Comments on: New England Fireball January 23, 2013

By: Jenn

Jenn — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:59:58 +0000

I saw this that night as I was walking to my house from driver’s ed around 8 pm, and was commenting on how many stars there were and how clear the sky was. Next thing I knew both my mother and I saw the meteor as it went past. It was like a falling star, but there wasn’t any tail. I think this is the meteor we saw, anyway. We live in the quiet corner of CT, these things rarely happen here

By: Karen

Karen — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:30:25 +0000

I also saw this on Jan 23rd around 6 pm or so. I was heading North on I-91 in Holyoke, MA. What I saw was big, low to the ground and had a bright green tail.

By: Linda

Linda — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 23:04:47 +0000

I saw one last night, Sun. 1/27, around 10 pm, from Methuen, MA. It appeared bright white and round, not really any ‘tail’. Never saw anything like it, quite wild – so wish I had a camera/video camera!!! Came home and checked frequently online for any sightings last night, but no reports. Glad to find this report and find out was it was that I saw, since I may never see another one like it! So cool! Wish I knew where it finally landed…

By: Maureen

Maureen — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 01:47:55 +0000

I was traveling west on rt. 119 in Groton and saw this amazing sight at approx. 6:05 pm. It was so bright and large so I knew it wasn’t a shooting star. I heard callers on the radio on Friday morning calling in saying they just saw something similar but this one was at 6:05 that morning.

By: joe

joe — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 00:25:57 +0000

I saw the fireball in harris ny at 12pm on jan 23 2013 i was in a field looking for my pup dog because he was chasing deer in 0 degree wether i was flowing his tracks and when i stoped to call him and the hole field lit up britter then the moon. I looked up in the sky and saw a big white Meteorite breaking up with a long tail that lasted for 3 to 4 seconds coming from the south east to the north wast it was beautful.

By: Donnarose

Donnarose — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 05:55:31 +0000

Got the perfect view from start to finish. A perfect arc starting due north in the mid-sky ahead of me and burning out at the northwestern horizon on Route 495 northbound near Bolton Massachusetts. Lingering over 2 seconds. Quite white, and fairly intense brightness, well over the full moon level. A very pretty Meteorite!

By: Sean Bahner-Guhin

Sean Bahner-Guhin — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 23:15:05 +0000

Forgot to mention, No sound I heard, but the dogs lit up and pressed the bark button, but the light alone might have triggered that. It was also brighter than the moon on the second flare, and I was assuming over NY with the sparks ‘falling’ to the western Adirondacks or Central NY, but given the brilliance, I really couldn’t tell how far west against the planet, but based on a current absence of other reports I’m thinking localized…

By: Sean Bahner-Guhin

Sean Bahner-Guhin — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 23:06:20 +0000

Folks;

This morning 6:02AM EST, from Morrisonville NY, USA- Northeastern Adirondacks, I was walking the dogs when what I thought was somebody’s Halogen headlights on High Beam lit up my field of vision (Daylight bright) and when I turned to face it, there was nothing there. So I looked up (Due West @~45-50 degrees) in time to catch the second act of a serious meteor contrail (bright red, traveling north to south, right to left, angling downward) that shortly thereafter exploded a second time (I assume), into a brilliant fireball that showered bright red sparks that were visible for a full second+ Entire event was 7-9 seconds from First flash to fade. Simply the single greatest one of these I’ve seen and I chckc the the darkened sky at least twice a day due to waling the dogs. I onw a 6″ Celestron reflector and know a little bit about what I’m looking at, and this was spectacular! Possibly a cluster thing? Anyway, so far I’ve found no other reports, but at ~ -20 f this am I wouldn’t blame anyone for wanting to be inside and warm! ;^D

Regards!

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 15:26:09 +0000

I saw it in Ashby MA while driving home. It was very big and bright.
Watched it just disappear in an instant.
One of the most incredible sights I have ever witnessed.
Somebody I work with saw it also, and he was 2 hours away in NH.

By: shawn powers

shawn powers — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 13:48:53 +0000

I saw this as well in Franklin, Ma at about 6:20 pm EST. It was much bigger than a “shooting star” you see during a meteor shower. It looked like a small plane on fire…going a little faster than a jet would.

By: Me!

Me! — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 01:57:18 +0000

Omg I saw this while driving last night I thought it was a plane crashing because it was orange like fire. It was HUGE!

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:00:01 +0000

It was just after 6pm and I was driving north on interstate 395 in oxford,ma @the depot rd. exit aprox. 8 miles south of worcester,ma . I saw this green,blue white yellow ball with a long trail that lasted about 3 sec. It was awesome never have I seen anything like this! So I did a search when I got home and today sure enough a new england fireball with over 50 accts. Was traveling east to west @ I think what I would consider a 45 degree angle if my math is correct. is that what u saw rachel?