Western DUers: Did any of you see the fireball last night?

[havocmom]

Evidently, it was a biggie and visible over a very large part of the western US. http://www.spaceweather.com/

GREAT FIREBALL: A remarkable midnight fireball that "turned night into day" over parts of the western United States last night was not a Leonid. Infrasound measurements suggest a sporadic asteroid not associated with the Leonid debris stream. The space rock exploded in the atmosphere with an energy equivalent to 0.5 - 1 kilotons of TNT. Approximately 6 hours later, observers in Utah and Colorado witnessed a twisting iridescent-blue cloud in the dawn sky. Debris from the fireball should have dissipated by that time, but the cloud remains unexplained; we cannot yet rule out a connection to the fireball event. Stay tuned for further analysis.

video links at linked site

Didn't see/hear anything about it until my spaceweather update email came. Wish I had been awake for this one.

edited for typo

[derby378]

1. Waah!

No such luck in Texas, or at least in the Dallas/Fort Worth area - maybe El Paso or the Panhandle managed to get a peek.

[Hello_Kitty]

2. I'm in AZ and I didn't see anything out of the ordinary.

Sorry I missed it. :shrug:

[medeak]

3. check out videos here

http://www.rgj.com/article/20091118/NEWS/91118015/1321

[wtmusic]

6. Nice

Thanks for link :thumbsup:

[Libertas1776]

8. Holy Shnikes!!!

That was crazy. It was literally day for a few seconds. Thanks for the link. :thumbsup:

[havocmom]

9. Yep, those videos, along with news interviews with some witnesses at spaceweather.com page

Amazing stuff, isn't it?
links from spaceweather page:
http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=8714738

http://www.ktvb.com/news/Witnesses-see-meteor-light-up-the-night-sky-70358772.html

[medeak]

10. reno had videos as well

amazing!

[havocmom]

12. Pisses me off that I could not have had the normal insomnia LAST night

No, last night, I slept.... x(

[bridgit]

11. Those are awesome!

[nadinbrzezinski]

13. WOW now think how this was seen by the ancients

oh wait, this was a UFO for many folks... and damn it they will stick to it.

I love nature though... it makes you feel small

By the way that is half of what they think hit tunguska... iirc.

[eleny]

4. At dawn I can only see the inside of my eyelids

But I'm going to watch the 10 PM news. Hopefully they'll cover it. Thanks for the heads up.

[Sebastian Doyle]

5. Not a chance in Hell up here in the Northwest.

Shitty weather (heavy wind and rain) for several days now.... ain't nothing to look at in the sky. :(

[ddeclue]

7. ..

:hide:

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

14. Saw one shooting star in Colorado and that was it.