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T O P I C R E V I E Wspaceman1953Local (1) South Bend TV station on the 11 pm news said they are getting emails about major meteor activity tonight...Anybody else seeing anything? Cannot find anything on news/space news sites.Thanks!GeneRobert PearlmanWOOD TV8: Meteor, or something, spotted in sky 24 Hour News 8 received many e-mails Thursday night about something falling from the sky.Viewers from Kalamazoo to Allegan County to Cedar Springs reported seeing something that looked like a shooting star with an "orangish tail."Dave Swanson, who works in the control tower at the Kalamazoo-Battle Creek International Airport, told 24 Hour News 8 that at 9:17 p.m. he saw a "meteoroid in the NW sky traking NNE. Duration of less than 2 seconds, but brilliant when it was lit."Those at WGN-TV in Chicago told 24 Hour News 8 they, too, have received calls of something in the sky.Robert PearlmanTwitter reports of bright meteor sightings tonight range from Atlanta, Georgia to Chicago, Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah...spaceman1953Thank you, kind sir!GenePhilipThe annual October-month Orionids meteor shower, named after their radiant, which occurs in the constellation of the hunter "Orion" produced a spectacular example with an amazing afterglow.Orionids peak around October 21st. Typically the peak is 10-15 meteors an hour.cspgNow is the period of Taurids.And here's a shot taken from space of the meteor that exploded over Sudan.Chris.
Anybody else seeing anything? Cannot find anything on news/space news sites.
Thanks!Gene
24 Hour News 8 received many e-mails Thursday night about something falling from the sky.Viewers from Kalamazoo to Allegan County to Cedar Springs reported seeing something that looked like a shooting star with an "orangish tail."Dave Swanson, who works in the control tower at the Kalamazoo-Battle Creek International Airport, told 24 Hour News 8 that at 9:17 p.m. he saw a "meteoroid in the NW sky traking NNE. Duration of less than 2 seconds, but brilliant when it was lit."Those at WGN-TV in Chicago told 24 Hour News 8 they, too, have received calls of something in the sky.
Viewers from Kalamazoo to Allegan County to Cedar Springs reported seeing something that looked like a shooting star with an "orangish tail."
Dave Swanson, who works in the control tower at the Kalamazoo-Battle Creek International Airport, told 24 Hour News 8 that at 9:17 p.m. he saw a "meteoroid in the NW sky traking NNE. Duration of less than 2 seconds, but brilliant when it was lit."
Those at WGN-TV in Chicago told 24 Hour News 8 they, too, have received calls of something in the sky.
Gene
Orionids peak around October 21st. Typically the peak is 10-15 meteors an hour.
And here's a shot taken from space of the meteor that exploded over Sudan.
Chris.
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