State of Alabama reports of a bright fireball detected by NASA

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Last night, at 12:19 AM Central Daylight Time, numerous eyewitnesses in the SouthEast reported seeing a very bright fireball, which was also detected by all six NASA meteor cameras in the region. Analysis of the data indicates that the meteor was first seen at an altitude of 58 miles above Turkeytown, Alabama (northeast of Gadsden), moving west of north at 53,700 miles per hour. It fragmented some 18 miles above the small town of Grove Oak. Early results indicate the fireball, which was at least 40 times as bright as the Full Moon, was caused by a small asteroid 6 feet (2 meters) in diameter. We are still assessing the probability of the fireball producing meteorites on the ground - whether it did or not, it was an extremely bright event, send through partly cloudy skies and triggering every camera and sensor operated by the Meteoroid Environment Office in the region. Ground track, image from the color DFN camera at MSFC and image from the meteor camera at the University of North Georgia in Dahlonega are attached (120 miles away - cameras closer than this were saturated). The American Meteor Society defines a fireball as a meteor that shines brighter than the planet Venus. A meteor is a small piece of rocky, iron or icy debris flying in space that emits light as it enters the earths atmosphere. A meteor can be either a meteoroid (space debris that is one meter or less in size) or an asteroid (space debris that is one meter to hundreds of kilometers in size). A meteorite is a fragment of a meteoroid or asteroid that survives passage through the earth's atmosphere and strikes the ground.

RSOE EDIS - Event into space event in [Airspace of the state], State of Alabama, USA on August 18 2018 04:21 AM


Now this would have been something exciting to see .
 
Analysis of the data indicates that the meteor was first seen at an altitude of 58 miles above Turkeytown, Alabama (northeast of Gadsden)

It's Roy Moore! Come to take revenge on the Gadsden Mall for banning him!
 
Last night, at 12:19 AM Central Daylight Time, numerous eyewitnesses in the SouthEast reported seeing a very bright fireball, which was also detected by all six NASA meteor cameras in the region. Analysis of the data indicates that the meteor was first seen at an altitude of 58 miles above Turkeytown, Alabama (northeast of Gadsden), moving west of north at 53,700 miles per hour. It fragmented some 18 miles above the small town of Grove Oak. Early results indicate the fireball, which was at least 40 times as bright as the Full Moon, was caused by a small asteroid 6 feet (2 meters) in diameter. We are still assessing the probability of the fireball producing meteorites on the ground - whether it did or not, it was an extremely bright event, send through partly cloudy skies and triggering every camera and sensor operated by the Meteoroid Environment Office in the region. Ground track, image from the color DFN camera at MSFC and image from the meteor camera at the University of North Georgia in Dahlonega are attached (120 miles away - cameras closer than this were saturated). The American Meteor Society defines a fireball as a meteor that shines brighter than the planet Venus. A meteor is a small piece of rocky, iron or icy debris flying in space that emits light as it enters the earths atmosphere. A meteor can be either a meteoroid (space debris that is one meter or less in size) or an asteroid (space debris that is one meter to hundreds of kilometers in size). A meteorite is a fragment of a meteoroid or asteroid that survives passage through the earth's atmosphere and strikes the ground.

RSOE EDIS - Event into space event in [Airspace of the state], State of Alabama, USA on August 18 2018 04:21 AM


Now this would have been something exciting to see .
No. What is wrong with you?
 
Last night, at 12:19 AM Central Daylight Time, numerous eyewitnesses in the SouthEast reported seeing a very bright fireball, which was also detected by all six NASA meteor cameras in the region. Analysis of the data indicates that the meteor was first seen at an altitude of 58 miles above Turkeytown, Alabama (northeast of Gadsden), moving west of north at 53,700 miles per hour. It fragmented some 18 miles above the small town of Grove Oak. Early results indicate the fireball, which was at least 40 times as bright as the Full Moon, was caused by a small asteroid 6 feet (2 meters) in diameter. We are still assessing the probability of the fireball producing meteorites on the ground - whether it did or not, it was an extremely bright event, send through partly cloudy skies and triggering every camera and sensor operated by the Meteoroid Environment Office in the region. Ground track, image from the color DFN camera at MSFC and image from the meteor camera at the University of North Georgia in Dahlonega are attached (120 miles away - cameras closer than this were saturated). The American Meteor Society defines a fireball as a meteor that shines brighter than the planet Venus. A meteor is a small piece of rocky, iron or icy debris flying in space that emits light as it enters the earths atmosphere. A meteor can be either a meteoroid (space debris that is one meter or less in size) or an asteroid (space debris that is one meter to hundreds of kilometers in size). A meteorite is a fragment of a meteoroid or asteroid that survives passage through the earth's atmosphere and strikes the ground.

RSOE EDIS - Event into space event in [Airspace of the state], State of Alabama, USA on August 18 2018 04:21 AM


Now this would have been something exciting to see .
I see youre resisting the urge to scream "ITS ALIENS". That is good, you are learning to keep those thoughts to yourself.

Of course, the truth is, it was just a meteor. Just relax, you can sleep well tonight.
 

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