Comments on: Meteor Activity Outlook for February 9-15, 2013

By: Gary Thiele

Gary Thiele — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:18:57 +0000

I also saw the end of an apparently small fireball while driving home through Empire CA on hwy 132 heading directly east. Something caught my attention and I looked up to see an unusually slow “shooting star” with orange sparks that lasted a few second before going out. I noted that the object was travelling predominantly east with about a 20 degree slant toward the south. I could barely see the object at the top of the windshield and had to lean forward to get a better view. I’m thinking this would correspond to about a 30 degree angle but would have to recalculate if anyone wanted a better guess. When it was over I immediately looked at my cell phone clock and it read 7:21pm (pacific)

By: kaye olmsted

kaye olmsted — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 16:19:46 +0000

We saw it..My husband and I were coming through downtown Atlanta around 11:30pm , from a concert in Athens. It was really close and was big. It looked like a gigantic shooting star but then broke in half and continued to burn , Was really amazing.

By: Chelsea Beecher

Chelsea Beecher — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 04:48:48 +0000

I saw that also. I was on my way home from Winters, Ca when I saw it. Never seen anything like that before

By: sandy mcdermott

sandy mcdermott — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 04:30:18 +0000

This morning at approximately 6:50 my daughter and I saw a stream of orange yellow coming down in the Sacramento area coming from south east going north. Unfortunately I couldn’t get a picture of it before the trees in my back yard blocked it from our view.

By: Bryan Ayala

Bryan Ayala — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 03:27:34 +0000

I saw one too!!! it was a bright red like around 9 10 o’clock. I saw one last night also. this one was like a bright white.

By: michele

michele — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:54:53 +0000

Saw a bright fireball around 10:25 PM Central time last night (2-14) heading east from the east side of New Orleans

By: Patti Young

Patti Young — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:31:44 +0000

Jenni, I saw one in Woodstock,GA. It was almost 11:30 & I saw a ball of fire with flames streaming out behind it flying downward and toward the northwest. Amazing!

By: Jenni Kanniard

Jenni Kanniard — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:14:54 +0000

I saw a fireball last night (2-14-13) when i pulled in my driveway around 11:30 pm in Locust grove, Georgia. It lasted a good 5 seconds and it was bright red. It was the coolest thing I’ve ever seen ! Did anyone else notice it?

By: Larry Kosowan

Larry Kosowan — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:34:22 +0000

keep watching!

By: Larry Kosowan

Larry Kosowan — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:32:22 +0000

Perhaps these events are linked to the observed incidents above? Have your cameras ready. Note elevation, compass location and direction of flight, time and zone.
An asteroid will pass today, 15 Feb 2013 in the southern hemisphere. Big and close. And earlier (9am their time) in Russia a meteorite entered the atmosphere at 33,000 feet (11,000 m.) breaking windows as it shuddered through the air.
Please note which direction you were headed Kara, and which way the object passed. Thanks for noting the height and location.
Walt what time zone is that? How high in the sky? Left to right? Were you facing northwest?
Patricia, how high, left to right?

By: Yulia

Yulia — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 05:04:03 +0000

Today many inhabitants of Ural region Russia have seen a meteorite: Chelyabinsk and Sverdlovsk region. Windows and some buildings were broken. It’s really scary((( No one knew that 15 February near the Earth will pass an asteroid(((

By: Kara

Kara — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:14:40 +0000

Saw a meteorite low in the central Texas sky as I was driving to work today (Feb 14, 2013). I even saw fragments fall off of it. It was about 6:25am CST and it was as low as the power lines. It was large enough to surprise me and looked like a shooting star, just way closer than I have ever seen. Location, just outside of Harker Heights, Texas. Unlikely that anyone else observed it as it was in the country.