Wow.(vanity) Incredibly bright meteor over Georgia.

02/25/2007 | Sender

[Sender]

Sorry for the shameless vanity, but I was just outside in the back yard in Northern Georgia, and an incredibly bright light illuminated the dark yard like an arc lamp. I looked up and saw a meteor streaking overhead, white hot, which then broke up into orange, glowing fragments. This happened at 10:21PM EST. I apologize for posting something random like this, but it was astonishing. Perhaps it was a piece of space junk that reentered the atmosphere tonight. Did anyone else see this? It was truly spectacular.

[SpaceBar]

I want to believe.

[rintense]

I saw green lightning on the way home from Indy last night. Freaked me out!

[two23]

My son and daughter in law saw it

[Jewels1091]

maybe it was some of the chinese satellite that blew up. I've read that the mess that has made in space is unblievable and that at some big meeting in europe they are going to get chewed out (like that's going to hurt)

[b4its2late]

[.308 PSS]

Holy Shit!!

look at this...I posted this on my photography board!!

[.308 PSS]

Oh...forgot the link

http://www.nikoncafe.com/vforums/showthread.php?t=105402

[rintense]

Look at...???? I tried to get video of it but it stopped.

[two23]

I also saw one a few nights ago that appeared to break up into sparkly pieces just before it "flamed out"

[.308 PSS]

This is from link...

Meteor/Falling Star?

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Wife and I were standing out on back porch and saw the brightest falling star ever...this looked like a firework and lit up the entire backyard (Like a welder would do) I want to know if anyone else saw the same thing? This happened at about 10:22 PM EST Georgia.

This was not a typical falling star...this thing was the size of a basketball at our viewing position and was white hot in the center with blue tracers, the ball broke up at about 10-15 degrees off the horizon.

[MaxMax]

[.308 PSS]

Admin, please edit my original post and remove the swearing...I was excited when I noticed someone else saw same thing.

[b4its2late]

LOL!!!!!

[Names Ash Housewares]

Between the chinese anti-satellite test and that russian upper stage that blew up over Australia recently, a lot of debris is up there and will be coming down for decades. I wonder if this was some of it?

[.308 PSS]

What part of GA are you from Sender?

[herewego]

I saw it!!
Was outside by my worktruck, brilliant blue light then saw it burst into thousands of pieces that died out nearly instantly.
The sherriff's office and fire crews recieced numerous calls on 911, were in my area and contacting Athens Ben Epps airport.

I only saw it for about two seconds- put shivers down my spine...

[SittinYonder]

I'm in NE GA too, but the only thing I saw at 10:21 was a big, bright flying saucer. I missed the meteor.

pinging eyespy in middle GA ... maybe she saw one or the other.

[SittinYonder]

Where are you?

[herewego]

south of Athens- about 8 miles.

[SittinYonder]

You're not sitting next to me, are you? I'm 8 miles south of Athens, too.