Washington State Meteor Fireball ? 08APR2011...

United States arrived from google.com on "elp allsky:" by searching for bright light in Seattle sky. 19:49:49 -- 55 minutes ago

Richland, Washington arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for falling star april 6, 2011 washington state.
22:27:59 -- 41 minutes ago

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Possible Mexico Meteor Fireball? 08APR2011

Internet traffic indicating a possible Mexico Fireball 08APR2011...

Brunswick, Georgia arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for meteor hit 4/8 mexico.
15:53:51 -- 12 minutes ago

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UPDATE...NASA Projects Debris Field for 06APR2011 Tennessee Fireball Bolide

NASA Meteoroid Environment Office-Marshall Space Flight Center-Huntsville...has released a map of the projected meteorite debris field/impact zone from the April 6th meteor fireball event over Tennessee.

NASA MEO Director Bill Cooke cautions "bear in mind that we lost track of the meteor fairly high up, before it underwent significant deceleration. Therefore this is a rough estimate only, pinpointing a general  impact area".

NASA emphasizes that "hunters should respect the wishes of the property holders".

image courtesy NASA MEO-Google Earth-click image to enlarge

Large Meteor Fireball Ontario Canada 07APR2011...

Internet Traffic Indicating Meteor Event SE Canada 07APR2011

Caledonia, Ontario arrived from google.ca on "elp allsky:" by searching for large fireball april 7 2011. -- 15:42:04 -- 13 minutes ago

Hamilton, Ontario arrived from google.ca on "elp allsky:" by searching for meteor april 7.
15:11:21 -- 45 minutes ago

Meteor Fireball SW Kentucky 08APR2011...

Benton, Kentucky arrived from google.com on "elp allsky: Apr 8, 2011" by searching for METEOR 4-8-2011. -- 13:09:20 -- 41 minutes ago

Meteor Fireball W-Central OR 07APR2011...

Gresham, Oregon arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for what was in the sky on April 7th 2011 in Boring oregon?.
01:31:46 -- 17 minutes ago

UPDATE...TENNESSEE FIREBALL DATA RELEASED BY NASA 07APR2011

Last night (April 6) at 8:21:57 CDT (9:21:57 EDT), NASA all-sky meteor cameras located at the University of Tennessee Space Institute (in conjunction with the Hands-On Science Center in Tullahoma, Tennessee) and at the Walker County Science Center in northwest Georgia detected a very bright fireball moving north across the state of Tennessee. First detected 52 miles above the Arnold Air Force base near Tullahoma, the meteor was brighter than crescent Moon and was approximately 2 feet in diameter, with a weight of 200 lbs. It was last recorded 30 miles above the town of Woodbury, Tennessee, moving at a speed of approximately 9 miles per second (32,400 mph).

The NASA Meteoroid Environment Office has reasonable confidence that some fraction of this meteor survived to the ground as one or more meteorites. Calculations are underway to determine the general impact location, which may lie close to the Kentucky border. Eyewitnesses to the fireball are encourage to make a report to the American Meteor Society (www.amsmeteors.com) or to the Meteoroid Environment Office.

More information will be forthcoming at the completion of the impact zone calculations, which may take some time. The orbit indicates that this interloper was from the Asteroid Belt, with an aphelion well beyond the orbit of Mars.

Note: A 3rd NASA camera, located at the Tellus Science Center in Cartersville, Georgia, also recorded this event low on the northern horizon. This data is being used to refine the trajectory determination.

Imagery and Data...
courtesy Bill Cooke-NASA MEO MSFC-Huntsville, AL

Chickamauga, GA Camera

Tullahoma, TN Camera

Trajectory Data-click image to enlarge

Large Meteor Fireball Virginia 07APR2011...

