14 March 2012

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 14MAR2012

Kansans witness early morning meteor Puppet Masters Sottnet
A flash of light in the early morning sky over the Great Plains on Tuesday lit up social media and cyberspace as witnesses tried to figure out what they had ...
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Norwegian Family Finds Meteorite Crashed Through Their Roof
Space.com
A Norwegian family arrived at their cabin in Oslo recently to discover that a meteorite had apparently fallen through their roof, according to media reports. The Thomassen family discovered a hole in the cabin's roof and a stone nearby that turned out ...

Meteorite rock crashes through family's roof
New Zealand Herald
Anne Margrethe Thomassen looks at what is thought to be a meteorite that split in two after hitting the roof of her cottage in central Oslo on March 12, 2012. The meteorite was discovered on March 1 A Norwegian family was flabbergasted to find that ...

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Pune, India Meteor ~22:40 7MAR2012 07MAR2012 Jayaraj Pune, Maharashtra, India 22:40:00 3 to 5 sec It was traveled North to South. I was facing West.
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Melbourne UFO lights up night sky
Ninemsn
Astronomers believe a the object was probably a meteor. TODAY readers wrote in with first-hand accounts of the fireball. "It was very low in the sky, going from west to east, it had a large burning ball at the front with a thin trail behind it," Yvonne ...

Dashing for cover from an asteroid
Toronto Sun
By Mike Strobel ,Toronto Sun But I'm told small meteorites, ones you could fit in your backpack, hit Earth about twice a day. Whoa, wait, what was that? No, sorry, it was the Leafs' playoff plans going splat. Most times, the meteorite lands in water or ...

Bright Fireball Over Georgia
The NASA Meteoroid Environment Office can confirm a bright fireball observed by several eyewitnesses in Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee on Mar. 7, 2012,
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Norwegian Family Finds Meteorite Crashed Through Their Roof
SPACE.com Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:19 PM PDT
The rock was a rare type of breccia meteorite.

Readers Feel...
KAMR Amarillo Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:41 PM PDT
What would you do if a meteorite slammed through your roof? Well that happened to this woman! And we'll take you to a cell phone talking marathon - that set a new world record! Morgan Schutters has those stories.

Thoughts on the recent Oslo meteorite discovery
iTWire Tue, 13 Mar 2012 08:25 AM PDT
Basically, the tale is garbage! It's a nice rock, but it certainly doesn't appear to be a meteorite .

Meteorite Punches Hole Through Oslo Shed
Discovery News Tue, 13 Mar 2012 05:25 AM PDT
The chunk of space rock probably came from a meteor observed over the Norwegian capital on March 1.

Lucky strike: Chunk of meteorite hits Oslo hut
The Natal Witness Group Mon, 12 Mar 2012 23:55 PM PDT
OSLO â A Norwegian family was flabbergasted to find that what appeared to be a piece of a meteorite had crashed through the roof of their allotment garden hut in the middle of Oslo, Norwegian media reported Monday.

Encounters of another kind: meteorite chunk falls on Oslo
Sin Chew Jit Poh Mon, 12 Mar 2012 23:34 PM PDT
A boastful Ferrari driver who put film on the Internet of his supercar doin ... Keepers looking for a runaway Japanese penguin widened their search Friday, ...

Only in Print Harvard experts give opinion on Exeter rocks
New Hampshire Union Leader Mon, 12 Mar 2012 21:13 PM PDT
Experts at Harvard University on rocks found by an Exeter man last month after a meteorite lit up the sky.

Meteorite chunk falls on Oslo
BigPond News Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:22 PM PDT
A chunk of meteorite crashed through the roof and a family's home in the middle of Oslo on March 1.

Kansans witness early morning meteor
Kansas.com
Bob Henry, program director at the Wichita State University Lake Afton Observatory, said the light appears to have been a meteor about the size of a baseball. “Something that size is going to be very, very bright and very, very noticeable,” Henry said.

Man Spends Over $350000 Preparing for End of World
Geekosystem
“What is certain is that in my lifetime, there is a strong likelihood that there will be a catastrophe of some kind — the sun destroying power grids, a flu pandemic that kills millions, an asteroid ormeteor or comet striking earth or a magnetic pole ...

Mysterious fireball lights up Melbourne sky as many rule out UFO sighting
The Daily Telegraph
More pics A GIANT fireball that has lit up the skies is freaking out thousands of people who have been frightened by the accompanying sounds of a sonic boom. “I've seen shooting stars, everything like that, this was very different.

Oklahoma City, Tulsa residents report seeing a bright meteor Tuesday morning
NewsOK.com
Oklahoma City, Tulsa residents reported seeing a meteor Tuesday morning. Meteors can be seen almost daily, in given locations with a clear sky, but those meteors that are really bright can be rare, says Wayne Harris-Wyrick, director of the Kirkpatrick ...

Strange lights in the sky
KWCH
Storm Team 12 Meteorologist Ross Janssen made some calls, he says it was most likely some space junk or a meteor burning up as it entered the atmosphere. You can read more of the reports, and learn more about strange lights in the sky at the website ...

Possible Meteor Lights Up Predawn Sky
KSAL
An apparent meteor, or meteors, briefly lit up the sky over parts of the Midwest early Tuesday morning. Between about 6:40 and 6:45 in the morning, multiple people reporting see what appeared to be a meteor in the sky. The website Meteorite Hunter has ...

Oslo family stunned after meteorite lucky escape
The Age Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:32 PM PDT
A Norwegian family was flabbergasted to find that what appeared to be a piece of a meteorite had crashed through the roof of their allotment garden hut in the middle of Oslo.