Widespread reports of meteor over US Southwest

Widespread reports of meteor over US Southwest

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Widespread reports of a meteor over the US Southwest, from @AzCentral to @NBCLA (AZ to CA)

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This is seemingly just breaking...no further details other than eyewitness reports. Here are some of the quotes from the link...
This one stuck out:

"bat2guano Russ Childers
Anyone else see the black helicopters following the #meteor?
3 minutes ago"

azcentral azcentral
Police: Scottsdale Airport tower told officer they observed #meteor activity. Did you see it?
19 minutes ago

fivestarprodj Pete C. Rodriguez Jr
did anyone see the #meteor
3 minutes ago

Ebundem Eben Wilkins
#meteor shower ! i wanna see some pics
3 minutes ago

geekbauchery Geekbauchery
Anyone have video of the #meteor that just zoomed over AZ and CA?
3 minutes ago

jamieioos Jamie Ioos
@@ElizabethWatts5 did you guys see it in Vegas? #phxlights #meteor
3 minutes ago

bat2guano Russ Childers
Anyone else see the black helicopters following the #meteor?
3 minutes ago

geekbauchery Geekbauchery
We love when geeky things like a #meteor start to trend! Who saw it out in AZ, CA, etc?
5 minutes ago

KPCC 89.3 KPCC
Multiple reports in SoCal, too RT @azcentral: Police: Scottsdale Airport tower told officer they observed #meteor activity. Did you see it?
5 minutes ago

TamelaJaeger Tamela Jaeger
RT @breakingnews: Widespread reports of a #meteor over the US Southwest, from @azcentral to @NBCLA (link tracking not allowed)/oRL5NW
6 minutes ago

InspiredRD Alysa Bajenaru, RD
Sad I missed the giant #meteor. I've seen one like it over Missouri before, they are very cool to see!
7 minutes ago

Clio_the_Leo Clio the Leo
Ok, the night #Brenchel win #bb13, we get a #meteor over the southwestern US. #LoveIt #LikePoetry RE (link tracking not allowed)/pFd3sD
7 minutes ago

CNNEditorChuck Chuck
Anyone see the #Socal #meteor? Let me know. #fireball
9 minutes ago

frutron FRU TRON
@
@corettaonline #meteor it looked like it was going to crash into the Griffith Park Observatory (LA, Ca) from my POV. Nothing hit the ground
12 minutes ago

azsportsguy Scott Allen
@
@CNNScott I'm hearing all about this meteor being seen here - I did not see it. #meteor #fireball
17 minutes ago

ACarlton Allison Carlton
I want to see! RT @azcentral: Police: Scottsdale Airport tower told officer they observed active #meteor activity. Did you see it?
18 minutes ago

frutron FRU TRON
“@mikeocgrubber: @frutron Yes, it went across the entire east sky here in California #meteor” cool! It was massive.
23 minutes ago

CNNScott Scott T.
Anyone capture video of a reported meteor shooting over the skies in the U.S. Southwest? Let me know! #cnn #meteor #fireball
25 minutes ago

frutron FRU TRON
Okay did anybody else see the giant #meteor or #UFO that fell out of the sky 15 minutes ago?
43 minutes ago

erinjadelange Erin Jade Lange
I only saw the burnout, but Handsome saw the whole huge ball of light come down. #meteor

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I haven't been following the UARS satellite thread very closely...could this be it?

2nd

losangeles.cbslocal.com...

Sounds like it was pretty large. I've seen meteors here in L.A.. green ones that streak throught the sky for 10 seconds and then dissapear. They happen, but would love to see a video of this.

reply to post by UberL33t



I live in Phoenix and was outside for about 45 minutes before your put up this post.

I live close to the airport and didn't see anything. It's a beautiful night, and the moon is spectacular.

reply to post by SunnyDee


Likewise, from the reports it seems like it may have been rather large...but from my reading about meteors on this site that is usually due to the burn-off and not the actual size of the object. I was wondering if it was the UARS but the OP states late Sept. early Oct...too soon according to that.

6 Ton UARS NASA Satellite to Plummet Earth - Late September - Early October (Cover-up?)

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Yeah, I was going to say this pretty much word for word (except I'm eastern U.S.) I've never really thought enough about it to post or call the news. I mean I may tell a friend or something, and they are super exciting when you see one, but still they happen. I've seen several green fireballs that last for several seconds driving down U.S. 60 late at night.

The news here (SW Riverside County) is saying it was a large blue-green meteor trailing orange sparks and eyewitness reports put it coming to earth between Palm Springs and Lake Havasu. That would make it a meteorite.

Just read a thread that was talking about reports of lights in Orange County.

Originally posted by Blanca Rose
reply to post by UberL33t

 

I live in Phoenix and was outside for about 45 minutes before your put up this post.

I live close to the airport and didn't see anything. It's a beautiful night, and the moon is spectacular.

That's because it's coming your direction any minute. Go back outside!

2nd.

Some of us don't twitter account, could you fill us in as to why this is a big deal?

Here is the link to that story.

www.abovetopsecret.com...

Possible connection?

I am in Orange County...didn't see it and there is nothing I can find on the topic...locally and 'internetlly'...

Originally posted by Icarus Rising
The news here (SW Riverside County) is saying it was a large blue-green meteor trailing orange sparks and eyewitness reports put it coming to earth between Palm Springs and Lake Havasu. That would make it a meteorite.

More than one, then. They're reporting it in Vegas too. Sounds like the same type I saw a few years ago in southern Arkansas.

It was seen in Southern California, Arizona and Nevada.

reply to post by Screwed


I don't have a twitter account either...this was on the breaking news feed that's open to anyone.

Who knows what it could be. Meteor? For all we know they shot down secret Russian spacecraft or destroyed incoming intercontinental ballistic Nuclear Missile coming from orbit aimed at the states for and exercise but space rock will do.

Sounds a bit like the start of the movie Battle of LA. By the way. It was a bad movie.

reply to post by MemoryShock


I have a "push" Breaking News app on my phone and it came through reporting what the title of this OP is. I googled it and only found the twitter link.

SunnyD's post ^^up there^^ has a link to a local article.

Was there not some sort of satellite that was to come back down this week and re enter our planet? Could it have been that satellite?