Richmond, Virginia arrived from google.com on "elp allsky:" by searching for monster fireball apr 7 2011. -- 21:09:06 -- 1 hour 57 mins ago

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Bright Meteor Fireball Sierra Vista AZ Captured On ELPALLSKY Sandia Sentinel Fireball Camera 07APR2011...

uachuca City, Arizona arrived from google.com on "elp allsky:" by searching for meteor near sierra vista, az. -- 20:16:34 -- 2 hours 26 mins ago
Phoenix, Arizona arrived from google.com on "elp allsky:" by searching for meteor april 7 2011. -- 22:40:31 -- 32 minutes ago

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Event Capture From El Paso Texas

02:50:52.178 UTC 08APR2011-20:50:52.178 MDT 07APR2011

Sandia Sentinel Fireball Camera

Meteor Fireball Captured By Palominas Starhaven Sentinel SE Arizona 07APR2011...

(c) 2011-Doug Snyder-Palominas Starhaven Observatory MPC925-Near Sierra Vista, AZ

Meteor Fireball Central Oregon 07APR2011...

E-mail From Anonymous...I saw a meteor burn from the SW horizon to the NE at about 2:15am in Central Oregon. Much slower than a typical meteor, with a long tail.

Culver, Oregon arrived from google.com on "elp allsky: Meteor Fireball Havre, MT 07APR2011..." by searching for april 7th 2011 meteor.
20:01:03 -- 2 hours 38 mins ago

Breaking News...NASA All Sky Cameras Capture AL, GA, TN, SC Bright Fireball 06APR2011

Preliminary Composite Of Bright Fireball From NASA MEO MSFC Huntsville, AL

NASA..."Confirmed - very bright event; end point below horizon from both Tullahoma and Chickamauga. Orbit/trajectory in couple of hours. Vids to follow."

image courtesy Bill Cooke- NASA Meteoroid Environment Office-Marshall Space Flight Center-Huntsville , AL

witness reports (c) 2011-courtesy Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News-Tokyo, Japan-Google Earth

Email from Bill Butler NE Alabama...
I am a fifty eight year old man who lives on Keel Mountain (Jackson County)
in Northeast Alabama. Sometime around 8:30 last night I took my dog out for
her nightly walk and in the east northeast horizon I saw a large extremely
bright light that had a rather short very bright tail. As soon as I saw it
and because of its size and brightness I thought it was either a meteorite
or large space junk. Bill Butler

Green Meteor Fireball Seen From Tennessee, South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia 06APR2011...

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E-mail From Rosie M.-Swansboro, NC...I was sitting on the dock facing ESE (Cassiopeia behind me) at about 9:30 Friday night and saw the biggest, brightest meteor I've ever seen (and I see a lot of them out here in this low light pollution, coastal area). It arced across the sky from right to left over 100 degrees of my field of vision, for about 8 seconds, with a clear, rounded orange leading edge and long white smoke trail. I could see the complete round shape on the back edge, visible even through the tail. I've never seen anything like it! Spectacular!  
thank you Rosie! Otis Redding would be proud :-)

E-mail From Sue F. in South Carolina...Last evening my friend and I were travelling home from the beach. We were traveling on I26 from Columbia, heading toward Greenville. We both were so delighted that we were seeing a shooting star. However, it did not fizzle-out like usual. The fireball did not seem to diminish in size and did not fizzle. It appeared to fall to the earth. We lost sight of it behind the trees. We wondered if it was actually a plane, but did not see any sign of an explosion on impact.   thanks sue!

United States arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for saw something in th sky tonight over clarksville tn 7;15pm .-- 19:45:59 -- 28 minutes ago

Nashville, Tennessee arrived from google.com on "elp allsky: Tennessee Meteor Fireball? 03APR2011..." by searching for meteor in tennessee 2011.
17:43:33 -- 2 hours 36 mins ago

Cathy In Traveler's Rest, SC Email's...April 6, 2011: At about 9:20 pm EDT my daughter observed a very large white light falling straight to the ground over Travelers Rest, SC in the southern direction.  At first, she thought it was an airplane because it was so large!  At the exact same time, a relative in TN posted to Facebook that she saw a large meteor.  Same one?!   looks like it Cathy...thank you for this important report!

