Meteorite streaks across NM sky

Scientists think a fireball that flew over New Mexico may have been close enough to actually hit the ground.

[Dave]

Dam, I missed it!

[maniac]

now this is news worth reading.

[P and M]

Me too.

[Verna H]

I can't believe that I(we) was one of the few to see it. This late in my life, too. My sister and I were returning to Albuquerque from Mora, NM between 9:30 and 10:00 pm Thursday night when this huge red ball streaked across the sky. We tried to decide what it could be. When I saw that a rocket had been shot at the moon, I thought it might have been the booster rocket re-entering the atmosphere, but we both said "wow, it looks like it is really close".
Now, we find out that it really was a comet. I am now wondering where it landed. Whew!!!

[Sunny Delight]

Are you sure it wasn't the gov, the basketball being his head, the car his body!!

[Lobo Viejo]

Zeus must have been really pissed off about something.

[BarbMoore]

It's getting close to time for the Orionids Meteor Shower which will peak on Oct. 21.

For more info of this years' meteor showers:

http://stardate.org/nightsky/meteors/

[don stimpson world famous]

Verna H wrote:

I can't believe that I(we) was one of the few to see it. This late in my life, too. My sister and I were returning to Albuquerque from Mora, NM between 9:30 and 10:00 pm Thursday night when this huge red ball streaked across the sky. We tried to decide what it could be. When I saw that a rocket had been shot at the moon, I thought it might have been the booster rocket re-entering the atmosphere, but we both said "wow, it looks like it is really close".
Now, we find out that it really was a comet. I am now wondering where it landed. Whew!!!

did you hear any sounds like thunder or sonic boom?

[area 7]

a ball of fire hit area 7 near shiprock, scattered fire all over the place. next day area was sealed off and they (?) covered it and hauled it away. this was never reported to the news.

[alex j rynkiewicz]

prison guard hit by meteorite 9july09 940pm wilkes-barre,pa 18702 bean shaped greyish/ tan color under bright sunlight. has 2 burn marks/ one on each side/has small clear stones on exterior. need help anyone with identification. [e-mail]

[don stimpson]

never mind!

[Lobo Viejo]

Maybr it was an alien UFO that overshot the landing zone in Roswell.

[Robyn McCulloch]

I saw it from my front door step in Taos! I woke up in the middle of the night because of a loud hum.(Yes, perhaps THE Taos Hum.) I was standing outside, facing EAST, when I saw what I thought was a large shooting star that had red around it. It "fizzled" out over the mountains due east of Taos. I was calculating NASA's LCROSS project and thought maybe it went off early. Now I see the meteor was a separate spectical!

[Silk_the_Absent1]

Lobo Viejo wrote:

Maybr it was an alien UFO that overshot the landing zone in Roswell.

Nah, they were just taking the scenic route to Moscow.

[JosephOne]

Obama's illegal aliens have come home to roost...everybody hide...you do remember War Of The Worlds...ARRRRGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!

Their death rays are melting me ... oh wait that is just Obama's health care...nevermind...cool meteor.

[BarbMoore]

Verna H wrote:

I can't believe that I(we) was one of the few to see it. This late in my life, too. My sister and I were returning to Albuquerque from Mora, NM between 9:30 and 10:00 pm Thursday night when this huge red ball streaked across the sky. We tried to decide what it could be. When I saw that a rocket had been shot at the moon, I thought it might have been the booster rocket re-entering the atmosphere, but we both said "wow, it looks like it is really close".
Now, we find out that it really was a comet. I am now wondering where it landed. Whew!!!

It wasn't a comet. Comets stay in orbit. Meteorites don't.

[don stimpson]

Robyn McCulloch wrote:

I saw it from my front door step in Taos! I woke up in the middle of the night because of a loud hum.(Yes, perhaps THE Taos Hum.) I was standing outside, facing EAST, when I saw what I thought was a large shooting star that had red around it. It "fizzled" out over the mountains due east of Taos. I was calculating NASA's LCROSS project and thought maybe it went off early. Now I see the meteor was a separate spectical!

the taos hum huh, thats a new one for me :-)
i asked the tv station to check the radar, sometimes the vaporization cloud can be seen and makes recovery of meteorite fragments possible. thanks for the info, don

[ECReporter]

Verna H wrote:

I can't believe that I(we) was one of the few to see it. This late in my life, too. My sister and I were returning to Albuquerque from Mora, NM between 9:30 and 10:00 pm Thursday night when this huge red ball streaked across the sky. We tried to decide what it could be. When I saw that a rocket had been shot at the moon, I thought it might have been the booster rocket re-entering the atmosphere, but we both said "wow, it looks like it is really close".
Now, we find out that it really was a comet. I am now wondering where it landed. Whew!!!

I would like to interview you for the local paper. [e-mail]

[ECReporter]

Robyn McCulloch wrote:

I saw it from my front door step in Taos! I woke up in the middle of the night because of a loud hum.(Yes, perhaps THE Taos Hum.) I was standing outside, facing EAST, when I saw what I thought was a large shooting star that had red around it. It "fizzled" out over the mountains due east of Taos. I was calculating NASA's LCROSS project and thought maybe it went off early. Now I see the meteor was a separate spectical!

I would like to interview you for the local paper. [e-mail]

[JosephOne]

Maybe it was the V

You know the "visitors"...coming back for Obama.

Or coming to invade America with Obama....AHHHHHAHAHHHAH....we' re all going to die!!!!!!!