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Meteor

Hi, my husband and I were driving home late on Monday evening (17.06.13) in north Tipperary and we saw a incredible bright greeny/ blue light flash quite fast across the sky travelling down. Amazing, we assume it must have been some kind of meteor but the colour was extraordinary.

Meteor

Hi, my husband and I were driving home late on Monday evening (17.06.13) in north Tipperary and we saw a incredible bright greeny/ blue light flash quite fast across the sky travelling down. Amazing, we assume it must have been some kind of meteor but the colour was extraordinary.

I saw a white light in the

I saw a white light in the western sky at 10:20 pmCDT. Lasted about 5 second.
Northwest Indiana

Saw a white light

I Saw the same white light go really fast in the sky probably about 12:30 and I'm in Dublin, Ireland.It was so fast it was gone before my friend could turn and look. Glad someone else saw it :-)

Dewsbury/ heckmondwike area.

Dewsbury/ heckmondwike area. Large blue/ white bright light was seen at 12.30 am 18/06/13

Light in sky

From Sheffield

Light in sky

At about 12.30am 18.06.2013 just seen a green light shoot across sky

Bright white fast traveling light

Hi, at 12:32am on the 18/06/13 a fast travaling bright white light with a long white tail shot across the sky here in liverpool. the brightness and speed were phenomenal. I wasnt sure what i had just seen and waited a few seconds to expecting some sort of explosion. Yes it was that dramatic!
Glad I have found a place were others had seen it. Seems no one else here did!

Light in sky

At about 12.30am 18.06.2013 just seen a green light shoot across sky

I saw a big red / orange ball

I saw a big red / orange ball go really fast across the sky for only a few seconds at about 00:30 on 18 /6/2013 in Huddersfield , England

I saw a big orange / red ball

I saw a big orange / red ball off fire go really fast across the sky was only for a few seconds.. in Huddersfield , England

Flash of light

We saw a flash of light across the southern sky

UFO

15/5/2013 approx 6.30am sitting in my MiMi saw a slow moving bright light as big as tennis ball moving North East over Cape Kidnappers changing direction abruptly like it was weaving through a slaylum course. Loaded my shotgun just in case it decided to attack but it wasnt to be, Fewww close call.
Seriously, I did see it and it wasnt your normal sighting. Just another one of those UFO`s I suppose

meteor seen here in Netherlands too

Hi everyone. Around 3 am local time I witnessed probably the very same meteor all way across the globe here in Holland too.
probably not yet fully flaming up as it was not yellow or orange in colour. Very clear and beautiful light white greenish long streak. Travelling very fast indeed.
Awesome view it was indeed

fantastic fireball

5.58pm June 13 east nsw near coffs harbour. The sky sort flashed white then a huge red fireball like object raced across the sky. I could actually se a round object with what looked like a red tail. It was moving very fast. I was facing basically eastward and it moved from my left to right. was on the mobile to someone about 8 kilometres further east and they said the whole sky turned red and shortly after a greenish light seemed to fall from the sky. After there was a distinct burning smell as if someone has lit a whole mass of matches. Asked around today and found a few other people who'd seen it too but there's nothing in the news andcant find any other site that explains what it was. Space junk or meotor ...it only took a few seconds but it was truly something.

help me

hello, yes I saw that same meteor too, it was defiantly a meteor, and I need your help telling me approximately were it landed, because im a meteorite hunter and it would really help

something in the sky

5.58pm 13 june 2013 - in small town just south of coffs harbour nsw. Sky flashed white and then a huge red fireball like object flashed across the sky. Distinct smell of burning as if someone had just lit up a large box of matches. The object moved very quickly, leaving a red tail for a few seconds. I was facing easterly direction and it moved across from my left to right. Was on the mobile at the time to someone a few kilometres east who said the sky there turned red and then a short time later a green light sor of 'fell to earth'. All happened in no more than three to five seconds. Space junk or meteor? But it was spectacular.