Huntsville, Alabama arrived from google.com on "elp allsky:" by searching for meteor april 6 2011. -- 21:28:39 -- 2 minutes ago

Kingston, Tennessee arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for light across sky tonight in tn april 6 2011.
21:16:44 -- 17 minutes ago

Hixson, Tennessee arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for did anyone see a huge shooting star april 6, 2011.

Cumming, Georgia arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for news april 6 2011 fireball sky Atlanta ga.
22:24:07 -- 1 hour 41 mins ago

Huntsville, Alabama arrived from google.com on "elp allsky: Large Green Fireball Southern TN-Northern AL Indicated by Inquiry 24FEB2011" by searching for green meteor in huntsville, al?.
22:11:17 -- 1 hour 55 mins ago

Lebanon, Tennessee arrived from google.com on "elp allsky: Meteor News...Meteor Fireball Seen From Tennessee, South Carolina, Alabama 06APR2011..." by searching for 6 April 2011 meteor.
22:05:55 -- 2 hours 3 mins ago

Meteor Fireball Montana, Idaho, Alberta Canada 07APR2011...

Apr 7 2011, 3:23 AM

Guest609 (guest): hey i just saw something in the sky like 10 mins ago i live in havre mt its 3:22am here anyone know what it is...can you elaborate a bit guest 609? thank you.

Bonners Ferry, Idaho arrived from google.com on "elp allsky: Meteor Fireball Havre, MT 07APR2011..." by searching for meteorite april 7,2011.
19:52:32 -- 2 hours 37 mins ago



Alberta, Canada E-mail...My name is Steven Rothweiler and last night around 10 P.M a friend and I witnessed a falling star while heading north off Stony Plain. I noticed your site asked for other sightings, I hope this had helped.  thank you Steven

Jon M. In Polson, MT Writes...I was indoors with the TV on, and still saw the meteor. I wish it wasn't cloudy, but it went in and out of view 4or 5 times. It was awesome. Incredible fragmentation, large pieces that had there own trains. It was a glowing train with parts breaking off. There were some clouds so my line of sight was a little broken up  thanks Jon!

Chicxulub KT Crater To Be Drilled For Science...

 

 A plan to study the Chicxulub crater by boring 1.5km into the sea bed is among the highlights of ocean drilling projects proposed for the next decade.

Chicxulub, in Mexico, was carved out by the asteroid strike that killed off the dinosaurs 65 million years ago.
The Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) also plans expeditions to study earthquakes and ancient climate, and says the need is greater than ever.
Another long-term aim is to penetrate the Earth's mantle for the first time....MORE...

Indiana Meteor Fireball 05APR2011...

Columbus, Indiana arrived from google.com on "elp allsky: Meteor Fireball N TX Early A.M. 05apr2011...Indicated By Inquiry" by searching for meteor april 5, 2011.
12:44:06 -- 7 hours 39 mins ago

Kansas Meteor Fireball 05APR2011...

Lenexa, Kansas arrived from google.com on "elp allsky: BREAKING METEOR NEWS...Southern California Green Meteor Fireball 05APR2011...Indicated By Inquiry" by searching for fireball april 5.
16:20:05 -- 4 hours 5 mins ago

Possible Georgia Meteor Fireball 05APR2011...

