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Fireball in Texas sky was meteor, FAA says wfaa.com Dallas - Fort Worth
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WFAA received more than 200 reports Wednesday night from people who said they saw what appeared to be a meteor streaking across the North Texas sky shortly after 8 o'clock.
Many people also said they heard what sounded like a sonic boom (or booms) associated with the fireball, which was apparently witnessed all the way from San Antonio to Oklahoma City.
The Federal Aviation Administration told TV station KWTX in Waco that it was a meteor.
A camera in Hawley, Texas that is designed to record the night sky shows a bright object briefly streaking across the image (watch the clip above).
Channel 8's Facebook page was filled with descriptions.
"VERY bright blue across the sky in Benbrook," said Stephanie Clingman Guyer. "It looked so close, long tail — very cool!"
"We saw it in far West McKinney," Kathy Stulting Escobedo wrote. "Seemed very low (I thought it was a low flying plane). Of course, it may have been very high and very large. It was gold with a trail of sparkling, dripping fire. Wasn't moving as fast as most meteors I've seen. It moved from east to west and then seemed to burn out. Shortly after that, we heard a double boom (reminded me of the sonic booms we heard as kids in the 60s). Was pretty incredible!"
In Carrollton, James Gates said he "heard a light boom and my house lightly shook... then I heard dogs barking."
Dawn Caddell Delarosa was out sitting on her porch about 15 miles west of Denton. "It was HUGE. It was very low," she wrote. "It came from the Southwest, went in front of our house. Both my husband and I yelled, 'OMG, it is going to hit that plane?' It looked like it got east of Denton when it exploded/broke apart. We could see all the little 'embers' blasting southeastward. Those poor people in the plane. I bet they thought it was the end of their life."
Colleen Walker checked in from Wise County. "We were driving on Highway 380 in Bridgeport and thought it first it was a helicopter flying low until it started glowing orange and started flaming as it dropped out if the sky!" she said.
A number of witnesses described it as "beautiful."
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@tomuchmoney76 its already begun bro . shits about to hit the fan but not for long . we will soon be entering a more harmonious world ...
oneweare2012 2 days ago 5
WHAT IS GOING ON? FIRST THE WEIRD TRUMPET SOUNDS FROM THE SKY ALL OVER THE WORLD AND NOW THIS..WHY WAS NO DEBRIS FOUND??
TheSamara89kitten 1 day ago 2
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I saw a streak in the sky over Wymondhm, Norfolk, England on the 31st January 2012. I was on my way to work and saw a long silvery streak headed in a North Easterly direction at around 22:45 GMT. So a totally different time to the USA sighting, but still it was largest I have ever seen. The tail had taken some time to dissipate after the object crossed the sky compared to what I'm used to seeing, it was also a lot thicker than normal size shooting stars I have seen.
ash81uk 1 hour ago
At least they're not pretending it was a weather balloon...or swamp gas ; )
flippinecc 13 hours ago
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doogles52 17 hours ago
WHAT IS GOING ON? FIRST THE WEIRD TRUMPET SOUNDS FROM THE SKY ALL OVER THE WORLD AND NOW THIS..WHY WAS NO DEBRIS FOUND??
TheSamara89kitten 1 day ago 2
if they are claiming that this is the one filmed from the police car.........BOLLOX
keyproductions100 1 day ago
Why would a metorite make a sonic or any kind of Boom? Thanks for the eyewitness reports in the description
1littleangel2u 2 days ago
@1littleangel2u because it hit the ground so hard its sounded like a sonic boom or booms
strongzelda 2 days ago
Seems to be a Ghost Rocket. ufofacts.org - News
7terw 2 days ago
I heard the big boom, but I live across the street from an airport, so I thought it was just a plane.
saiyanblade84 2 days ago
I am in Tulsa OK and heard a huge boom. I was almost asleep and scared the crap out of me. They are saying it was a meteor, ha, why didn't NASA warn us of any Near Earth Objects???
SRHisnum1 2 days ago
@SRHisnum1 if an object that size hit the ground there would be a crater plus remains!! y dont u go and look, i would if that happned near me, video it, i wanna c proof, im an astronomer and iv been studying physics for 18 years n ive never seen a meteor like that!!!!
keyproductions100 1 day ago
didnt look to come from space.
TheLoudenclear 2 days ago
@TheLoudenclear i totally agree
skata271 2 days ago
Holy shit, a fucking meteor, THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE, EVER! DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS? the WORLD IS GOING TO END!
Nauticus89 2 days ago
It's going down. So feel the real. Life as we know it is about to change.
msgee60 2 days ago
This may mark the beging. Disclosure soon to follow.
tomuchmoney76 3 days ago 2
@tomuchmoney76 its already begun bro . shits about to hit the fan but not for long . we will soon be entering a more harmonious world ...
oneweare2012 2 days ago 5
@oneweare2012 Funny but true! LOL
msgee60 2 days ago
@oneweare2012 Isn't this exciting!
hangtime911 2 days ago