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

Meteor News...PA Meteor Fireball 13MAY2011...

From The Chat Box:

 

May 12 2011, 10:17 PM Guest389 (guest): 

Hi my name is Jay my friend a scranton PA police officer said he saw a fireball over scranton may 12th or 14th about 9:30 pm est he said it was like somthing entering the atmosphere with a glow in the front...sorry 13th

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Meteor News...IL IN Meteor Fireball 13MAY2011...

Internet Inquiries:

Genoa, Illinois arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for saw a green blue ball with a tail streaking through the sky then disappeared.
22:54:45 -- 1 hour 14 mins ago
Lombard, Illinois arrived from google.com on "elp allsky: May 12, 2011" by searching for green meteor may 12 2011.
22:43:42 -- 1 hour 25 mins ago
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22:42:47 -- 1 hour 27 mins ago
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E-mails From:

John In New Haven, Indiana:
At approx 12:30am May 13, I walked outside and just happened to notice a large green fireball shoot across the W to NW  the sky.  So bright that it shown through the clouds.  It was very quick and disappeared within seconds.  No sonic boom could be heard but definitely a meteor.  I stayed for several more mins but no other meteors appeared.  Did anyone else in the area see the same thing?

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South Africa Massive Green Meteor Fireball Reported To ELPALLSKY 11MAY2011...

Email From Neil Fitzgerald-South Africa:
I saw a massive green meteorite in the NorthWest province (South Africa) at +-18:12 GMT+2. It was moving in a southern direction. It covered from horizon to horizon in 4 seconds. It was spectacular and the biggest I've ever seen! Anyone else in SA seen it aswell? Neil   thank you Neil!

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Booms Reported Along East Coast Explained As A Likely Meteor 10MAY2011...

Virginia Beach, VA 7:30pm EDT 10MAY2011...Residents report structure shaking booms. Scientists say it was likely a meteor but as yet, no fireball witness reports have surfaced. See
http://www.wavy.com/dpp/news/local_news/meteor-likely-caused-mysterious-boom  for a local news report.

***If you witnessed a fireball in the NC, VA, MD area at roughly 7:30 p.m. on May 10, 2011, please submit your sighting to wxtx01@gmail.com Thank you!***

Meteor Fireball Northern NM Captured By ELP ALLSKY 11MAY2011...

Internet Inquiry Indicates Northern New Mexico Meteor Fireball 11MAY2011...

Santa Fe, New Mexico arrived from google.com on "elp allsky" by searching for did anyone in new mexico see a fireball in the sky?.
10:30:55 -- 12 hours 29 mins ago

Below Image Captured By ELPALLSKY at 11:39:13 UTC (05:39:13 MDT)  11MAY2011

Possibly The Above Mentioned Event

Early Morning Green Meteor Fireball Southern Arizona 11MAY2011...

From The Chat Box 11MAY2011:
May 11 2011, 10:22 PM: Guest80 (guest):
anyone see a green bolide over sothern arizona this morning around 4:45?-4:30am? southern*, az west of sierra vista

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Coincidental Australia ISS Fly-Over AND Early Morning Large Bright Green Bolide Event Confuse Perth Residents, Astronomers, And Local Media 10MAY2011

From ELPALLSKY 11MAY2011:

Local Astronomers And Media In Perth Australia Pass Off May 10 Morning Fireball Bolide As ISS...Somewhat Substantiable, BUT WRONG.

In Fact, there was a visible ISS (International Space Station) pass over Perth Australia the morning of May 10th, 2011 at 22:05 UTC (06:05 a.m. AWST). Problem is, the fireball/bolide sightings ranged from 05:45 a.m. to 05:51 a.m....15 to 20 minutes BEFORE the ISS was to fly over the Southwestern coastal city, and while the Station was still over the Southern tip of Africa. At least one local astronomer passed it off simply as the ISS, and local media apparently did not bother to check out the huge discrepancy in timing. Below is a series of depictions from Orbitron (satellite tracking software) beginning at 5:45 a.m. and going through 06:05 a.m. showing the location of the ISS at 5 minute intervals. Based on numerous eyewitness reports, ELPALLSKY believes there, in fact, WAS a substantial meteor/bolide event. We are attempting to obtain images of the fireball and will post immediately if/when they are made available. In the graphics below, the time stamp on each is UTC (Greenwich Mean Time) and the date will show as May 9th, 2011. Click on each picture to enlarge.