Waynesboro, Georgia arrived from google.com on "elp allsky:" by searching for metorite with green glow.
19:29:56 -- 56 minutes ago

BREAKING METEOR NEWS...Green Meteor Fireball Southern California 05APR2011...Indicated By Inquiry

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Jean In Pasadena Writes...I was coming out of Home Depot tonight and saw a falling bright green object. Very firework or flare-like. Quite bright, but quite green also; more than just a green flow. The object was falling close to a perfect 45 degrees to the right from where I was looking. It was pretty much a clean straight line. It was falling reasonably fast, but not as fast as most shooting stars I've seen in my life so there was a good amount of time to observe (probably 1 second or a tad longer). I think someone seeing that would have thought it was part of a flare or firework or something, but having seen others in the past month or two, I figured it was a meteor. It diseappered approx 30 degrees or less above the horizon, before I would lose sight because of warehouses (it's kind of an industrial area, so not much high stuff around there.) That's all I can think about. If you have questions, pls let me know.
I created a map to show my position and the direction I was looking: (see below-click to enlarge)

Thank You Jean !!

BREAKING METEOR NEWS...Huntington Beach, California arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for did anybody see a shooting star tonight about 8:00 orange co april 5th 2011..

Van Nuys, California arrived from google.com on "elp allsky:" by searching for meteor news southern california.  22:22:21 -- 56 minutes ago

Long Beach, California arrived from google.com on "elp allsky:" by searching for green lights in the sky 2011 huntington beach.
21:46:43 -- 1 hour 33 mins ago

Beverly Hills, California arrived from google.com on "elp allsky: Meteor Fireball N TX Early A.M. 05apr2011...Indicated By Inquiry" by searching for meteor april 5, 2011.
23:34:47 -- 1 minute ago

Lake Elsinore, California arrived from google.com on "elp allsky: Southern California Green Meteor Fireball 05APR2011...Indicated By Inquiry" by searching for fireball in southern california april 5 2011.-- 23:31:31 -- 26 seconds ago

San Diego, California arrived from google.com on "elp allsky: Southern California Green Meteor Fireball 05APR2011...Indicated By Inquiry" by searching for Southern California meteor April 5, 2011.
23:37:25 -- 17 minutes ago

Pasadena, California arrived from google.com on "elp allsky: Breaking News...Large Green Meteor Fireball TX OK KS 23Mar2011" by searching for green meteor march 2011.
23:52:47 -- 2 minutes ago

Debbie T. In Alta Loma CA...I saw a fireball in the southern California sky around 8 pm.  It went from a fireball to a greenish color before disappearing.   It was travelling from the East to the West.  It was the brightest and longest (duration) meteorite that I have ever seen!  thank you Debbie!

Gordon Near Mojave, CA Writes...I was on the 14 freeway headed West, about 15 miles before Mojave. The object first appeared approx 40 degrees above the horizon, trveling left to right (South to North). It at first appeared as a stationary light, the began traversing the sky and growing in brightness. Finally (after a good second or so) flared and disappeared. My buddy that was with me saw it too, his first fireball! Gordon    thanks Gordon!

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Green Fireball Alert April-May 2011...Elevated Meteor Fireball Activity Expected

