Fireball over Devon Anyone see it?

[Nigeyboy]

Just seen this report on the BBC

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-49626084

Anyone here see anything? Looking at the visible trail it left behind it must have been spectacular!

Edited September 8, 2019 by Nigeyboy

[Ouroboros]

Damn! When I'm not there this happens. 😞. 

[Beulah]

Amazing - wish I had seen it. Saw a green fireball at 6am one morning, a few years ago. Very similar to this (please excuse the 'quality' source):

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/5282970/wakefield-green-fireball-sky-yorkshire-video-new-years-eve/

You just don't know what to think when you see it - a very surreal experience, especially when it is so silent!

 

[Nigeyboy]

I recall one night while on the north Norfolk coast seeing a bolide. It seemed to be slowish moving with pieces breaking off it as it headed for the horizon. It appeared green and as you say, surreal to see it with no noise! 

[Starlight 1]

Only seen one  4 or 5 years back , I was then going to put the car away for the night just as I was going to open the door I see it coming in the window . I look up and it was gone man that was fast. I did send a report in.

[Pete Presland]

Looked like a beauty,  I have never been lucky enough to see anything similar. 

[jam1e1]

i didnt see it but think i potentially have a capture, ill get the frames and share shortly - appreciate any help to validate if it is

 

[Beulah]

1 hour ago, Nigeyboy said:

I recall one night while on the north Norfolk coast seeing a bolide. It seemed to be slowish moving with pieces breaking off it as it headed for the horizon. It appeared green and as you say, surreal to see it with no noise! 

That's the word: bolide... I was trying to remember what the term was! Yes, I also saw pieces breaking off, like molten metal...

[Nigeyboy]

A rare site indeed, but one I will always remember!

[jam1e1]

Ive asked UKmeterornetwork team to help confirm/validate also - so not validated at the moment

Just made the video, its in top right of capture from about 4 seconds, the direction of travel is roughly SW. Timestamps of frames is 5.51am and lasts about 5 seconds, which seems to align roughly with the video on ukmeteor network.  ive made the video 3 frames per second. 

If it is validated ill start a new thread in imaging widefield with it (hope no issue posting here?)

[jam1e1]

looks like it most likely is the meteor after brief email with ukmeteor team  

[AdamZUK58]

Hi! I saw It! I'm living in Slough-Langley, today morning 5:45 I was driving to work and when I was on High Street I saw it!!!

(on this picture schematic directions of view...)

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1XwBJueasRdrhzu-NMPTNBGgJrKlVpznZ

[JamesF]

I'm not doubting that anyone saw a meteor, but the various reports here do make me wonder if it was the same meteor that everyone saw.  Or, (probably far more interestingly) put another way, what characteristics of a meteor must be true such that it can be seen (and perhaps even appear to be relatively close) from places as far apart as Newquay and Sluff.  For example, how high would it have to be?  What direction would it have to be travelling in?  And how fast?

If it seems likely that it was the same meteor, are there any interesting things we can deduce from the records of who saw it where and when?

James

[Tomjo59]

Bet this produced a meteorite. Probably at the bottom of the English Channel now though!

[maw lod qan]

I watch AMSmeteor over here and sometimes a very large meteor is seen by many up and down Florida. 

The bigger, brighter ones lasting longer being the ones seen over a larger area.

But a very good fireball, is something spectacular that sticks in your mind.