21:45:00 UTC - 05:45:00 Local Time

21:50:00 UTC - 05:50:00 Local Time

21:55:00 UTC - 05:55:00 Local Time

22:00:00 UTC - 06:00:00 Local Time

22:05:00 UTC - 06:05:00 Local Time

E-mail Reports: 

From Mitch In Perth:
I saw the object coming down from the sky i was about Lederville / West Perth on my push bike heading to work, it was green really bright with a little tail and was losing bits as was going down, direction from south to north, it wasn't for sure the international spaceship, i saw it before and it's nothing like that, plus that object was clearly coming down and clearly really close and inside the atmosphere, i reckon could be landed around Bayswater Dianella suburb area.

 ***If you witnessed the fireball/bolide event, please e-mail wxtx01@gmail.com with details of your sighting. If you have or know of photos or video of the event, we would like to post them for confirmation and to share with others who witnessed it. Thank you!***

 

Bright North Texas Meteor Fireball Event Captured By Sandia Sentinel Fireball Camera 07MAY2011

This bright fireball was captured on a Sandia Sentinel All Sky Meteor/Fireball Camera at 04:59:32 UTC 08MAY2011 (11:59:32 CDT) 07MAY2011located in Hawley, TX

Possible Fragmenting Ohio Meteor Fireball 07MAY2011...

***Additional reports of this event are needed for confirmation. If you saw this fireball, email wxtx01@gmail.com with details of your sighting. Thank you!***

Email From Ohio:
Yes!! Hi. We live in Van Wert Ohio. My fiance yelled for me to come outside around 10pm. He was very excited about something.When I reached the doorway I looked up and saw a ball of fire moving from the west to the east. It was just above some of the cloud cover. There were two that I could see. Odd thing was they were moving slowly. And I noticed a tail of fire off of them. Then what happened next scared us both. One moved very swiftly to the left then far to the right. Then directly back to the middle path it was following. I then left to go get my son. I have never seen anything like this.And I happen to love the night skies and what they have to offer. This was scary for us both. My fiance said there ended up being three of them and they kept traveling east. Does anyone know what they were? Or did anyone else see this?

Breaking Meteor News...Bright Meteor Fireball Bolide Just East Of Oklahoma...Possible Space Debris Reentry?...Captured On Two Cameras 07MAY2011...

Long Duration Meteor Fireball Bolide From Ohio To Oklahoma...Possible Space Debris Reentry?

02:23:56 UTC 08MAY2011 - 9:23:56 p.m. CDT 07MAY2011

Eyewitness Reports Needed!! E-mail wxtx01@gmail.com

If you saw this event. Please provide date, time, location, direction you were facing, direction object moved (right to left etc. is ok), duration, color, brightness compared to a full moon, and any sounds i.e. booms, hissing etc. Thank you!

Email From Midwest City, OK Meteor Fireball 9:24 CST 7MAY2011
We live in Midwest City, OK, near Oklahoma City USA.
We witnessed the meteor at 9:24 this evening while we were sitting on our porch.
It lasted maybe 15 seconds. It was brightly colored - yellow,orange,red and blue (the tip
of the meteorite was blue). We didn't hear any sounds. We were facing east . The meteor came from the north and headed south and downward. It was obscured by a tree for a moment
 

Video and Composite Image From OKC Sandia Sentinel All Sky Fireball Camera

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Video and Composite Image From Hawley, TX Direct View Camera Looking North Toward Oklahoma City (roughly center frame)

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NASA Cancels "Up All Night" Chat Due To Tornado Damage 06MAY2011...

From ELPALLSKY 06MAY2011:
NASA has cancelled it's popular "Up All Night" meteor shower chat because of continued power outages at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, AL. NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office, which normally invites meteor shower experts to chat with the public online during selected events, will not be online tonight, 06MAY2011 for the Eta Aquarid meteor shower. 

A Brief Explanation Of The Origin Of The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower 06MAY2011...

From Science@nasa.gov

Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower To Peak Tonight 06MAY2011...

