All Sky Network Member...Radar Analysis 8FEB2011...

Feb 8 2011, 10:12 PM

James Beauchamp: Just reviewed the last 24 hours of scatter captures. There's a significant increase in meteor events on the radar beam with fragmentation and persistence. Going to be an interesting week.

Update to N Mexico, SE Arizona Green Fireball...New imagery 8FEB2011

ELPALLSKY Obtains New Imagery Of  7FEB2011 10:57 pm MST Fireball...

From Doug Snyder of Palominas Starhaven Observatory SE Arizona USA

Below...a composite image and video clip of a bright green fireball likely over N Mexico captured by Snyder's allsky camera. This event was also captured by a Sandia All Sky Camera in Hermosillo, Sonora Mexico by Dr. S. Aguirre at 10:57 pm MST 7FEB2011. In this image, N is up, E is left. Thank you for your contribution Doug!

(c) 2011 Doug Snyder and PSO AZ

NW Texas SW Oklahoma Meteor Fireball Captured by Hawley TX Camera 8FEB2011

Kevin Palivec of Hawley TX Captures Video of a Bright Meteor Over SW OK, NW TX...
Below is a composite image and movie of a bright Fireball occurring at 02:33:59 CST on Feb 7 2011. The event likely illuminated the TX-OK border with an estimated visual magnitude >-8. Thank you Kevin!

(c) 2011 Kevin Palivec

Hermosillo Sentinel Captures N Mexico Fireball 7FEB2011 10:57:06 MST

From Dr. S Aguirre Hermosillo, Sonora MX 8FEB2011

Event: Fireball.

From SE to NE 

Date and Time: 20110208_055706_399 UTC

site: Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico.

All sky Sentinel ( Sandia National Labs.).

in photos : N is up,  E left. Best Regards Salvador Aguirre

Internet Traffic Indicating Possible Meteor NY, PA 8FEB2011...

Reading, Pennsylvania arrived from google.com on "elp allsky:" by searching for meteor over stadium.
07:15:28 -- 3 hours 9 mins ago
[United States]
New York arrived from google.com on "elp allsky:" by searching for meteor over football stadium.
07:11:12 -- 3 hours 13 mins ago

Michigan Inquiry To ELPALLSKY 8FEB2011...
Delton, Michigan arrived from google.com on "elp allsky:" by searching for Local news/ meteor.
07:48:46 -- 2 hours 31 mins ago

E-mail And Internet Traffic suggest L.A. Fireball 8Feb2011...
Fremont, California arrived from google.com on "elp allsky " by searching for oakland, ca+meteorite.
05:13:38 -- 4 hours 55 mins ago
E-mail From Anonymous...Just this morning (02.08.11 at approx. 4) am I saw a very fast, very brief, "shooting star" like phenomenon over Oakland except that it was much larger than the normal, narrow track of an incoming meteorite (approximately the width of a marble held at arm's length) and it's streak was much faster. I would not have been surprised to hear a large boom from Berkeley it seemed so close. The only thing that I can conclude was that for it to have been a object burning up while coming in atmosphere and to be that far away, it would have had to be extremely large object that was moving at extraordinary speed (a small object would not have "lit up" like that so close to the ground.) Anybody else see this thing?
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10:05:29 -- 9 minutes ago
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Santa Rosa, California arrived from google.com on "elp allsky:" by searching for Reports of bright light in sky on Tuesday morning.
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NASA Huntsville Captures Bright Meteor Over TN 7FEB2011...

From Bill Cooke of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office (MEO) at Huntsville AL...
February 6, 7:25 pm CST (01:25:40 UTC Feb 7, 2011)
Speed of 27 km/s, made it to 51 km (32 miles). Graphic showing location (yellow arrow) and video attached.
Estimated magnitude of -8.
Regards,
Bill Cooke
Meteoroid Environments Office
EV44, Marshall Space Flight Center

***Note From ELPALLSKY...This is likely the meteor which was seen from Atlanta Georgia posted earlier on this site***

Meteor News...Bright Green Fireball Observed Over NM 7FEB2011...Of Course!