E UPCOMING CLOSE APPROACHES TO EARTH

1 AU = ~150 million kilometers 1 LD = Lunar Distance = ~384,000 kilometers Object Name Close Approach Date Miss Distance (AU) Miss Distance (LD) Estimated Diameter* H (mag) Relative Velocity (km/s) (2010 TK55)  2011-Apr-05 0.0693 27.0 47 m - 110 m 23.7 12.49 (2011 GW9)  2011-Apr-06 0.0013 0.5 6.3 m - 14 m 28.1 11.32 (2009 HE60)  2011-Apr-06 0.0813 31.7 20 m - 44 m 25.7 5.24 (2011 GP28)  2011-Apr-06 0.0006 0.2 3.6 m - 8.0 m 29.4 14.82 (2011 FT29)  2011-Apr-07 0.0161 6.3 23 m - 52 m 25.3 19.11 (2011 GR36)  2011-Apr-07 0.0257 10.0 15 m - 34 m 26.2 9.43 (2011 GZ2)  2011-Apr-09 0.0069 2.7 16 m - 35 m 26.1 15.57 (2011 FT53)  2011-Apr-09 0.0154 6.0 21 m - 47 m 25.5 9.67 (2011 BE38)  2011-Apr-10 0.1233 48.0 560 m - 1.3 km 18.4 16.57 (2010 VB1)  2011-Apr-10 0.1699 66.1 58 m - 130 m 23.3 6.81 (2011 GA3)  2011-Apr-12 0.0688 26.8 25 m - 55 m 25.2 6.80 (2011 GE)  2011-Apr-13 0.0123 4.8 16 m - 37 m 26.1 9.70 (2007 WC5)  2011-Apr-15 0.0893 34.8 9.2 m - 21 m 27.3 8.07 (2011 FS29)  2011-Apr-15 0.0333 12.9 90 m - 200 m 22.4 11.30 141484 (2002 DB4)  2011-Apr-15 0.1606 62.5 1.4 km - 3.1 km 16.4 14.94 (2011 EW4)  2011-Apr-16 0.1941 75.5 63 m - 140 m 23.1 6.87 (2011 FG41)  2011-Apr-16 0.0839 32.6 25 m - 57 m 25.1 6.40 260141 (2004 QT24)  2011-Apr-17 0.1405 54.7 590 m - 1.3 km 18.3 13.24 (2010 UP)  2011-Apr-17 0.1012 39.4 33 m - 73 m 24.6 5.09 (2011 GF)  2011-Apr-18 0.0827 32.2 160 m - 360 m 21.1 19.20 (2011 GD2)  2011-Apr-18 0.0535 20.8 23 m - 52 m 25.3 8.74 (2011 GV9)  2011-Apr-21 0.0613 23.8 14 m - 31 m 26.4 3.64 (2011 FY22)  2011-Apr-22 0.1649 64.2 54 m - 120 m 23.5 4.44 (2011 FS6)  2011-Apr-23 0.1410 54.9 39 m - 86 m 24.2 4.92 (2011 EM51)  2011-Apr-23 0.0465 18.1 110 m - 250 m 21.9 9.83 (2010 HW20)  2011-Apr-23 0.0690 26.8 16 m - 36 m 26.1 4.99 (2003 FF5)  2011-Apr-23 0.0544 21.2 62 m - 140 m 23.2 6.36 (2004 HQ1)  2011-Apr-24 0.1053 41.0 60 m - 130 m 23.2 10.80 (2011 DV)  2011-Apr-25 0.0999 38.9 210 m - 470 m 20.5 6.62 (2010 TU5)  2011-Apr-27 0.0904 35.2 430 m - 970 m 18.9 18.72 (2011 GJ3)  2011-Apr-27 0.0200 7.8 15 m - 33 m 26.2 5.39 (2008 UC202)  2011-Apr-27 0.0228 8.9 6.0 m - 13 m 28.2 4.00 (2003 FU3)  2011-Apr-30 0.1465 57.0 180 m - 400 m 20.9 15.34 (2011 DS9)  2011-May-01 0.0857 33.3 250 m - 570 m 20.1 10.70 (2009 UK20)  2011-May-02 0.0220 8.6 14 m - 32 m 26.4 5.31 (2008 FU6)  2011-May-05 0.1939 75.5 730 m - 1.6 km 17.8 14.36 164121 (2003 YT1)  2011-May-05 0.1679 65.3 1.6 km - 3.5 km 16.1 25.95 (2011 GC)  2011-May-05 0.1402 54.6 100 m - 230 m 22.0 4.82 (2011 BB)  2011-May-05 0.1089 42.4 220 m - 490 m 20.4 9.49 (2010 KX7)  2011-May-06 0.0710 27.6 110 m - 240 m 22.0 12.45 (2011 FQ29)  2011-May-08 0.0542 21.1 23 m - 52 m 25.3 3.78 (2011 CG2)  2011-May-10 0.0471 18.3 130 m - 300 m 21.5 2.71 (2010 SO16)  2011-May-13 0.1345 52.3 200 m - 450 m 20.6 9.40 141432 (2002 CQ11)  2011-May-18 0.0891 34.7 290 m - 640 m 19.8 10.75 (2006 JF42)  2011-May-18 0.0595 23.1 420 m - 940 m 19.0 10.99 264308 (1999 NA5)  2011-May-22 0.1404 54.6 230 m - 510 m 20.3 5.53 (2003 AL73)  2011-May-26 0.1238 48.2 390 m - 860 m 19.2 15.31 (2005 WA)  2011-May-26 0.1740 67.7 44 m - 99 m 23.9 5.27 (2010 VX139)  2011-May-28 0.1968 76.6 210 m - 470 m 20.5 13.11