National Geographic Article Highlights Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower Set To Peak Tonight 06MAY2011

Night Sky News: Watch Bits of Halley’s Comet Fall

More information is available at:

http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2011/05/05/night-sky-news-watch-bits-of-halleys-comet-fall/

Meteor Shower From Halley's Comet Set To Peak This Friday 06May2011...

See the Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower

The Eta Aquarids might be the best meteor shower that you've never heard of. This shower is caused by flecks of dust released from the nucleus of Halley's Comet. It stays near full strength for five days — longer than any comparably intense shower — and its meteors are bright and plentiful.

So why isn't it better known? More from Sky and Telescope Magazine

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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UPDATE...Colorado Green Meteor Fireball 03MAY2011 Captured By Denver Science Museum All Sky Camera...

Email From:
Raymond G.-Denver CO:
Last night - May 3 around 11 PM - I went out on my west facing porch here at S. Steele Street and Louisiana in Denver, and was stunned to see what looked like a firework exploding to the west, northwest, over the city of Denver. Very bright chunks of light, lasting very briefly, and then disappearing. I thought it was fireworks at first, but it clearly was something else. So I got on line first thing this morning, and saw your website.
I hope this is helpful, and look forward to hearing more.   so do we, and thanks Raymond!

Leslie C.-Denver CO:
Hi, I just came across your website when searching online for something similar to what I saw in the sky tonight (may 3rd tues). I live just north of downtown denver, and went out in the backyard to hang up laundry when I saw it just past the rooftops- it was really close- about the size of your hand when you hold it up compared to the stars. it was greenish blue like a really hot flame with white/yellowish around it and a tail. I think I was facing west or slightly southwest and it went from left to right very low in the sky.  It looked like it landed maybe 20 blocks away or something. I thought someone was shooting off a firework at first, but it was so huge and rectangular in shape, not round. Have you heard from anyone else about this? Is it a fireball or something else? Please let me know if you find out. Thanks, Leslie   Excellent report, thank you Leslie! Time?

 UPDATE...Green Fireball Captured By Denver Museum of Nature and Science All Sky Meteor Camera at 10:29 P.M. MDT 03MAY2011

image courtesy Cloudbait Observatory and Chris Peterson

 ***More eyewitness reports are needed on this fireball event. If you saw it, please email us at wxtx01@gmail.com with details including time, date, location, which way you were facing, direction object traveled (right to left etc. is OK), color, any fragmentation or extremely bright flashes, and any sounds heard i.e. booms, hisses etc. Thank you for your report***

UPDATE... Major Bolide Event FL, GA, SC, AL, 29APR2011 10:05 P.M. EDT Captured By Sandia Sentinel All Sky Camera In Melbourne FL...

Imagery Of 29APR2011 02:05:00 UTC (10:05:P.M. EDT) Southern Georgia Bolide Is Provided By The Florida Institute Of Technology-Melbourne, FL. While this fireball/bolide MAY not look impressive, keep in mind that Melbourne is roughly 250 miles Southeast of Valdosta, GA... from which most eyewitness reports originated, and is just within visible camera range.

Possible Meteor Fireball Seattle WA 01MAY2011...

Internet Inquiry For Meteor/Fireball Over Seattle Washington 01MAY2011

Seattle, Washington arrived from google.com on "elp allsky: May 1, 2011" by searching for meteor fireball 5/1/2011.
02:35:20 -- 1 hour 59 mins ago

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Possible Northern California Meteor Fireball 30APR2011...

Email From:

Toni Chiapelli-N CAL:
I went online this morning to research the fireball meteorite and found your inquiry asking for more information. I live in San Anselmo, CA just north of San Francisco. At approximately 10pm I witnessed a huge fireball meteorite/asteroid rip across the sky in a firery orange display. I also noticed soft billowy tree or feather-like formations that were not clouds but rather had more of an etheric quality. After some online research, I discovered that we had a geomagnetic storm last night.

Major Bolide Italia 01:57:55 UTC 29APR2011...

