Pretty scary giant fireball streaks through the sky last night

[pDigital32Dawg]

If I had seen this I would have **** a brick on the spot.</p>

(April 15) -- Video taken by an Iowa sheriff's cruiser shows it
clearly: A fireball believed to have been a large meteor streaked
across the Midwestern sky, prompting hundreds of calls to the National
Weather Service from stargazers in at least four states.

Images captured by a webcam at the University of Wisconsin at Madison show what appears to be a meteor illuminating the northern sky and shooting eastward around 10 p.m. CDT Wednesday.

There has been no official determination of what caused the fireball. In a statement on its Web site, the weather service
said "a fireball or very bright meteor was observed streaking across
the sky" in Northern Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and Southern Wisconsin.
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"Well
before it reached the horizon, it broke up into smaller pieces and was
lost from sight," the statement said. "Several reports of a prolonged
sonic boom were received ... along with shaking of homes, trees and
various other objects including wind chimes."

The agency said it
was unknown whether any portion of the meteorite hit the ground.
Hundreds of calls were logged by the agency and local media about the
fireball.

In an e-mail to the Chicago Tribune,
Christine McNorris of Woodstock, Ill., said she saw an "enormous ball
of light entering [the] atmosphere in the northwestern sky, fading and
leaving a trail as it fell towards the horizon."

Other fireball sightings are possible because of the Gamma Virginids meteor shower, which is expected to last through April 21.

 

[Bdog9090]

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[mjh94]

giant fireballs, earthquakes, volcanoes.. what the 17. 2012 here we come.

 

[wbc40]

That video is ridiculous.

 

[Shmuley]

I often wonder, what prompts these people to call government agencies when they see an obvious meteor?

Caller: "What the F was that streaking fire ball hauling *** across the night sky?"

Me [if I worked for the government]: "We think it was a big *** chinese fire cracker that went off course. Can I put you on hold? I'm on the line with the NSA right now to see if they were doing any chinese fire cracker tests. You are wearing your tin foil hat, aren't you sir? You probably want to keep your tin foil hat on until I give you the all clear."

 

[pDigital32Dawg]

<h3>Fireball Wednesday Night 4/14</h3>

Just after 10 pm CDT
Wednesday evening April 14th, a fireball or very brightmeteor was
observed streaking across the sky. The fireball was seen over the
northern sky, moving from west to east. Well before it reached the
horizon, it broke up into smaller pieces and was lost from sight. The
fireball was seen across Northern Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, and
Southern Wisconsin. Several reports of a prolonged sonic boom were
received from areas north of Highway 20, along with shaking of homes,
trees and various other objects including wind chimes. As of late
Wednesday evening, it is unknown whether any portion of this meteorite
hit the ground.</p>

The fireball was caught on a webcam from UW-Madison AOS/SSEC. www.aos.wisc.edu/fireball/2010_04_14_fireball_loop_1024x768_long.gif</p>

The fireball was also caught by a Howard County Iowa Sheriff's Deputy. http://addins.kwwl.com/blogs/weather/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/fireball-web.wmv</p>

This video was provided by KWWL TV.</p>

Also, the Doppler Radar from the National Weather Service in the
Quad Cities appeared tocapture a portion of the smoke trail from the
fireball at 0302z (1002 PM CDT), as seen in the image below. It
appearsas a thin line extending across portions of Grant and Iowa
Counties in Wisconsin. This trail is positioned nearly 88 miles
north-northeast of Davenport, Iowa at an elevation of just over 24,000
ft AGL.</p>

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[VirgilCain]

I would assume that is a foregone conclusion that I was about to be vaporized by one of those cool CGI movie shockwaves.

 

[VirgilCain]

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[Predestined]

that landed on the Iowa-Illinois border?

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

All right, Beatrice, there was no alien. The flash of light you saw in the sky was not a UFO.

Swamp gas from a weather balloon was trapped in a thermal pocket and reflected the light from Venus.

 

[omaha08]

Or make it to the national championship and the world will end..... I think its actaully in the book of revalations.