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‘Fireball’ Meteor Caught On Camera Soaring Over North Carolina At 32,000 MPH
NPR ^ | September 27, 2021 | Jonathan Franklin

Posted on 09/27/2021 6:23:44 PM PDT by BenLurkin

A newly released video by the American Meteor Society shows a fireball moving across the sky above North Carolina last Friday.

According to NASA Meteor Watch, the phenomenon was seen over North Carolina after 7:30 p.m., one of several fireball sightings in the U.S. that night.

An analysis from NASA said the meteor "skimmed the coast of North Carolina," noticeable to sightseers some 48 miles above the ocean in Jacksonville, N.C., blazing across the sky at 32,000 mph.

Meteoroids typically enter Earth's atmosphere at 25,000 to 160,000 mph, however, they "rapidly decelerate" as they travel through the atmosphere, according to the nonprofit American Meteor Society.

The fireball traveled 26 miles through Earth's upper atmosphere, later disintegrating 28 miles above Morehead City.

Up to 150 people across Maryland, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia also reported seeing a streaking fireball go across their states, AMS reports.

Friday's fireball was captured in two different videos, with one video featured by AMS having over 200,000 views.

So, what exactly is a "fireball?" Fireballs, according to experts, are considered to be "exceptionally bright" meteors that appear brighter than the planet Venus.


TOPICS: Astronomy
KEYWORDS: fireball; maryland; meteor; northcarolina; southcarolina; virginia; westvirginia
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To: BenLurkin

No way that was 32000 mph. 25 or 30 mph. . tops.


21 posted on 09/27/2021 8:00:48 PM PDT by ExSafecracker (Hey media. . . thats President Trump to you.)
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To: BenLurkin

I’ll call your Meteoroid and raise you photos of UFOs between Norway and Iceland taken through a periscope!

https://eraoflight.com/2021/09/25/arctic-ufo-photographs-uss-trepang-ssn-674-march-1971/


22 posted on 09/27/2021 8:07:19 PM PDT by Cvengr ( Adversity in life & death is inevitable; Stress is optional through faith in Christ.)
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To: Cvengr

Those are pics of what is called fata morgana.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fata_Morgana_(mirage)


23 posted on 09/27/2021 8:09:20 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: rlmorel

One night back in the 70s, my dad, my brother and I were in the backyard watching for meteors. We didn’t see any for a while and my brother went inside to get a drink. Of course that’s when a meteor streaked across the sky. It was huge and lit up the sky before exploding in a shower of sparks.

My dad and I looked at each other and said “He’s not going to believe us.”


24 posted on 09/27/2021 8:10:55 PM PDT by henkster (He's got a day time job; he's doing all right)
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To: henkster
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!

Reminds me of this:

25 posted on 09/27/2021 8:19:32 PM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists are The Droplet of Sewage in a gallon of ultra-pure clean water.)
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To: ealgeone

Somewhere out in the wood of North Carolina a sterno bum has spotted some sort of mysterious “blob”, and has picked it up with a stick ...


26 posted on 09/27/2021 8:36:35 PM PDT by The Duke (Search for 'Sydney Ducks' and understand what is needed.)
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To: The Duke

Simple stroke of the pen and you can seemingly do most anything these days.


27 posted on 09/27/2021 8:39:54 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: Ken H
LOL!
28 posted on 09/27/2021 8:46:48 PM PDT by null and void (As usual, the GOP was either totally unprepared for the onslaught or complicit in the tyranny)
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To: fidelis

I have a picture of one (I think). I was laying b in my backyard with my camera looking skyward around 2pm..and caught it. I need to find it.


29 posted on 09/27/2021 9:11:01 PM PDT by goodnesswins (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolyution." -- Saul Alinksy)
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To: rlmorel
"Back in the Sixties, my two brothers saw the huge fireball that traveled down the eastern seaboard. They said it was huge, black smoke with orange flames going from horizon to horizon."

I saw it as well! I ran in the house and told my mom a plane was crashing. We found out later it fell several states away!

30 posted on 09/27/2021 9:51:04 PM PDT by Grammy (When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty. Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Grammy

Funny. Some people seem to think it never happened, that it is some kind of weird conspiracy theory!


31 posted on 09/28/2021 5:16:08 AM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists are The Droplet of Sewage in a gallon of ultra-pure clean water.)
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https://freerepublic.com/focus/search?m=all;o=time;q=quick;s=fireball


32 posted on 09/28/2021 10:03:49 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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