



Spectacular Fireball Lights Up UK Sky 68
The Bad Astronomer writes "An extremely bright meteor burned up over Ireland and the northern UK around 22:00 UTC on Friday night, and was apparently witnessed by thousands of people. It traveled east to west, and was moving relatively slowly. It may have been an actual rock, or it may have been some human-made space debris — a satellite or rocket booster — burning up. Space junk tends to move more slowly, so that's a potential suspect, though orbiting debris usually moves in the opposite direction. I'm collecting pictures and images on my Bad Astronomy blog."
Once saw a great fireball from Melbourne (Score:5, Interesting)
It started out much like these videos. A bright head with a trail behind it, but then the object exploded, spraying material in all directions and burned out very quickly.
Saw this (Score:5, Interesting)
Saw it in Sweden too (Score:4, Interesting)
I saw this over Sweden as well, exactly that time yesterday.
I thought it was party fireworks from our neighbors that had a party that night, so I didn't think about it until I thought it was a bit funny that there where no firework sounds, no explosions.
But that red ball that floated around was sure big and bright. I really honestly just thought it was your average red flare.