Comments on: Fireball Over Texas December 7, 2012

By: Heather

Heather — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 16:15:48 +0000

I’ve seen two in two different states. The first on Nov 6 early in the morning in Alabama, driving back to Texas. The second early Dec. This all happened before the 7th, when everyone started saying they also saw one. Both times I saw the same thing, a bright green ball falling straight down.

By: brian

brian — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 17:52:35 +0000

yes but one seems to move suddenly near the end of the video

By: amsadmin

amsadmin — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 20:49:25 +0000

Your video looks like two satellites that pass into the Earth’s shadow. They show constant motion and then they are gone. They shine by reflected sunlight so when the sun sets on them they are no longer illuminated.

Robert Lunsford
American Meteor Society

By: Brian

Brian — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 06:48:52 +0000

What do you make of this one shot dec 7 in the evening near phoenix arizona by my friend? Here’s the video http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151258090148643&comment_id=24510251&notif_t=video_comment_tagged

It does not match your color descriptions at all but it’s surely strange movement in the sky!

By: Samantha Caruso

Samantha Caruso — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 22:50:19 +0000

I saw this light about the same time 6:50am
Isaw sitting on my patio just before I left for work.
It was very bright blue like when a flame come from a tourch.

By: Thellis Ann Brown

Thellis Ann Brown — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 21:06:05 +0000

This was in the area north outside Texas City which is 35 miles south of Houston.

By: Thellis Ann Brown

Thellis Ann Brown — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 21:04:16 +0000

I was traveling to work on December the 7th, and approximately 6:50 a.m. saw this streak of white in the sky on the right side of my car. I thought at first it was a jet stream as it streaked in front of me. After it was on my left I could see the bright bluish green light that seemed to go out.

By: Eva Webb

Eva Webb — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 18:08:14 +0000

I was more or less thinking that perhaps there were several meteors, or maybe a larger on that broke apart and went separate ways?? I just seems incredibly coincidental that there could be three of these meteor events in three completely different places but all within the same 24 hour period. Is it possible that it was a larger meteor that broke apart?

By: amsadmin

amsadmin — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 17:53:37 +0000

Eva,

It’s definitely not the same meteor as the timing is not the same plus the distance it too far. It’s just a coincidence that these events occurred on the same day.

Robert Lunsford
American Meteor Society

By: amsadmin

amsadmin — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 17:50:15 +0000

Eva, if it was not thunder then a meteor is the most logical explanation.

Robert Lunsford
American Meteor Society

By: Eva Webb

Eva Webb — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 17:19:05 +0000

I just commented below. We had an experience in Washington state on Friday night, around 10:30-11 p.m. A loud boom and a bright whitish flash. I saw the flash from my house, so I did not see anything in the sky. Many others in my town have reported the same, although we have had no reports of anybody witnessing it outside of their home. I wonder if it is related to the same meteor that was seen in Texas and in your case, California…..

By: Eva Webb

Eva Webb — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 17:04:00 +0000

I live in Washington state. Very late Friday evening, the same day this happened in Texas, many people in my little town, including myself, experienced a strange thing, and I am wondering if it could be related to this meteorite?? It was almost 11 p.m., my girls and I were awake watching as movie. Suddenly there was this very loud “BOOM” and a white flash of light that seemed like it came from my back yard! Many of my neighbors heard and saw it too, and someone called the police thinking someone had fired a gun. Well after a few tense moments in the neighborhood, the cops realized that people from all over town, from one end to the other, were calling in reporting this loud boom and bright white flash of light. No one has been able to explain it, it was not a transformer, it was not lightning or a gun, it had to have been something high in the sky so that people from many different vantage points throughout town were able to see it. There has been speculation, even before the reports of this fireball in Texas, that it was a meteor entering the atmosphere. Is this possible???