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Huge GREEN fireball is seen streaking across the sky in Britain – with hundreds of people capturing the burning meteor on their dashcams and doorbell cameras
MAILONLINE ^ | 12 May 2022 | By SOPHIE CURTIS FOR

Posted on 05/13/2022 8:49:43 AM PDT by BenLurkin

The dazzling meteor burned up over the south west of England just after midnight on Thursday, with sightings in South Wales, Hertfordshire and West Sussex.

UK Meteor Network (UKMON), which runs a network of 153 detection cameras recording meteors and fireballs over the UK, said the fireball was picked up by fifteen of its cameras at 00:39 BST (23:39 GMT).

Over 250 members of the public also reported the event through UKMON's website, after capturing images and footage on their dashcams and video doorbells.

Several reports claimed the fireball had a green colour, which may point to the composition of the meteoroid, suggesting it has higher magnesium content, according to UKMON.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Astronomy
KEYWORDS: fireballs; greenfireballs; meteor

1 posted on 05/13/2022 8:49:43 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

re-entry of something made from copper?


2 posted on 05/13/2022 8:52:47 AM PDT by z3n (Kakistocracy)
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To: BenLurkin

I saw a GREEN meteorite in 1981. The cool part was that its path was almost parallel with the ground. But it was daytime and a very intense, bright green color.


3 posted on 05/13/2022 8:54:48 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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To: BenLurkin
Great Balls of Fire
4 posted on 05/13/2022 8:54:59 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: BenLurkin

For those interested, watch The Unexplained Green Fireballs by Richard Nolan.....


5 posted on 05/13/2022 8:55:40 AM PDT by cranked
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To: cranked

Richard Dolan, my bad.


6 posted on 05/13/2022 8:56:14 AM PDT by cranked
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To: BenLurkin

No mention of sonic booms. I thought there would be. To high in the atmosphere I suppose?


7 posted on 05/13/2022 8:56:34 AM PDT by Tenacious 1
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To: BenLurkin
Someone better make sure Superman stays away from there.


8 posted on 05/13/2022 8:59:59 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (“SollOZzo is known as 'The Turk.' He's supposed to be very good with a knife,"-T.Hagen)
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To: Yo-Yo
I saw one in 1989 in south Georgia. Green one. This was at night, and from my perspective, it appeared pretty low. I even heard a sizzling sound, like a sparkler makes.

The next day, I read that it actually landed in North Carolina.

9 posted on 05/13/2022 9:00:44 AM PDT by real saxophonist (Hoplophobia will never be in the DSM, because the DSM is written by hoplophobes.)
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To: BenLurkin

Not to worry, just Harry and Megan flaming out.


10 posted on 05/13/2022 9:07:39 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (Let's go Brandon)
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To: Yo-Yo

I saw a GREEN meteorite in 1976 one sunrise at the rifle range on Camp LeJeune, NC.

It was huge and beautiful.................


11 posted on 05/13/2022 9:09:01 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: BenLurkin

It’s the Loc-Nar. This is exactly how the movie Heavy Metal began.


12 posted on 05/13/2022 9:10:59 AM PDT by Flag_This
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To: z3n

Somewhere in a stack of papers I have a chart showing the different colors associated with the content of a meteor.


13 posted on 05/13/2022 9:37:41 AM PDT by Cold Heart
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To: BenLurkin

Streaking was a crazy fad from the 70’s. You can’t get away with anything these days. Too many cameras.


14 posted on 05/13/2022 9:54:03 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
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To: BenLurkin

Green fireballs in the US southwest became part of UFO lore back in the 50s. Edwin Ruppelt discussed them in his classic book, “The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects.”


15 posted on 05/13/2022 11:42:40 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: smokingfrog

http://www.lerctr.org/~transit/healy/idid.wav


16 posted on 05/13/2022 11:45:43 AM PDT by BenLurkin ((The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.))
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To: BenLurkin

Probably nickel-bearing. Nickel produces a green flame and is pretty common in meteorites. Some of the best steels of ancient times were made from from nickel-bearing meteorites. They didn’t know metallurgy from shinola but nickel is one of the more common elements added to pure iron to produce modern steels.

Copper also produces a green flame but it’s usually only present in meteorites in trace amounts.


17 posted on 05/13/2022 12:13:28 PM PDT by Paal Gulli
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18 posted on 05/13/2022 12:17:08 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (If science can’t be questioned, it’s not science anymore, it’s propaganda. --Aaron Rodgers)
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To: BenLurkin

Thank God. If this happened 1000 years ago, hundreds of Saxon virgins would have been sacrificed to appease the gods.


19 posted on 05/13/2022 1:45:45 PM PDT by centurion316
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To: Flag_This
#12-
"..Give it to me it's my Loc-Nar you stupid bitch.." Ard.. d;^)
20 posted on 05/13/2022 7:08:19 PM PDT by CopperTop (Outside the wire it's just us chickens. Dig?)
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