Visual From D. Worthington ABQ...

At 5:09 AM local (MST) this morning, Feb. 7, from Edgewood New Mexico, approx 30 Miles East of Albuquerque, I saw a large fireball streaking due South. It was very bright and large, had a greenish tint and appeared to break into 2-3 pieces just before it burnt out, approx 5 degrees above my local horizon. I thought it was going all the way to the horizon (or ground), but did not quite make it. This was large and slower moving in appearance than typical meteors, I am assuming space debris re-entry?
Did anyone else report this? It was pretty significant in appearance, did not appear to be your typical meteor. As a long time licensed Amateur Radio Operator that has participated in Meteor Scatter communication and someone that typically gets up to watch the meteor shower and general astronomical events, this was a unique object.
From Sandia National Labs ABQ...
Early this morning (Feb. 7th, 2011), at 12:10:23 UT (05:10:23 MST) our Bldg. 890 camera recorded a fireball nearly due south and very low to the horizon.  So, I'm guessing it may have been quite close to your camera.  Coordinates were;  Begin:  Az 184, El 8 degrees; End:  Az 181, El 2 degrees.  Duration was about 4 seconds, with a bright flare at the end.
From Thomas Ashcraft Near Santa Fe NM
I did not get it on Sentinel as it was in a masked area and it is only faint and unimpressive on my secondary video.  But I am attaching it in any case.

Inquiry To ELPALLSKY 7FEB2011

Tijeras, New Mexico arrived from google.com on "elp allsky: Bright NE And New England Meteor Fireball 29JAN2011" by searching for new mexico fire ball sky.
18:21:49 -- 25 minutes ago

(In the video below, the fireball is barely visible just left of bottom center)

***ELPALLSKY Camera is down due to hard disk crash caused by rolling power balckouts...THANK YOU EPEC!***

Meteor News... OKC Meteor Captured 7FEB2011...

From James Beauchamp Oklahoma City, OK Using Sandia Sentinel Software.

Good Morning. Got a nice capture of a bolide at 02:33:59 AM CST to our SSW. Should have been very visible to Hawley Texas, and maybe El Paso - not sure. Not a huge event. I shot the video and composite to you, Jim.

(c) 2011 James Beauchamp

Meteor News...New Mexico Fireball 6FEB2011

From Sandia National Labs ABQ...

Last night, at 21:31:00 MST on Feb 6th, 2011 (04:31:00 UT on Feb. 7th), camera recorded a fireball that appeared to be coming nearly straight toward the camera, in that its motion was small considering its duration (more than 3 seconds).  Coordinates were;  Begin:  Az 103, El 57 degrees;  End:  Az 93, El 57 degrees.
Let me know if your camera recorded either of these.  Thanks.
From Thomas Ashcraft Near Santa Fe NM...
Attached is the 21:31:00 MST meteor.

(c) Thomas Ashcraft

Internet Traffic Into ELPALLSKY  Inquiring About Possible CA Meteor...
Chico, California arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for the comet that flew over California on 2/05/2011 at 5:00am.
21:15:25 -- 37 minutes ago
Mission Viejo, California arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for strange orange lights in sky tonight Irvine Feb 6 2011.
22:12:30 -- 2 hours 37 mins ago
El Monte, California arrived from google.com on "elp allsky:" by searching for 8 mile meteor.
23:23:13 -- 1 hour 28 mins ago

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Georgia Meteor Inquiry To ELPALLSKY 6FEB2011
Atlanta, Georgia arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for atlanta meteor february 6.
21:05:20 -- 45 minutes ago

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Nebraska Meteor Inquiry To ELPALLSKY 5FEB2011

Bayard, Nebraska arrived from google.com on "elp allsky: Bright Flashes-Booms Reported Across NE US 26JAN2011 +-11:00 PM EST Believed To Be Thundersnow Storms" by searching for blue light in sky nebraska 2011.
19:22:32 -- 4 minutes ago

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Washington State Inquiry To ELPALLSKY 5FEB2011

Tacoma, Washington arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for lights in tacoma sky february 4 2011.

