02 May 2011

Arizona Nevada Colorado Utah Meteor 30APR2011

Maricopa, Arizona Meteor ~8:00 pm 30APR2011
I am on vacation in Maricopa Arizona. Last night my friend and I were headed north on the 347 highway and we saw a large fireball coming from east to west. (It was after 8:00 pm) It appeared to be about 10 miles northwest of Maricopa. I was wondering if anyone else saw it?
Barbara R


Clarkdale AZ. approximately 8pm
Guest213 (guest): Not sure what I saw last but here goes. it was approximately 8pm in Clarkdale AZ. I saw a large blueish and redish streak across the night sky long tail very bright a large.

Cortez, Colorado 
yeah my dad saw it too. he said it was moving pretty slow and looked like a huge fireball. we saw it from our house in Cortez, Colorado though, which is a ways away from where you saw it.

Mesquite Nv Just after 8pm 
Guest243 (guest):Last night, 30 Apr.2011, I was driving northeast on I-15 near Mesquite Nv..Just after 8pm I saw a very bright white steak comming from east to west. There was a very bright white flash followed by a white ball with red flame trailing, of course this is from my perspective. It was all over in 2 seconds. Wayne Handsaker-Smith

I-40 in Arizona
i was driving I-40 in Arizona heading East and saw crazy big fireball in the sky today few hours ago. i wonder what it was... if you guys know please let me know. -sunrisecycles 

Flagstaff, AZ
I was in Flagstaff, AZ in the woods outside my cabin, at about 8:30 pm on April 30. It was quite cold and clear. The entire landscape suddenly lit up as if there were a very bright search light illuminating everything around me. It seemed the brilliance of ten full moons on a clear night. I turned to the northeast and saw the bightest blue-white-green meteorite I have ever seen. It was intially a large ball of light as it moved to the north/northeast, dissipating as it traveled and then faded out. It was truly spectacular. I shouted out loud in spite of myself for the magnificence of it. A real wonderment.
Tom Phalen

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Utah 9:15 PM MST
I saw it in Utah at 9:15 PM MST. It came from the Northeast heading Southwest. It abruptly turned South and then burned out. It was clearly on fire and gradually burned out to nothing.

St. George, Ut 9:25 pm MST 30APR2011
Hi I live in St. George, Ut on the Southwest corner of Utah. At about 9:25 pm MST I was heading east and saw a very bright fireball come from the south to the north. It lasted about 8 sec.
Has anyone else repoted this?

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different event?
North of Phoenix,AZ ~10:00 pm 30APR2011
Guest707 (guest): Di anyone see a very bright falling star April 30th,about 10:00p.m.? It was seen North of Phoenix,AZ-went almost the full length of the sky,very bright,maybe a red glow before it disappeared.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

yeah my dad saw it too. he said it was moving pretty slow and looked like a huge fireball. we saw it from our house in Cortez, Colorado though, which is a ways away from where you saw it.

Anonymous said...

I was in Flagstaff, AZ in the woods outside my cabin, at about 8:30 pm on April 30. It was quite cold and clear. The entire landscape suddenly lit up as if there were a very bright search light illuminating everything around me. It seemed the brilliance of ten full moons on a clear night. I turned to the northeast and saw the bightest blue-white-green meteorite I have ever seen. It was intially a large ball of light as it moved to the north/northeast, dissipating as it traveled and then faded out. It was truly spectacular. I shouted out loud in spite of myself for the magnificence of it. A real wonderment.
Tom Phalen

Anonymous said...

I just saw the meteor pass through South Boulder at 10:30 P.M. Really, really red..It had a glow. It was moving very fast. Out of eye sight within 2 seconds. Very awesome. I will always remember this moment.