Comments on: Meteor Activity Outlook for August 4-10, 2012

By: Ricky

Ricky — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 00:28:38 +0000

On August 7th, 2012 i was facing due East in Bremerton, Washington when i saw something fall out of the sky between 11:30pm and 12am.
It appeared to be a ball surrounded by fire (about the size of a street lamp from two blocks away) with a long tail.
It fell from the Southeast toward the Northwest. i was walking up a hill i didn’t see where it landed but i know it must have hit somewhere on or just off the East coast of the peninsula somewhere near Bremerton. i watched it pass through a cloud as it decended. i stood still for about five minutes expecting to hear an impact.

By: Mike G

Mike G — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 19:19:52 +0000

Sarah – I saw the same thing. Big Bear Lake, CA. Awesome! It seemed rather slow moving to me, and it seemed to be fragmenting as it burned up across the sky. It vanished before it hit the horizon. Space junk re-entry? Nice display!

By: Hal

Hal — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 23:29:51 +0000

Thanks S. Ann,
Please see response to Karla below. I’m not a stargazer or expert, but it was certainly unusual. I’m glad I am not the only person who saw such an unusual event.

By: Hal

Hal — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 23:25:03 +0000

Thanks…I was beginning to feel like I imagined what I observed.
I have never seen anything like this before and even after it passed by it looked the same, although the light was brighter as it approached and a bit dimmer as it passed, it was not that much dimmer. I appreciate the feedback.

By: Lucy

Lucy — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 04:28:01 +0000

On 08/06/12 at about 9:30 pm in Provo, UT. as I was at the top of our hike we turned west to see our city bellow but something else caught my attention. I saw the same ball (mentioned above) of mostly orange light traveling northwest to southwest. First I just saw the ball as it slowly moved the long tail came in sight and before we knew it was gone. How I wish I would’ve taken a video of it but I was just in awe and forgot that I was holding my camera in my hand. It was awesome!

By: Karla

Karla — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 02:44:02 +0000

Hal….I saw the same thing in Scottsdale, AZ. Have not seen any posts or articles except yours. Very strange.

By: S. Ann

S. Ann — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 03:54:11 +0000

We saw the same thing in Kansas City just an hour ago. It lasted for about a minute before it disappeared. It was from SSE to NW. No sound and no other lights. It just looked like an orange ball of fire. It went higher up and then we couldn’t see it anymore. It was big enough to get it on video on a phone.

By: Florian

Florian — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 22:02:09 +0000

Saw a large meteor at 4th of August around 21:00 to 22:30 (was too impressed by it to check the time).
In Nuremberg at an open air festival, so I definitly wasn’t the only one who saw it. It looked like a chock or something. It was in air for some seconds – there was some fire behind it. It was really huge, first I thought there woud be a flying paper or something some meters away from be, but it had a straight flight path and was way to fast for this. But there was enough time to realize this chock like shape (a thin chock – maybe 15 degrees with the peak in direction of its flight path) and yellow flame behind it. Without getting smaller it disappeared within miliseconds.
The huge, burning spearhead (yes, this is the best description) was really impressive.
Florian from Germany

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 11:38:28 +0000

Saw a large meteor last night (around 10:30 PM CDT). It was a large chunk low flying with large tail streak northeast to southwest, lost sight of it beyond my garage. Very large, assuming it was a persied based meteor. Never saw one so low I could see the chunk of debris burning. Will have to sit outside this next week to see what else shows up.
Sarah
Madison, WI

By: Hal

Hal — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 23:44:23 +0000

Have not seen any other reports, but can’t believe no one else saw or reported what I observed. Date is early am (1:45am approx) Aug 4, 2012. Ball of light in color of flame (mostly orange) and no sound. Moving SSW to NNE at about 10:00 facing south and moved in a straight line, observed from Toms River, NJ. No perspective of how high or how fast, but appeared to move at the speed and altitude of a fast moving helicopter, but could have been much higher and much faster. I could only liken it to a space launch or rocket, but oddly no tail or trail behind the object. Have been looking for any reports, but nothing. Any feedback is welcome, but if not, maybe you can match with any other reports. Thanks, Hal Egeland