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Huge fireball seen Friday 21 sept...

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    #92
    TheChizler
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    Flibbles wrote: »
    TheChizler wrote: »
    Could be NASA UARS, pretty big and scheduled for reentry tonight.

    Was that not last year?
    Yeah totes embarrassing, exactly this time last year hence the confusion.


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    #93
    eskimocat
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    Iancar29 wrote: »
    http://www.meteotimes.net/2012/09/fireball-blazes-across-ireland-friday.html

    Had a feeling I might find you in here Iancar.. lol.... Well I am gutted, I missed it... my house mate is walking on air, she managed to see it!!

    So consider it observed in Dromahair Co. Leitrim just before 11pm on Fri 21st!


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    #94
    cocoemma
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    seven_eleven wrote: »
    It looks a lot slower than your average meteor and its at a very horizontal angle. I saw something like this back around 2004/2003 I think.

    Lots of people saying it was acompanied with a large bang. Is that normal?
    atmosphere entry?


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    #95
    BrokenMan
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    Wasn't that this time last year

    Edit: already covered


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    #96
    skelliser
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    Shakti wrote: »
    thats more like what i saw except seemed lower and lights further apart

    that vid was taken somewhere in england

    gutted i missed this


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    #97
    hidinginthebush
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    Was out for dinner with the family in Howth. My brother and his wife were out for a smoke and saw it. Apparently it streaked right over a plane on final approach, sounded like an incredible sight! Raging I missed it, I'd only come back from a ciggy a minute before!


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    #98
    Andy Magic
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    It looked similar to this

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJkCn02pgO4


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    #99
    wil
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    report on bbc just now. BBC posted footage from their NI crew.
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-19683737

    They look much less in a straight line than I saw, could be the angle of view from Dublin instead of NI.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19683687


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    #100
    Shakti
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    skelliser wrote: »
    that vid was taken somewhere in england

    gutted i missed this

    you reckon meteorite then?


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    #101
    skelliser
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    Shakti wrote: »
    you reckon meteorite then?

    ya reckon so


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    #102
    Andy Magic
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    wil wrote: »
    report on bbc just now. BBC posted footage from their NI crew.
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-19683737

    They look much less in a straight line than I saw, could be the angle of view from Dublin instead of NI.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19683687

    That looks like them, however it was much lower when going over Mullingar, so low I thought they were fireworks at first.


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    #103
    dvcireland
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    ".....Experts at Jodrell Bank Observatory identified the fireball as a meteorite shortly after the sightings started....."

    http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/latest-news/top-stories/fireball-witnessed-burning-up-over-leeds-1-4952123

    "...no Joe, you rang me !..." A.Caller.



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    #104
    newmug
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    About the people in Donegal and Mayo hearing thuds, if it hit the sea, wait for a tsunami!!!


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    #105
    Springstar
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    I was in Dublin City, across the road from Christchurch after Culture night having Burdock fish and chips (last time I was sitting in that spot having fish and chips was years ago) looking up at the sky and feeling really happy when I nearly choked on a chip..ha ha..

    to be honest I got a fright....and kept blinking was I really seeing this as wear lenses......stood up and approached quickly a random guy next to me ...' do u see that...the lights....' pointing the chip to the sky with ketchup probably running down my face...not a pleasant sight I'm sure...me..not the lights!

    The train of light was hidden by Christchurch steeple...and then appeared again...luckily he saw it too...though others in his company dismissed the sight as lanterns and had no interest in looking at it and more into their food...but we thought different.

    Was amazing.... the spot where I was situated was full of hustle and bustle yet it seemed time stopped for those few seconds..magical


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    #106
    iggyclarke
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    Saw it in manchester alright. Some sight. Looked like a decent firework travelling horizontally so if you missed it I wouldn't get too upset but it was unusual for sure.


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    #107
    emo72
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    dvcireland wrote: »
    ".....Experts at Jodrell Bank Observatory identified the fireball as a meteorite shortly after the sightings started....."

    http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/latest-news/top-stories/fireball-witnessed-burning-up-over-leeds-1-4952123


    I wonder how they can be so sure so soon? Where they tracking it before it hit the atmosphere? Doubt it. I'm sceptical.


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    #108
    Light Switch
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    Hmmm maybe just a teaser of what we'll get in December?


    Ill just put on my tinfoil hat :D


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    #109
    cocoemma
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    Light Switch wrote: »
    Hmmm maybe just a teaser of what we'll get in December?


    Ill just put on my tinfoil hat :D
    PMSL:D


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    #110
    salmonkat
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    saw it from parliament street in templw bar. a beautiful spectacle right over the liffey. we thought that was part of the culture night installations! : ) Never seen anything like that in my life. Slow moving and magical! wow!


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    #111
    salmonkat
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    I am a bit surprised too that no big hype was created about the meteor a good few days in advance. They usually prep us ; )


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    #112
    OU812
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    It's part of the promotion cycle for "Man of Steel" (opening 2013). They crashed it into a field in mid west America.


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    #113
    Andy Magic
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    Does anyone else find this strange?


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    #114
    youtube!
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    Andy Magic wrote: »
    Does anyone else find this strange?



    How do you mean? Very unusual and really an awesome sight but it was a meteor breaking up nothing more really. It happens every so often but tonight was a really clear night so that why so many of us witnessed it. Dont be scared.


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    #115
    phayeser
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    We saw it about 11pm in Dublin, very spectacular. We were in the James Joyce house of the Dead for culture night and the guide pointed out the window to convey how the James Joyce bridge represents an open book, - and there it was, - just streaming across the sky, just above the bridge. Incredible timing. Just those of us by the window saw it, thought it was a firework first but it just kept on going. Seemed so low and slow moving! Wonder where it landed, would love to have seen it before it broke up.


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    #116
    Elmer Blooker
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    Andy Magic wrote: »
    Does anyone else find this strange?
    Find what strange? I'm so annoyed, I had just taken the dog out for a pi55 earlier so I missed it. At least I witnessed this one a long time ago.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leighlinbridge#Leighlinbridge_Meteorite


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    #117
    Dude007
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    Saw the same in south Wexford Ireland on 21Sep12 at 22:55 in NorthEast-North direction about 25° from passing horizontal East to West for more than 30 secondes...6 to 7 Flares/Fireballs...Got video of it...


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    #118
    salmonkat
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    yeah it was incredibly slow. I am still mesmerized! It was too magical, nothing man-made could come close to it :)
    @phayeser
    how long were you observing it for ? did it just disappear ?


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    #119
    chrishaaansen
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    Their heeeerre! :P


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    #120
    salmonkat
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    post the video, dude007 ! : )


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    #121
    listentotheroar
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    Cork city about 2330, I was driving from the city on tivoli dual carriage way towards dunkettle roundabout and through the trees saw what appeared to be one bright white light falling!!amazing!


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