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Earth is saved! Again… It seems our Grandfather planet Jupiter has saved Earth from certain annihilation yet again. An invisible threat made itself visible on June 3rd when a rogue asteroid slammed into Jupiter and created a brilliant explosion visible from the relative safety of our own home planet.
At 20:31:29 on June 3rd, 2010 Anthony [...]
Well folks, we have another great prospect for a new USA meteorite fall! Reports are coming in that say a possible meteorite may have impacted in Louisiana! A large fireball was witnessed from several states including Mississippi, Tennessee, and Louisiana. We’re of course investigating and will have updates as they come in. Below are some [...]
Reports are coming in that there has been a meteorite impact 100 miles NorthEast of Mexico City. It’s also been reported that authorities have cordoned off the area. Discover Magazine’s Bad Astronomy Blog has a report Mexican Meteorite Crater? Below is an excerpt from that report.
“…Reports are a bit sketchy right now, but apparently a [...]
![Lorton Meteorite Fall: Meteorite Smashes Through Doctors Roof! [VIDEO]](http://www.meteoritesusa.com/wp-content/themes/imperial/thumb.php?src=/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/51793996.jpg&w=372&h=100&zc=1&q=95)
Well, it’s official. The newest meteorite fall in the USA happened on Monday evening on January 18th.
A 308g stone chondrite meteorite crashed through the roof and ceiling of a dental office in Lorton VA. This is the first meteorite fall in the USA since the Whetstone Mountains meteorite fall just outside Tucson Arizona last year. [...]
A big fireball was seen over southern California last night be science school teacher Doug Peltz from Irvine CA.
A good sign there may be material on the ground is that Peltz actually heard a crackling sound as it flew over. One witness stated he saw it all the way from Las Vegas. 9 other witnesses [...]
According to an article on the KTUU.com channel 2 news website in Anchorage Alaska there was a meteor fireball sighted over Anchorage early Sunday morning. It was reported that it was captured by an FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) weather webcam. KTUU reports the meteorite fell in the Chugach Mountains. Below is that report.
“…Meteor shower lights [...]
What’s the difference between asteroids, meteoroids, meteors, and meteorites? Well if you don’t know you’re not alone. Many people confuse them and use the terms interchangeably when in fact they aren’t all the same at all. In it’s simplest form an asteroid is BIG, a meteoroid is smaller, meteors are flaming meteoroids as they are [...]
Have you seen a meteor fireball? Report it here.
To Report A Fireball Sighting: Fill out the form below and click SEND. Someone from Meteorites USA will be in contact with you shortly. Clicking SEND will post the report info immediatly to the site in REAL TIME. If there’s info you don’t wish to be [...]
Two “Asteroid” pieces have been found in Karimpur village in India
No Photos… Short blurbs… Hot meteorites!???
http://www.indopia.in/India-usa-uk-news/latest-news/579540/Science/9/20/9
EXCERPT: “…Two asteroids, which are believed to be pieces of a bigger meteor, have been found at Karimpur village in the district here.The small asteroids were found in the compound of Shyambir, a villager, yesterday. “Two small asteroids which fell [...]
May 10th 2009
Here’s an interesting fireball. This is an unidentified fireball. Meaning that it’s not clear whether this is space debris, a plane, or a meteor fireball. It’s very cool nonetheless. This fireball was sighted and photographed by Paul Weaver after he received a call from his daughter who had been cruising in her car [...]
May 7th 10:30am PST UPDATE:
We’ve located an eyewitness to the event. They report that it was a “ball of fire in the air” and that it “moving downward” at a 45 degree angle and seemed to “slow and drop off steeply” at about a 75 degree angle during the last part of the event. The [...]
UPDATE May 11th 2009: The Meteorite Men premier was last night, did you watch it? The adventure comic theme was fabulously thought up and gave a wonderful treasure hunting feel to the show. It’s been a long time coming and meteorite enthusiasts from all over the world have been waiting for a long time for [...]
May 2nd UPDATE: After days of exhaustive research, interviews, reports and countless phone calls I believe we’re closing in on the possible fall location. We’ve received many reports via our fireball report hotline at 904-236-5394 and many people have sent us email describing their experience of this exciting event.
The reports generally suggest that this fireball [...]
April 17th 2009 6:30am A Fireball streaked across the sky over Wise county Virginia.
The early morning fireball was reported to have broken into two large pieces before extinguishing. Witnesses describe the fireball breaking apart in the sky and falling somewhere near Tacoma, VA according to reports. Witnesses also claim the fireball was at a very [...]
April 7th between 9:30 and 9:45pm (EST) Another fireball in the North Florida southern Georgia area! Tuesday night residents from Waycross Georgia to Crescent Beach Florida experienced a rare event. A huge fireball lasting more than 5 seconds was sighted by numerous people over the area. Reports are sketchy and still coming in. REPORT THE FIREBALL
This [...]
Looks like we have another exciting event! Fireballs from the sky, meteors, explosions! Sonic booms and fireball sightings have been reported all over the SouthEast from Maryland to Virgina and last week Georgia had it’s own big boom too. Over Augusta Georgia at around 3 a.m. on the 20th a fireball was sighted followed by [...]
Hi all you crazed meteorite hunters and enthusiasts out there in meteorite land. As we near our fundraising goal I wanted to drop in and say thank you to everyone who has helped thus far. Many of you have surprised us in your support of this adventure and we sincerely appreciate it.
This is a notice [...]
METEORITES ARE ON THE GROUND IN WEST TEXAS!
In a small town North of Waco Texas, scientists from the University of North Texas and some lucky meteorite meteorite hunters have found meteorites from Feb 15ths Fireball in the sky.
There was a giant explosion that sent one local farmer scrambling for cover under his barn after he [...]
Hundreds of Reports come from all around Dallas Fort Worth, Austin, and Waco Texas about a fireball seen on Feb 15th at around 11am. Here’s some another video, and eyewitness reports compiled from all over the web.
If anyone has any information about this meteor please contact us immediately.
REPORT AUSTIN TEXAS FIREBALL HERE: Report Fireball or [...]
Youtube video shows fireball over Austin, TX Feb 15th 2009.
Great video. Anyone having more info on this fireball should report their eyewitness account here.
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