Meteor sighting Crossdale S.E. Qld. Aust. 13/06/13

At about 6.40p.m. Large bright light, orange red yellow in colour, sighted falling from the sky in the east, looked like it fell to the earth. Looked like a large fire ball.

meteor over Christchurch, Tuahiwi North Canterbury

Just saw the most spectacular meteor in the NW sky as my son and I were driving home from Christchurch. As bright as the moon and as big as a tennis ball compared to the stars around us. it shot across the sky in front of us from east to west. Never seen anything like it before.!

meteorite New Zealand Christchurch

Meteorite seen over Christchurch New Zealand 14 June 2013 at about 7.50am
was orange in color. Moving to slow to be a shooting star. Was heading North east.

falling star

Seen what I thought was a shooting star fall from the sky. Was orange in colour and seemed as though it was really close then it looked as though it exploded with orange debris coming off it.

wtf!!

Just saw a bright green ball track from south to south west. Viewed from south of Brisbane, looked like it was travelling over the Gold Coast, 13/6/2012 6:00pm

meteorite

In Armidale NSW,a few minutes past 6.00pm on 13 June, I witnessed what look like a meteor - rather huge, falling towards the east. It looked so close, with a large thick white tail and the dark matter matter visible in front of the tail. After a couple of seconds the area ahead of the 'meteor' burnt orange. As it went behind thick cloud it flashed orange like orange sheet lightning - then it was out of sight. A fellow colleague who was out walking in Armidale, told me today that she saw it as well. 'It was very impressive' was her remark - indeed it was! Anyone have any news about it? I wondered if it hit the ocean as it seemed so close.

Green light shooting across the sky

Hi there, last night (Thursday 13 June 2013) I was travelling home from Brisbane to the Gold Coast at about 6pm when my husband and I saw a huge green light shoot across the sky. It wasn't a firework due to the angle it was travelling nor was it a shooting star as it was very fast. I see that exactly a year ago on the same date at the same time in Brisbane you also saw the same thing, how odd!!

I saw it too

Yes I saw ths spectacular predominantly green flaming steak in the northern sky from pyrmont in Sydney about 6 pm was like a giant firework with colours and a long flaming tail aprox 6 pm

Possible meteor sighting

Just saw what I think was a meteor. Sat in our apartment in Auckland CBD and saw something falling from the sky, fairly slowly, south west of here. Please let me know if I'm right! :)

Possible meteor sighting

Just saw what I think was a meteor. Sat in our apartment in Auckland CBD and saw something falling from the sky, fairly slowly, south west of here. Please let me know if I'm right! :)

Montreal fireball June 09, 2013 about 21:00 EST

I saw a large fireball in Montreal Canada around 9 to 9:30 PM EST. It had a tear drop shape tail was about the size of the moon. It was low in the sky around 30 degrees up from the horizon . Travelling from SSW sky to North. No sound no breaking off trail.

Big bright light in Lachine

I saw the same thing but it was more around 10:00pm. It came from a south west position then cross the sky at an incredible speed heading north east. No sound, stable and a very bright light. I saw a "shooting star" about a month ago south west from my place and it was going down not across the sky like what I saw on the 9th of June. It was not a stray firework and not a plane or helicopter. It looked solid, so not a reflection and I don't think it was cause by weather. I just don't know what it was.

Meteor at 11pm central time, seen going west to east, June 9,

We were driving home facing the eastern sky in northern Arkansas. At11pm my wife and I saw a bright ball of light with a very long tail streaking across the sky. Lasted 2 to 3 seconds ending in a flash of light that resembled lighting. First thought was a plane going down because of the light flash at impact. Very spectacular.

NW Arkansas possible meteor

My friend and I also saw this, while sitting on her back porch in Bentonville, Arkansas. It ended in a flash, which was actually the only part I saw...she saw the whole thing. Kinda cool.

Meteor 11pm June 9 northwest AR

I saw the meteor or whatever it was last night at 11 I'n Nortwest AR also.Blue trail ended I'n a red flash very cool.

Comet or huge meteor in sky

I live in Hernando, MS just south of the TN state line outside of Memphis, TN. Last night 6/9/2013 around 11:30pm, I saw an enormous meteor in the northwestern skies. I've seen plenty of shooting stars and this was much much larger. And slower although not slow enough to record with video. It was a blue white color and had a blue white tail. It wasn't going across the sky but rather looked as if it was falling. It went below the tree line and I couldn't see it anymore. Looks like it landed somewhere in Memphis. It was the biggest one I have ever seen. Very cool. Wondering if we all saw the same thing?