From The Italian Meteor and Transient Luminous Event Network(IMTN) 29APR2011-01:57:55 UTC

The meteoroid was switched to 100 km above sea level, 61 km SW of Rome in the middle of the Tyrrhenian Sea, has passed for 142 km with a mean (above ground) of 22 ° and an azimuth of 213 ° (SW -> NE ), completing the course in atmospheric N 2 km of Arrochar (TR). Average air speed 30 km / s. The ride is reported to track partial recovery from Abruzzo (distance, start and end, as the crow flies: 240 km and 112 km), more complete than recovery from the station Lazio (82 km, 46 km, 98 km) . The apparent radiation indicates a probable Virginide, complex system of subradianti eclitticale in area close to the Virgo, Libra and Scorpio.

Orbital Elements (J.2000)

2334 AU semi-major axis
Eccentricity 0829
Inclination 23.5 °
The ascending node longitude 218.27 °
Perihelion argument to 109.33 °
Perihelion distance to UA 0400
Aphelion distance of 4268 AU

Asteroidal origin.

 

Meteor Fireball Central New Mexico 06:51:59 UTC 01MAY2011...Captured By ELPALLSKY...

Long Slow Flashing Fireball 06:51:59 UTC (00:51:59 MDT)

images posted by ELPALLSKY-Sandia Sentinel Fireball Camera-El Paso, TX

same event co-captured by Thomas Ashcraft near Santa Fe, NM-Sandia Sentinel Fireball Camera Network

From Albuquerque NM-Academy2 Sentinel All Sky Camera

 

From New Mexico State University-Sentinel All Sky Camera

 

Possible Northeast U.S. Meteor Fireball 30APR2011...

Emails From:
Dave and Tammy- Wellsville, New York 21:45 ish EST
low on the southt o southwesterly horizon traveling east to west. very large and  bright white object about half way through flight exploded into lots of white fragments until consumed. flight time about 1.5 seconds.

Internet Inquiries:
Bridgewater, New Jersey arrived from google.com on "elp allsky:" by searching for april 30 2011 meteor.
04:22:17 -- 5 minutes ago


Kennett Square, Pennsylvania arrived from google.com on "elp allsky:" by searching for meteor April 30, 2011.
23:11:21 -- 8 minutes ago

Frederick, Maryland arrived from google.com on "elp allsky:" by searching for metero 04/30/2011.
22:42:55 -- 21 minutes ago

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Possible New Mexico Green Meteor Fireball 30APR2011...

Internet Inquiries: 


Albuquerque, New Mexico arrived from google.com on "elp allsky: Large Green Meteor Fireball Nevada, Arizona 30APR2011..." by searching for meteorite new mexico 2011apr.
01:44:50 -- 1 hour 59 mins ago

Truth Or Consequences, New Mexico arrived from google.com on "elp allsky: Breaking Meteor News...Major Large Bright Green Fireball Bolide AL-SC-GA-FL 10-10:15 PM EDT 29APR2011......" by searching for green meteor "april 30" "new mexico".
22:42:46 -- 21 minutes ago

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Large Green Meteor Fireball Nevada, Arizona 30APR2011...

Emails From:
Update On Cornwall AZ Report From Brenda H.:
The most exciting thing that has happened to me in a long while occurred as I was returning home a bit ago (Saturday night 8:30 pm April 30-2011.) I saw a bright flash to the side of me and looked over and lo and behold there was a large bright green/gold/orange orb falling quickly to the ground, (like a falling star would appear) but it was big and the first thing I thought of was it must be a meteorite,  but then my next thought was, could it be a UFO? it disappeared behind the hill and I heard no crash nor did I see an explosion. I don't know if meteorites have colors like that, but it was a brilliantly colored green (almost emerald) with traces of orange and yellow. There really wasn't a tail, the orange/gold colors were surrounding it.  If I were comparing it to the size of a shooting star I'd say that it was magnified by that size by at least 10 times and it was in a NE direction ( I was facing the Sedona area) rapidly falling towards the ground when it was no longer visible because of the hills.
Blessings,
Brenda

Stormie Ulibarri-Western NM:
Hi there.  On April 30th, 2011, my brother and I were traveling West on the 60 from Socorro, NM heading home to Arizona.  The time was approximately 9ish, not positive.  We weren't far past the VLA, approximately 50 miles.  We were driving extremely slow due to the massive amount of elk on the road.  I looked up and saw what I thought was a falling star and pointed it out to my brother.  This did not burn out the closer it got, like most do.  It stayed fully illuminate, had a tail and appeared close enough to see the gases fuming off of it.  It was bright white with blue.  It travel West to North as indicated by the Albuquerque sighting on your site.  It did impact, as we witnessed a flash of light, most closely compared to the bright flash of a camera.  Over the tree tops after impact, a red light could be seen and then another. Don't know if this was fire or what not.  I've read a lot of accounts on the sighting and I wonder if we are all talking about more than one meteorite.  I witnessed approximately six falling stars that night, or more correctly meteor showers.  Possible more than one hit.  I would swear this one hit in New Mexico and not far from where we were at.  It was close enough to scare the hell out of me.  Hope this helps.


