Thursday, November 7, 2013

Fireball Spotted Over Los Angeles on Wednesday Night

November 7,2013
 
 
 
 
LOS ANGELES — Southern Californians from Santa Barbara to San Diego have reported seeing a fireball that forecasters said was most likely a meteor streaking across the sky.
The National Weather Service says the sightings reported starting at about 8 p.m. Wednesday night are most likely associated with the South Taurids (TOHR-ids) meteor shower that has been especially active in early November. Astronomers say the Taurids don't bring big numbers of visible meteors but a high percentage of extremely bright ones that look like fireballs.
(MORE: Keep an Eye Out for This Meteor Shower)
Twitter lit up with reports of the sightings, though few if any were able to capture the streak on photo or video.
Comedian Eli Braden tweeted that he "just saw an absolutely INSANE meteor in the sky above Glendale, CA ... Either that or the alien invasion has begun."





Fireball Spotted Over Los Angeles

 

 

 

  Maren Mack @marenmack

So what I *thought* was a UFO was actually a ! It looked like a huge shooting star but had a blue tail & then burned orange.
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  Lena Adebowale @MsPinkLA
“@BreakingNews: So Cal residents report seeing a fireball forecasters say was likely a meteor streaking across the sky" <= Whew, thought so!
Mike Masters @recordmanmike
Fireball in the sky over Los Angeles.




  Cassie Rossel @CassieRossel
Oh and I saw a meteor tonight. It was awesome. ⭐️🎆





  GEORGE @MISTERGEORGE28
Cool looking meteor. That lit up the sky tonight.
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