Meteor

I also saw what I believe to have been a meteor last night - 9th June. I live in Drury, South Auckland and whilst looking out the lounge window (Northwards) saw this object move from a Westerly/South Westerly direction to an Easterly direction. It appeared to be glowing/flaring as a ball with a small tail and moved at a constant speed across the sky. It only took a few seconds. I have seen many "Shooting Stars" and it was not the same, and it was not an aircraft -presume it must have been a meteor.

meteor/fire ball

My fiance and I are staying at the Heritage Towers in downtown n Auckland and saw it also. Our apartment balcony faces the harbor (North) and sometime between 9:39. And 10:15 PM a ball like object came across the harbour (possiby farther North) traveling generally West to East . It ad a short tail if any but was throwing off sparks in all directions (not verry far from the ball but noticable). When I looked at the Auckland observatory webitse I found a similar image under "report meteors" but that image had a much longer tail.

Raglan Area

We noticed, at around 11pm on Sunday night (9/6/2013), two flashes of light, lasting a couple of seconds each, then a third much brighter flash occurred, sort of blue in colour. The dogs and cattle started going off, but we couldn't see anything in the sky but stars. There was no cloud & no thunder.

Meteor fireball?

Last night at approx 11pm saw a bright object travel south east at approx 30 deg duration over a second long flame looked yellow at tail white brighter light at front , time is approx only as I did not check it but object was quite spectacular but no sound heard

Meteor firebal

Yes sorry live 10 k north waiuku and have elevated view of Auckland

three werid lights over south invercargill last night

my boys an i,were driving to the petrol station in south city,we saw two bright lights in line with each other, an one a lo more brighter which had an unusal glow to it, not sure how long they were in the sky for,but they seem to fade out,there was a few wittness to them

pretty glowing patterns in the sky (browns bay)

Mum phoned me late last night about 11pm & said to look out the back door, I think they were our version of the northern lights but very faint. It kind of looked like a lazer light show but it was over the houses behind us so it couldn't have been. Really pretty, the lights danced in the sky just very faint.

Orange light in sky.

Hi, My husband and I are in Lansford, Pennsylvania. We just witnessed these lights too. We saw one moving from northeast to southwest. Looked like a ball of orange fire. Flickering the whole time it was flying over our house. We watched it as it moved and then disappeared as if the clouds swallowed it. It made no sound and moved slow enough for us to see the whole progression but quick enough that it was only above us for about a minute. Anyone have any clue what it was??? was it a meteor???? It appeared out of nowhere and was just gone. Very cool to see! Please get back to me!

werid lights

i live in invercargill,which is at the bottom ov the south island in new zealand,on the 9th june 2013 i seen a light very smialar to what u describe in our southern skys, we not to suire what it was either

Possible meteor sighting

Spotted at 2045hrs on 07 June 2013 due almost directly north from Karori, Wellington, NZ. A light trail like a shooting star but with an obvious flare up for about 2 or 3 seconds before fadin out again. Was following an arc travelling from east to west quite low in the sky.

I saw this last night as

I saw this last night as well. And I live in the Kapiti Coast.

Image of a star of smoke in the sky in Brazil

I had this same view the 17hs here in Brazil.

meteor over Wellington NZ

Just saw huge meteor coming down from east to west over wellington

Lights in the sky Ontario Canada

i seen a light in the eastern sky around 10:00pm look like a star but it was moving, it slowly went up and then back down, it faded out before it hit the horizon,, Wish i knew what it was...

Weird lights ...

Was out walking the dog and saw about a dozen lights in the sky...really odd! Thought it was a helicopter then saw the others

moving srar

This is what I see most nights around 10pm. I just sit and stare at it trying to determine what it is. Realistically I'm starting to think its a satilite. I don't know of anyother natural things that occur like clockwork except the moon and sun! I live in south tipperary ireland

moving lights in the sky

Im from coventry uk. I stand on by balcony every summer and watch the sky. I always see bright star like lights moving at fasr pace in the sky not extremly fast but too fast to be a plane. They travel in three diffent dirctions every 3-5 mins. They swerve and get brighter then dimmer and sometimes just disapear. There are no flashong lights and theres nothing unusual about the shape just star like lights. What are they.