Sarah and Patrick:
We live in Las Vegas, Nevada and just saw a huge, bright green shooting star with a long trail behind it. At first we thought it was a plane crashing because it was so large and bright green. It was amazing!! This happened at approximatly 8:40 p.m. PST on April 30, 2011.


Rusty In Sedona, AZ:
last night in Sedona at a star party we saw a very large fireball raise low towards the ground and after it disappeared over the mountain there was a flash like it had hit and exploded. It was amazing. So big.

Christopher Hunt-Las Vegas, NV:
Driving back from picking up Pizza last night, I saw a Greenish meteor over Las Vegas.
I live in the Southwest part of town with a clear view of the strip.  I had just turned and was driving East towards the strip in a residential area and saw the meteor fly over me at a slight angle going roughly from southwest to northeast.  The track went over the strip (from my vantage point) towards Lake Mead.  I then saw it break into at least 3 pieces that then tailed toward the ground.  The light at the point that it broke seemed to be a green flash.


Seen in Cornville AZ last night about 8:30pm April 30, 2011.
It was in the NE sky over by the Sedona area. It fell fast and disappeared behind the hilly terrain. An amazing site. It was like a falling star but very big. No sounds were made.



David Russel-Arizona:
I was driving north on I17 around mile marker 272 in Northern Arizona around 8:45pm. Saw the object seem to drop out of the sky heading quickly northwest and then disappear over the mountainous terrain, only saw it for a couple of seconds. I remember green, my wife says there was some orange at the tail.

Sarah E.-Las Vegas NV:
Ten minutes ago my husband and I saw the biggest brightest green shooting star/meteor ever!  It lasted a really long time and was the largest brightest we have ever seen.

Internet Inquiries:
Chino Hills, California arrived from google.com on "elp allsky: Large Green Meteor Fireball Nevada, Arizona 30APR2011..." by searching for las vegas meteor 4/30.
01:57:36 -- 2 hours 33 mins ago

Alhambra, California arrived from google.com on "elp allsky: Possible Las Vegas Mereor Fireball 13FEB2011..." by searching for meteor in las vegas.
22:26:36 -- 33 minutes ago

Las Vegas, Nevada arrived from google.com on "elp allsky: Feb 13, 2011" by searching for green shooting star las vegas 2011.
21:50:55 -- 1 hour 9 mins ago

Phoenix, Arizona arrived from google.com on "elp allsky: "Large Fragmenting Meteor Fireball 8:48pm MST Phoenix AZ 08APR2011"...NOT A FIREBALL AT ALL!" by searching for fireball in phx.
21:44:08 -- 1 hour 17 mins ago

Phoenix, Arizona arrived from google.com on "elp allsky: "Large Fragmenting Meteor Fireball 8:48pm MST Phoenix AZ 08APR2011"...NOT A FIREBALL AT ALL!" by searching for arizona fire ball 2011.
21:41:55 -- 1 hour 19 mins ago

Sedona, Arizona arrived from google.com on "elp allsky: Sedona AZ Green Meteor 17FEB2011..." by searching for sedona meteor.
22:03:09 -- 1 hour ago


Tempe, Arizona arrived from google.com on "elp allsky: "Large Fragmenting Meteor Fireball 8:48pm MST Phoenix AZ 08APR2011"...NOT A FIREBALL AT ALL!" by searching for meteor phoenix az.
21:43:14 -- 1 hour 19 mins ago

***If you saw this fireball event, please e-mail wxtx01@gmail.com with a description including time, date, location, which way you were facing, direction object traveled (right to left etc. is OK), color, any fragmentation or extremely bright flashes, and any sounds heard i.e. booms, hisses etc. Thank you for your report***