Meteorite?

I haven't posted here before tonight, but for what it's worth, just thought
I'd mention something I saw this evening at 17.15 GMT.

Something fell from the night sky like a shooting star. However, it wasn't:

a) as fast as the normal shooting starts I have seen or

b) as far away

It was a larger slower moving source of light moving across the sky in a
westerly direction at an angle of 30-40 degrees and it hit the ground I
would say withing 20 miles of where I was (4 miles south of Driffield, East
Yorkshire).

I would welcome any feedback.

Trevor Appleton
East Yorkshire

I saw it too. I was in the car heading due north. I'm 4 miles N of
Telford, Shropshire. I saw it for about 2-3 seconds while it traveled
right to left across my field of view from about 20 degrees to 350 .
It's elevation dropped about 10 degrees. A part broke off providing two
brief trails about a second after I saw it. I noted the time as 17:16
GMT. I'm pleased to find someone else who saw it. My children may
believe me now. It was the topic of conversation over tea.

Anyone else?

John


Trevor wrote:

I haven't posted here before tonight, but for what it's worth, just thought
I'd mention something I saw this evening at 17.15 GMT.

Something fell from the night sky like a shooting star. However, it wasn't:

a) as fast as the normal shooting starts I have seen or

b) as far away

It was a larger slower moving source of light moving across the sky in a
westerly direction at an angle of 30-40 degrees and it hit the ground I
would say withing 20 miles of where I was (4 miles south of Driffield, East
Yorkshire).

I would welcome any feedback.

Trevor Appleton
East Yorkshire

Trevor,

You may like to visit
http://www.popastro.com/sections/met..._sightings.htm and
checkout the http://www.popastro.com/sections/meteor/fireball.htm page
for details of how to report your sighting formally.

John

My cars clock said 17.16, I didn't really trust it to the nearest minute,
and yes I saw it have a sudden change in brightness before it hit the
ground as if a pice broke off.

In message , Trevor
writes
I haven't posted here before tonight, but for what it's worth, just thought
I'd mention something I saw this evening at 17.15 GMT.

Something fell from the night sky like a shooting star. However, it wasn't:

a) as fast as the normal shooting starts I have seen or

b) as far away

It was a larger slower moving source of light moving across the sky in a
westerly direction at an angle of 30-40 degrees and it hit the ground I
would say withing 20 miles of where I was (4 miles south of Driffield, East
Yorkshire).

I would welcome any feedback.

Trevor Appleton
East Yorkshire

Can you remember which way you were facing during this observation? That
might help to plot the track if others saw the object.
--
John

My cars clock said 17.16, I didn't really trust it to the nearest minute,
and yes I saw it have a sudden change in brightness before it hit the
ground as if a pice broke off.

Trevor,

Just found your report, I posted a sighting on an astro imaging group on the
11th Dec.

Here is my post:
-------------
Last night driving home from work I believe I saw a bright object crossing
the sky. From the South side of Sheffield, looking North the object tracked
E to W at about 30 degrees above the horizon. It was very bright causing a
'visual' trail and moving much faster than any aircraft. Unfortunately I
didn't see the start or end as the object went behind the scenery!
Anyone else catch this?
-------------

In my original post I said the time was 4:18pm but I now realise I was late
home from work that day and it was approx 5:18pm.


Regards,
Alex
Sheffield, UK



"Trevor" wrote in message
...
I haven't posted here before tonight, but for what it's worth, just thought
I'd mention something I saw this evening at 17.15 GMT.

Something fell from the night sky like a shooting star. However, it
wasn't:

a) as fast as the normal shooting starts I have seen or

b) as far away

It was a larger slower moving source of light moving across the sky in a
westerly direction at an angle of 30-40 degrees and it hit the ground I
would say withing 20 miles of where I was (4 miles south of Driffield,
East Yorkshire).

I would welcome any feedback.

Trevor Appleton
East Yorkshire

"John" wrote in message
...
In message , Trevor
writes
I haven't posted here before tonight, but for what it's worth, just
thought
I'd mention something I saw this evening at 17.15 GMT.

Something fell from the night sky like a shooting star. However, it
wasn't:

a) as fast as the normal shooting starts I have seen or

b) as far away

It was a larger slower moving source of light moving across the sky in a
westerly direction at an angle of 30-40 degrees and it hit the ground I
would say withing 20 miles of where I was (4 miles south of Driffield,
East
Yorkshire).

I would welcome any feedback.

Trevor Appleton
East Yorkshire

Can you remember which way you were facing during this observation? That
might help to plot the track if others saw the object.
--
John

I was driving in a NNW direction and it weas straight ahead of me.