Comments on: Large Fireball Recorded Over Atlanta Georgia 5/20/11

By: matthew l. link

matthew l. link — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 06:59:59 +0000

On December 1st I saw what looked like a crescent shaped fireball about 1/3th width of my smallest finger with only the leading edge of it flickering yellow /white with orange horizontal stripes moving vertically with a tail that sparkled four to seven miles long estimating it was higher than any jet liner as it moved across the night sky. It moved slower than any meteor or shooting star I’ve seen in the past. I was talking to a friend before going back into work from lunch a little late 9 :05 in a little hamlet called Trumbaurersville PA and it went out of view while still 4 or 5 inches off the horizon going wnw towards Allentown or Hellertown. Did anyone out there, an observatory or personal account please notify this website for my internet explorer won’t allow me to receive mail till I get it fixed I’ll be looking for your response here. thank you M.L.LINK

By: Karen P

Karen P — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:11:21 +0000

Bright Green Light out of nowhere in lower dark sky Cape May County NJ just before 8PM Sunday October 23 2011- bright flash/fast streaking, it dipped quickly below treeline. We were driving through our campground and I asked my husband to back up – I was so surprised and wanted to check out the sky through the clearing between trees, but there was another car close behind us, so we had to proceed on the one-way road. I thought it was fireworks, and perhaps the ‘green blob of light’ was a dud…but no more occurred and there was no sound. Later that evening when we picked my son and his co-worker up from the night shift – the co-worker said that there would be a meteorite shower that night. The sky is very dark this time of year at the Southernmost tip of NJ, and I tried to go outdoors several more times that night to view more, but this is all I witnessed. Very cool to know my eyes weren’t playing tricks on me with a reflection or other illusion and that what I saw is described on this site.

By: Tom Jr.

Tom Jr. — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 22:35:19 +0000

I saw this thing @ around 11 pm May 20 in Tallahassee. It was huge and long lasting. I was walking north near a well lit parking lot and just happened to look up. It was awesome and I actually screamed when I saw it. I have reported the sighting on a few other sites, but just noticed this one. I love meteors and all things of the night sky. This was 10 times bigger than any meteor I’ve ever seen. I really thought it was only a few miles north of where I was, but the next day I started reading of others who had seen it and it was obviously north of Atlanta. I saw the whole event clearly and the bright blue green light lasted a long time, breaking up 1/2 way and completely disappearing in a few seconds. It was impressive! Oh yeah, the next day the world was supposed to end, as many I told of my sighting, reminded me. Still here.

By: John Orengo

John Orengo — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 16:33:57 +0000

Viewed a large fireball around 1985 in new Jersey! I just stepped outside to enjoy a cigarette after my shower. I glanced at the sky and to my surprise I witnessed a large fireball approaching from the west in the direction of Philadelphia! It was so big I thought it might hit the ground! Instead if went directly overhead and rumbled like a large fighter plane and thunder. It was as a ball of flames yellow white and orange in front with gray and black smoke to the sides and back. The trail was white and visible for over an hour,there was no wind. It broke into several small pieces as it disappeared. It lasted about ten seconds. I checked the papers and news channels but found nothing.

By: Tracy Szilagyi

Tracy Szilagyi — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 01:58:59 +0000

I witnessed the event from my back yard in Fayette County. This late night I sat on my patio enjoying a little peace and quiet. Upon first sight the meteor was white, tail visible and extremely high in the sky. Within seconds it was low and directly over head. I watched as it began to disintegrate. The tail became bright orange just before the initial green flash. The second green flash seemed to disintegrate the remainder of the meteor entirely. It was truly an amazing spectacle! As a star gazer, this was by far the most incredible event I’ve witnessed in quite some time. I immediately notified a few friends in hopes that someone else witnessed this same event. I saw the meteor on the 20 on May at approximately 11:00 pm or just after, traveling in a Northwesterly direction.

By: Free

Free — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 21:05:07 +0000

I should add that I am in the midwest and it was summer.

By: Free

Free — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 21:03:41 +0000

When I was a young teen ager or perhaps a slight pre-teen I was outside with some friends. This was probably 1980 to 1984 if I had to guess. That would make me between 10 and 14 years old. Anyways, we saw a large orange and black circle in the night sky. It was about the same size as a full moon. It was not a small white shooting star. It was hundreds if not thousands of times bigger and was moving much, much slower. As we watched this we started to see a tail of other orange particles coming off of it. At first it appeared to be moving towards us but soon we could tell it was moving across the sky. We were just kids in awe with no fear. As the tail grew we started to get alarmed. The tail was so big that if you held your arms out full length, the tail was about 18″ between your hands. I decided to run in the house to get the adults so they could see it. I figured they would get the same amusement out of it that we were. I explained what we were looking at and they rushed out of the house. When they saw it, they freaked out in terror and of course that is when us kids got scared. It flew out of sight within 5 minutes and it was over. However, there was nothing on the news about it and after all these years, I still cannot find anything about it. Could it be that it was such a super close call that they just wont mention it? Anyone else heard about this? I have not seen any videos of anything even remotely this large and this close.

By: Megan O

Megan O — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 01:35:59 +0000

To be more exact in hopes of others who saw similar, the “sighting” was around 11:00 pm.

By: Megan O

Megan O — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 01:34:09 +0000

On Sunday May 29, 2011 my mother partner and I witness a circular object with what appeared to be a flame centrally located move through the sky much slower than the typical “shooting star” viewing. Our location was in Belfountain Ohio at Indian Lake. Wondering if there were any other reports of such. As stated by other viewers of similar objects, we also had enough time to grab our camera, but unfortunately did not do any justice to what the naked eye saw.

By: Katelyn

Katelyn — Tue, 24 May 2011 01:21:11 +0000

On May 21 and May 22, 2011 we saw an orange fireball travel across the sky around 11:00 both nights. we actually had enough time to go in and grab the camera to take pictures. This was in Haliburton, Ontario. Does anyone know what this is? I’m having a hard time believing its a UFO.

By: Staci

Staci — Mon, 23 May 2011 17:58:42 +0000

I saw this blue/green, glowing fireball with a tail only about 15-20 feet above my garage Friday night (5/20/11) around 11:00 pm in Cumming, GA. It was so low and bright, I expected to hear something land, but did not. I plan to look for fragments!

By: Carl Leach

Carl Leach — Mon, 23 May 2011 16:44:32 +0000

Me, my wife and 2 others were outside in the driveway at the same time and witnessed this. We live in Gwinnett County Ga. It looked like a large stream of fire with intermitant blank spots. Seemed to change colors after every blank spot. Assumed this was layers of different types of materials burning. It seemed to move slower than I would have expected. really interesting to veiw.