Meteor Fireball N TX Early A.M. 05apr2011...Indicated By Inquiry

We are requesting reports on a possible fireball over/near Arlington TX early on the morning of 05APR2011. If you saw this event, please email wxtx01@gmail.com with your observation including time, date, direction you were facing, direction object was moving (right to left etc. is ok) and a brief description of what you saw. Thank you!

Arlington, Texas arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for Object seen falling from sky in TX April 5, 2011.
12:18:40 -- 10 hours 47 mins ago

Daylight Meteor Fireball North Texas Oklahoma Area...REQUEST FOR OBSERVATIONS/REPORTS...01APR2011...

REPORTS NEEDED !!

OKC Forward Scatter Radio Indicates Two Possibly Large Meteor Events...One Daytime Event...

by ELPALLSKY 05APR2011...
James Beauchamp of Oklahoma City, OK captured the following images on his forward scatter receiver April 1st, 2011. In the images, the burst of multi-colored data indicates increased radio signal reflections by fast moving objects, likely meteors. The April 1st hit is "the largest I've ever seen" says Beauchamp, an expert in his field. "This may have been a visible daylight event."

forward scatter-OKC-31MAR2011-06:56:40 UTC ( 01:56:40-1:56:40 am CDT 01APR2011)

(c) 2011 James Beauchamp

forward scatter-OKC-01APR2011-18:15:40 UTC (13:15:40-1:15:40 pm CDT)

(c) 2011 James Beauchamp

***Readers, if you saw what you believe to be an unexplainable bright flash of light during daylight hours at 1:15 P.M. on April 1st, 2011 or heard booms or similar thunder-like sounds anywhere from North Texas to North Central Oklahoma, please email wxtx01@gmail.com with your observations. Thank you!*** 

Meteor News...Large Bright South Carolina Meteor Fireball 03APR2011

Reports Coming In To ELPALLSKY Of A Large Fireball Seen From SC...

Guest15 (guest): Tonight at approximately 8:35 or 8:40 pm in Blythewood, SC (northeast of Columbia) I witnessed a bright "fireball" with a shimmering tail quickly cross the sky below the big dipper heading North. It was spectacular! I'm not sure whether it was the Int'l. Space Station or a meteor, but it had the look of a comet, except it was moving fast. Beautiful to see and I'm so curious about it. My 8 year old wonders if it was Tinkerbell! Tinkerbell it is! thank you Cindy.

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Meteor News...Central Georgia Meteor Fireball 02APR2011...

Kirk In Perry, GA Writes...

I saw a bright white/pale yellowish fireball last night (Apr 2nd 2011)
for only seconds in Perry, GA.  Was outside looking West.  Not sure of
the exact time. I'd guess around 8:00 - 8:30 pm.  Too big and too low in
the sky to be the "shooting stars" I've seen before.  It was a round ball
of fire with a wide tail travelling straight down. thank you Kirk!

This event may also have been witnessed from South Carolina...see
Meteor News...Large Bright South Carolina Meteor Fireball 02APR2011...

***Readers...(especially in the Columbus, GA area)...if you saw this event please send a description of what you observed including your local time, location, which way you were facing, movement of object (right to left etc. is ok), duration, color, and any sounds to ELPALLSKY Thank you!