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paging Black, dmann, and others from Chicago (Mr. Downtown?)
Posted by: space-time
Date: April 12, 2012 09:54PM
have you guys seen this last night?



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Skywatchers across the Chicago area reported seeing a streaking fireball in Wednesday night’s sky so intense that some thought they had witnessed a fiery plane crash on the city’s southeast side.

Reports of the fireball began coming in about 8:25 p.m., according to a meteor and meteorite sighting blog, lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com, with more than 100 people from Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan and Iowa reporting the light show.



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Re: paging Black, dmann, and others from Chicago (Mr. Downtown?)
Posted by: gabester
Date: April 12, 2012 09:57PM
Must have just missed it. I just came in from a bike ride at ~8:05.
Sounds similar to the southwestern wisconsin meteorite a year or two back that had a bunch of footage captured by building security cameras and the like.
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Re: paging Black, dmann, and others from Chicago (Mr. Downtown?)
Posted by: Mr Downtown
Date: April 12, 2012 11:07PM
I can't see southeast, where the Sun-Times says it was reported, but other reports I see on Reddit say it was west of the city. Could have broken into several pieces.

There's a wonderfully crazy theory that the Chicago Fire of 1871, as well as fires the same night in Peshtigo, Wis., and Holland, Mich., were caused by a comet that broke up and fell to earth.
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Re: paging Black, dmann, and others from Chicago (Mr. Downtown?)
Posted by: Black
Date: April 12, 2012 11:37PM
I won't be able to see that direction for about another week, judging by the pace of the demolition of this warehouse building. Can see a bunch of South Loop skyscrapers now (Hi Mr. D!)


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Re: paging Black, dmann, and others from Chicago (Mr. Downtown?)
Posted by: Racer X
Date: April 13, 2012 12:54AM
about 2 decades ago, my buddies and I were coctail cruising and saw a fireball streak across the sky. We all checked the next day with each other to see if we were drunk or really saw it. It was an aborted Russian Proton launch. 2 boosters and the main stage were flaming across the sky after the destruct signal was sent. Now THAT was a bitchin' thing to see at night.
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Re: paging Black, dmann, and others from Chicago (Mr. Downtown?)
Posted by: dmann
Date: April 13, 2012 05:16AM
I was in Indianapolis Wednesday night, so I didn't even hear about it until I saw this post. If I were home, I would have missed it anyway as all my windows face NE and I'm not on a high floor in my building. I miss all the good stuff. smiling smiley

DM
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Re: paging Black, dmann, and others from Chicago (Mr. Downtown?)
Posted by: billb
Date: April 13, 2012 09:17AM
My dog barked at 9:25 PM that night.
Coincidence ? I think not.
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Re: paging Black, dmann, and others from Chicago (Mr. Downtown?)
Posted by: decay
Date: April 13, 2012 10:52AM
I have a friend here in PA who said she saw something like a fireball:

Thursday, April 12 at 9:00pm

I was driving and saw a streak/fireball, very low. It then broke up in what looked like a flash of green. I immediately thought 'fireworks' then got home and G*** asked if I saw the meteorite? Now we've both seen enough fireworks and for us both to think the same thing... it was very low and very dramatic!

well, I was thinking meteorite until it flashed green, then I look online and apparently they can be colorful?




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Re: paging Black, dmann, and others from Chicago (Mr. Downtown?)
Posted by: Rick-o
Date: April 13, 2012 11:05AM
North Korean rocket? dunno smiley




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Re: paging Black, dmann, and others from Chicago (Mr. Downtown?)
Posted by: Black
Date: April 13, 2012 11:50AM
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Rick-o
North Korean rocket? dunno smiley

They weren't kidding when they said the sattelite launch was a failure . . . although sounds like it came down oddly close to Obama's house.


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Re: paging Black, dmann, and others from Chicago (Mr. Downtown?)
Posted by: AllGold
Date: April 13, 2012 12:30PM
I'm in Michigan and saw it while driving home. It was due west, fairly low on the horizon and looked to be traveling east to west (and very, very slightly north). Definitely the brightest meteor I have seen and, yes, it turned green at the end. Very impressive display.


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Re: paging Black, dmann, and others from Chicago (Mr. Downtown?)
Posted by: space-time
Date: April 13, 2012 04:49PM
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AllGold
I'm in Michigan and saw it while driving home. It was due west, fairly low on the horizon and looked to be traveling east to west (and very, very slightly north). Definitely the brightest meteor I have seen and, yes, it turned green at the end. Very impressive display.

Wow, so cool that some MRF fellow actually saw it. You are a pro photographer, right? too bad you didn't get a chance to shoot this meteor. Would love to see a picture. Thanks for sharing!
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