Comments on: Meteor Activity Outlook for January 7-13, 2012 http://www.rru.com/2012/01/meteor-activity-outlook-for-january-7-13-2012/ Sun, 14 Jul 2013 04:09:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: julianne_xo@hotmail.com http://www.rru.com/2012/01/meteor-activity-outlook-for-january-7-13-2012/#comment-9831 julianne_xo@hotmail.com Sat, 21 Jan 2012 12:35:30 +0000 http://www.amsmeteors.org/?p=1514#comment-9831 JAN/21/2011 – BRITISH COLUMBIA – ABOUT 3:30-3:40am

I happend to look out the window & i noticed this bright round/teardrop shaped fire in mid air it was above the mountains, it had abit of smoke trailing above it, hardly noticeable ` i looked at it for a couple mins than ran to the other room to tell my boyfriend… it was still in the same spot, we watched it cause it looked pretty glowing over the mountains & trees we decided to try take a picture but than it just dissappeared.. i couldnt even see the trees or mountains anymore? Their was no stars out & no moon.

]]> By: amsadmin http://www.rru.com/2012/01/meteor-activity-outlook-for-january-7-13-2012/#comment-9758 amsadmin Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:03:10 +0000 http://www.amsmeteors.org/?p=1514#comment-9758 Rob, sounds like you witnessed a fireball, which is a larger than normal meteor. The appearance of these objects being close to the ground is an optical illusion as these objects lose the ability to produce light while still several miles up in the atmosphere. It is the tremendous velocity at which they strike the atmosphere that allows these objects to appear so brightly while still so far away. Check our fireball table to see if any other reports of your object show up.

Thanks for sharing your experience!

Robert Lunsford
American Meteor Society

]]> By: Rob Kingsbury http://www.rru.com/2012/01/meteor-activity-outlook-for-january-7-13-2012/#comment-9717 Rob Kingsbury Thu, 19 Jan 2012 04:43:02 +0000 http://www.amsmeteors.org/?p=1514#comment-9717 At approx 3am last night I was heading to a fire call (im a fireman) and as I was driving west I saw a bright light shoot from the sky down to maybe a 1000 feet off the ground. This was somewhat bright and flashed a larger green color at the last millisecond. It was super quick and I was the only one who noticed it but I was wondering if it could have been a meteorite.

]]> By: amsadmin http://www.rru.com/2012/01/meteor-activity-outlook-for-january-7-13-2012/#comment-9706 amsadmin Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:03:04 +0000 http://www.amsmeteors.org/?p=1514#comment-9706 Kristen,

This object lasted much too long to be a meteor. Due to the velocity at which these objects enter the atmosphere, these objects rarely last longer than 10 seconds. It could not have been a satellite as these objects do not shift directions as you indicated. Chinese lanterns have become more popular in the USA and your description matches a floating lantern more than anything else.

]]> By: Kristen Kriwox http://www.rru.com/2012/01/meteor-activity-outlook-for-january-7-13-2012/#comment-9670 Kristen Kriwox Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:16:42 +0000 http://www.amsmeteors.org/?p=1514#comment-9670 could it have been a meteor on Jan. 15th I saw??
I live in Elba, NY. When outside right around 9pm Eastern, looking in the sky I saw what looked similar to an airplane light…except it was not white or yellow…it was red and orange. It was moving however, so it got my attention (couldn’t have been just a planet.) It was moving North to South and then seemed to shift to West to East. I watched it for about 30-40 seconds. A plane was moving East to West and I was excited because I thought they would see whatever this was, and just then the red/orange light vanished. I moved my position, as I couldn’t believe this thing disappeared…and then I saw a quick, pretty faint ‘shooting star’ that went from East to West. Could this have been a meteorite entering our atmosphere? did anyone else see it? Thank you!

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