Comments on: SW USA Fireball December 31st, 2011

By: diana morgan

diana morgan — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:09:37 +0000

I was on my way to st johns from phoenix. I saw the fireball pass overhead on the 60 about 10 miles from show low az. it was about 8:30 and it was blue with a fire tail.

By: Samuel Chapman

Samuel Chapman — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:11:57 +0000

I saw a distinct orange red object moving from the area of the star Formalhaut towards Pollux and Castor at exactly 1830hrs on 12/31/11 in Charlotte NC. There was no sound, no tail that I can discern, and no nebulous glow. It was distinct and irregular-shaped in its borders, About the time it was approaching the over head point it began to diminish in intensity due to, I think, atmospheric haze as it moved away from Earth. It did seem to arc away, towards Pollux and Castor. There was several airplanes in the area at the time. The one overhead at the time seemed to arc to the west of this object.
A very interesting sight to see.

By: amsadmin

amsadmin — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:12:51 +0000

Janine, you witnessed a fireball that entered the atmosphere over southwestern New Mexico. For more information check of the article and videos of this event on our home page at: http://www.amsmeteors.org

By: Janine Cuthbertson

Janine Cuthbertson — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 04:39:23 +0000

On the night of December 31st, 2011 our group of 15 friends was staying at the Betty Bear Hut in the Holy Cross Wilderness near Aspen, Colorado. We were at 11,100 feet and the skies were clear. We were sitting around the dinner table in front of the large viewing windows over looking the mountain range when one friend facing the windows shouted “A shooting star!!” We all turned around to look out and saw a very bright, very large light moving down across the horizon toward the West. It seemed to be moving very slowly. The first people in our group to view it said it was yellow, and by the time the rest of us caught a glimpse the light was bright green. Then it dropped behind the mountain peaks but we continued to see the glow for another few seconds. None of us could believe our eyes! It seemed very close, as we all thought it might land right in Aspen (20 miles away.)
Since we had no cell service or internet access there was no way to look it up or read any reports. We were all so curious to know what it was! Thank you for posting this report.

By: Billy

Billy — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 20:25:01 +0000

I live in Key West Florida and I saw two different meteors last nite January 1, 2012 a little after midnight 15 minutes apart.