Fireballs and meteors in several areas recently

[Yvonne Smith]

I have been reading reports and seeing photos and videos of green fireballs or meteors streaking across the sky in the last couple weeks, far more than is normal.
Some of the videos show the fireballs seeming to even change direction, like they were something that is somehow controlled. People are asking why we suddenly have so many of them happening all over, both in the United States, and in other countries.

We are usually inside at night, plus there is tree cover all around our house, so it is unlikely that we would see a fireball ourselves, but they have been seen in Alabama , as well as in Washington, Oregon, California, Ohio, and Michigan.

An interesting thing is that after testifying in Congress, we have had several people from the UFO field either go missing, or die recently. Not saying that this is related, but it is an interesting coincidence.

 

[Don Alaska]

Three prominent people in the UFO community have gone missing recently, the last being a general with significant insight into the sightings. Strange indeed. I once saw a huge green fireball near my home as I was driving home at 2:00 AM local time. Nobody else seemed to have reported it. I also sometimes saw mysterious lights hovering over the highway on my way home in those early morning hours. The lights I figured were associated with the local Air Force bases, although they were silent and hovering over the road. Who knows?

 

[Jacob Petersheim]

I've heard they might be related to 3I/ATLAS. That object behaved anomalously from first detection to the present. One odd thing after another took place with that "comet."

It did shed material at several points along its path.

 

[Faye Fox]

Well, @Yvonne Smith I think it is fake news because I have stood out during the published prime time, with my neck supported, scanning the sky like a military search light, and have yet to see one for several years. Years ago, driving over Dead Man's Pass ( I bet you know where that is), I use to see several in the early mornings, daily. It is probably the light pollution here. I have never seen the Northern Lights down here, but did see them several times on the pass.

 

[Dave Earl]

If we're talking extra terrestrial beings, I fully believe there are others 'out there'.

There are over 6,000 known planets outside our solar system. Who knows how many millions (billions?) there are total, beyond anything we can see?

It would incredibly arrogant and presumptuous for us to think we're the only intelligent life in the entire universe, wouldn't it?

 

[Beth Gallagher]

@Dave Earl -- I don't believe Yvonne is referring to extra-terrestrials. There have been multiple reports of meteorites spotted over Texas lately, and one house in the Houston area was struck by one.

I was not aware that meteorites can cause sonic booms. https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/meteor-texas-sonic-booms-rcna264622

 

[Ed Wilson]

I was looking at some pics of meteorites online, and you probably stepped on a few in your lifetime and didn't even know it.

 

[John Brunner]

I get emails from SapceWeather.com They state that--for reasons unknown--"the rate of very bright meteors climbs 10% to 30% during weeks around the vernal equinox. Meteorite falls--fragments that actually hit the ground--are more common in spring as well. Although researchers have known about the spring surge for 30+ years, no one is sure what causes it. There seems to be an intrinsic variation in the meteoroid population along Earth's orbit, with a roughly February-to-June peak in large, fireball-producing debris. The source of the extra debris is unknown."

Apparently, fireballs the size of the one seen in Ohio hit somewhere on the Earth about once per month.

I recall seeing one as a kid when in a friend's back yard in the middle of the afternoon. Since I grew up during Duck & Cover and the Cuban Missile Crisis, I figured it was some kind of attack and ran home.

 

[Jacob Petersheim]

Yeah, so far the only thing unusual about these fireballs is how many have been noted over a rather short time.

Of course if you want to be paranoid, there is a lot of talk now that we have "been too loud" sending out radio signals. There is a Dark Forest theory that says we haven't detected other civilizations because they know enough to hide. Light a match and something might "get you."

 

[John Wick]

The aliens are here!

 

[Yvonne Smith]

There was some kind of a “sonic boom” in South Carolina yesterday, and they are not sure what caused it. It is in the same area where a small earthquake happened a few weeks ago, so it might be from some movement in the earth. The area was also where bombs were tested many years ago, so this could also be part of some test the military is doing and not known to the public as of yet.

 

[John Brunner]

There was some kind of a “sonic boom” in South Carolina yesterday, and they are not sure what caused it. It is in the same area where a small earthquake happened a few weeks ago, so it might be from some movement in the earth. The area was also where bombs were tested many years ago, so this could also be part of some test the military is doing and not known to the public as of yet.

I went on the USGS Earthquake Map website (I am highly familiar with it since the August 2011 5.8 magnitude quake that was centered 10 miles up the road) and for some reason the USGS has logged that sonic boom as a Magnitude 0.0 with no details provided. There was a Magnitude 1.9 logged at almost the exact same place (6km NNE of St. Andrews) on the 22nd of this month, although I have no idea how one can pinpoint exact coordinates for a sonic boom. And I can tell you from first-hand experience that very few people would even feel a Magnitude 1.9 tremor here with the east coast's geology. I find nothing on the web that yet identifies the cause.

Here's a link to the USGS map of all Events within the past 7 days. You can click on any dot on the map and see Event details. Link