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Michigan Inquiry To ELPALLSKY 5FEB2011

Canton, Michigan arrived from google.com on "elp allsky: Breaking Meteor News...Large Bright Fireball Event IN OH MI 19Jan2011..." by searching for bright flash canton mi. 

  

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Florida Meteor Inquiry To ELPALLSKY 5FEB2011

Fort Myers, Florida arrived from google.com on "elp allsky: Meter Class Asteroid 2011CQ1 Narrowly Misses Earth 4FEB2011 Only Hours After Discovery......" by searching for fl fireball in sky february 4 2011. 

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Meter Class Asteroid 2011CQ1 Narrowly Misses Earth 4FEB2011 Only Hours After Discovery......

Don Yeomans and Paul Chodas
NASA/JPL Near-Earth Object Program Office
February 4, 2011
Asteroid 2011 CQ1 was discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey on February 4 and made a record close Earth approach 14 hours later on February 4 at 19:39 UT (14:39 EST). It passed to within 0.85 Earth radii (5480 km) of the Earth's surface over a region in the mid-Pacific. This object, only about one meter in diameter, is the closest non-impacting object in our asteroid catalog to date. Prior to the Earth close approach, this object was in a so-called Apollo-class orbit that was mostly outside the Earth's orbit. Following the close approach, the Earth's gravitational attraction modified the object's orbit to an Aten-class orbit where the asteroid spends almost all of its time inside the Earth's orbit.
As is evident from the diagram, the close Earth approach changed the asteroid's flight path by about 60 degrees. Because of their small size, object's of this size are difficult to discover but there is likely to be nearly a billion objects of this size and larger in near-Earth space and one would expect one to strike Earth's atmosphere every few weeks on average. Upon striking the atmosphere, small objects of this size create visually impressive fireball events but only rarely do even a few small fragments reach the ground.

IL, IN, OH Bright Green Flashes First Thought To Be A Meteor - Likely Lightning...Again!

Traffic Suggesting Illinois/Indiana/Ohio Meteor 1FEB2011...
Carmel, Indiana arrived from google.com on "elp allsky: Jan 19, 2011" by searching for what was the green light in the sky tonight 46032.
19:00:45 -- 3 hours 41 mins ago
Lockport, Illinois arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for meteor in chicago feb 1.
Solsberry, Indiana arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for orange glow in sky feb 1, 2011.
10:51:30 -- 4 hours 32 mins ago
Denver, Colorado arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for what was the blue flash in the sky last night in delaware ohio.
10:27:13 -- 4 hours 57 mins ago
Lockport, Illinois arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for meteor in chicago feb 1.
08:56:16 -- 6 hours 29 mins ago

Note from ELPALLSKY...Still looking at the possibility of lightning!
Readers, if you witnessed a flash or flashes in Illinois, Indiana or Ohio 1Feb2011, please click on comments below or login to my chat window and type in your observation. Thank You!

UPDATE...

Lightning in Chicago, induced by a powerful winter storm, is included in national news story. It appears that the same storm front could also be responsible for flashes seen in Indiana and Ohio as it pushed east the evening of 1FEB2011. See the news story below...

Internet Inquiry To ELPALLSKY...Possible South Louisiana Meteor 1FEB2011...
New Orleans, Louisiana arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for bright green light in sky february 1, 2011.
16:51:04 -- 54 minutes ago

Possible CA Meteor Fireball Suggested By Traffic 

San Diego, California arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for bright flash in sky 1 31 2011.

Brea, California arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for strange light in the sky tonight feb 1 2011.
03:43:54 -- 11 hours 34 mins ago
Santa Barbara, California arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for light in sky 2/01/2011.
12:50:35 -- 2 hours 29 mins ago