Comments on: Upper Mid-West Fireball May 11, 2012

By: Kathy Stratton

Kathy Stratton — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 20:57:24 +0000

My mother and I were driving in Bemidji, MN on Saturday, March 23, 2013 at around 1:00 a.m. and we saw a green ball of light falling from the night sky. It was such a very pretty green light that I was in awe of it. I told my mother that must be a meteor shower of some sort! I told her that was a very amazing sight to see. It fell so fast in the sky and it looked like it was so close that it might touch down a mile or so in front of us! I was hoping others saw such a scarey, beautiful sight as we had. Where did it touch down? Does anyone know? Email me at downkittykat@yahoo.com

By: Anne

Anne — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 05:47:53 +0000

June 16th, 2012 approx 11:33 pm
I was outside and saw this flying burning object in sky, came from the east to the west and then went north am in London Ontario and have never ever seen this before.. couldn’t get camera fast enough to get a picture.. not noise whatsoever.. and moved too quickly for helicopter … helicopters don’t look like they burning and moving away from you.

By: Ana

Ana — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 13:50:35 +0000

My daughter and I saw a bight orange fireball on Saturday June 1st, 2012 at approx 9:45: PM on the Western Sky of north shore of Long Island, New York on the Western Sky. It traveled as a bright orange ball for what appeared to be at least 30 seconds and then faded to a black mass which disappeared into the clouds. A beautiful strange sight which has caused us to keep questioning this mystery.

By: Elizabeth Walton

Elizabeth Walton — Wed, 30 May 2012 14:41:59 +0000

My boyfriend and I saw this in Monticello MN. The color was so amazing. It was so fast, bright, low and huge we were a little scared and searching in the area it seemed to have “landed” for a few minutes expecting to see flames from a crash landing. Definetly had goosebumps for hours afterward while thinking of it.

By: Paul Gordon

Paul Gordon — Mon, 28 May 2012 12:49:11 +0000

I am very glad to have been lucky enough to see such an impressive fireball. I was on a flight from Ottawa to Calgary and I saw it out my window, I was on the left side of the plane, so it was broadly to the south of me. It lasted for 3-5 seconds and started as a bright orange ball with white tail, then turned bluish-green before fading out. The last tiny glimpse I had of it was orange again. It had quite a flat trajectory (I would say no steeper than 10 degrees) and was travelling roughly from east to west. I was somewhere near the Manitoba/Saskatchewan border.

I was travelling alone, and everyone around me was asleep, so I had no-one to share the moment with. I’m so happy to have found that so many others saw it too, and feel quite privileged to be part of this select group.

Paul

By: Tami

Tami — Wed, 23 May 2012 06:45:35 +0000

My husband and I were just reaching our car in the Menards parking lot in Alexandria Minnesota when it appeared in the southeastern sky traveling westward it streaked red to white then blue then through the same color sequence again I couldn’t keep my “oh wow’s ” quiet so several other people in the parking lot also stopped and watched. What an incredibly awesome sight to behold!!

By: Angel

Angel — Wed, 23 May 2012 05:03:58 +0000

My 14 year old son took me out for supper and to a movie the evening of May 11th for a Mothers Day gift. At 10:00pm we were heading West on Hwy 2 to Bagley, MN on our way home when we noticed the fireball. It reminded us of a large professional firework being shot off and when we witnessed the bright green sparks we were waiting for it to explode as if it was the 4th of July. When the light just suddenly went out we began discussing the possibilities.
What a wonderful gift to have witnessed with my son, created wonderful conversation.

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 23 May 2012 03:18:58 +0000

Saw it while doing some late night walleye fishing in eastern SD. Thought it was lightning but then turned around to see it for a couple seconds. Pretty impressive, second one I have ever seen in my 20 years of life

By: Brian

Brian — Sat, 19 May 2012 23:24:40 +0000

Yes, I saw the fireball on May 11th just before 10:00 pm. not sure of the exact time. At first it looked like a plane going across the horizon. It was a bright white light that all of the sudden had bright green sparks flying off of it. Right before the thing disappeared, it seemed to turn from green to yellow and then nothing. It was traveling from the South to the North. Maybe a little SE to NW. That was how it looked from Rapid City, SD. One of the most amazing things that I have seen in the night sky.

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 19 May 2012 21:01:28 +0000

I saw it over the lake our cabin is on in Britt, MN (about 85 miles due north of Duluth, MN) around 10pm. It was heading from SE to NW for 5+ seconds. It had a couple of pieces fall away from it all in a green and green/blue tone. I heard several other viewers shout out to each other at other cabins south of ours. That was pretty amazing.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 18 May 2012 21:14:33 +0000

My wife witnessed it for about 7 seconds in Grand Forks, ND. She is in such awe that should really could tell me what was so interesting so i could view it too. It was a bright green with a very long train that sparked like fireworks. Originally she thought it was a fireworks, but she quickly realized it was not, but was not quite sure what she had just witnessed. I am very glad to her and see that soo many other people were part of this all to rare phenomenon. This was right aroung 10 PM CST on May 11th.

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 18 May 2012 14:48:33 +0000

I saw it while driving along US14 west of Arlington,SD. It was to the north and traveled east to west.