Comments on: Two large fireballs seen in North East

By: john tait

john tait — Sun, 05 May 2013 23:12:13 +0000

Hi,

I saw the May 1st 9:34 fireball from toronto looking due east from my window. I had a feeling it was moving sort of away going from nw to se. It was a steep entry angle, probably exaggerated by my vantage point and its relative trajectory. I was thinking if it started burning like i saw so low on the horizon, it must be pretty far away, like maybe towards Montreal or south of that, where I believe it was also witnessed. It turns out that is pretty close to the listed trajectory. Pretty kewl stuff…

By: Scott V.

Scott V. — Sun, 05 May 2013 07:37:55 +0000

I saw a fireball while on the East bound Pa turnpike mile marker 300 or so, at 3:10 am Saturday May 4th, 2013. It was headed north to south at a high rate of speed, smoke trail all around the object leading back for a 1/4 of the visible sky. Object was breaking up and throwing small burning chunks away from the main body. I saw a lot of mention of earlier events, thought I would say it continued into the night.

By: Peter

Peter — Sat, 04 May 2013 18:38:56 +0000

I was in Quebec( I live in ontario)…montreal to be exact….seen the streak of light thot shooting star, but then it dropped again towards horizon and streaked…was a brite white ball…no colour this was at 930 or so and was more mid sky to wards horizon not sure of direction of travel but can find out from my coworker who knows montreal

hope it helps

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Thu, 02 May 2013 20:41:32 +0000

[...] AMS’ Mike Hankey does not believe these fireballs were part of the Eta Aquarid meteor shower due to their timing and location. He writes: [...]