02 March 2011

Breaking News - NY, NJ, PA, VA, DC CT DE MD Meteor 1MAR2011

Reports from Readers:
Delaware Meteor 9:40 pm EST 1MAR2011
I just saw a meteor streak rapidly in front of me at 9:40 pm in Delaware.....looked like a ball of fire in the air.. - Joe Yancey (email)  Thank you Joe!


Washington DC Green Meteor ~9:30 EST 1MAR2011
I saw a green Meteor in the sky over NE Washington DC about 45 minutes ago.
Kathryn (email)  Thank you Kathryn!



Bethpage, NY large shooting star 21:18 EST 1MAR2011
I just saw a large shooting star in the SSE sky from bethpage, NY. It fell straight towards the ground quickly and had a long red tail until it burned out!
Melissa De Falco (email)  Thank you Melissa!


Vineland, NJ Meteor ~9:30 pm 1MAR2011
Saw meteor around 9:30pm to my left while traveling down rt 55 south near mile marker 41 near Vineland, NJ. It came down slowly and appeared to burn brighter as it descended. Awesome!  Thank you!

Toms River, New Jersey large ball of fire ~9:40 pm EST 1MAR2011
just saw an amazing sight in the sky around 940 pm while at a stop light in toms river new jersey. looked like a large ball of fire that shot downward. if it was a shooting star, it was the biggest one i have ever seen. to my eyes it looked like it stayed in on spot and then shot down ward but that just might have been how my eyes procieved it. - Garret Holland (email)  Thank you!

Central NJ meteor or falling star 9:20 pm 1MAR2011
Hubby & I saw what appeared to be a meteor or falling star at 9:20pm tonight in central NJ. Appeared quite large and got brighter as it fell. What's going on with all these sightings lately? Weird. - Janice and Bob Thank you!


Stamford CT large bright ball of light prior ~9:30 pm 1MAR2011
Just before 9: 30 pm est, my cousin & I saw a large bright ball of light coming straight down from the sky. It looked so close & appeared white to me. She said it looked greenish. It lasted about one or two seconds. We were anticipating a crashing sound or something but it just seemed to disappear a few feet from the ground.
- Jen Strada & Kati Scheckler  Thank You Jen and Kati !


Sighting on Route 50 Eastern Shore Maryland
March 1. Between 9:30 - 9:40. Beautiful "falling star" seemed to just hang there with yellow tail visible. Almost like fire ball as others have mentioned. Largest we've ever seen. -Connie Luxton
Thank You!


West Harwich MA just before 9:30 pm 1MAR2011
I live in West Harwich MA. I was driving west along route 28 just before 9:30. I saw a fairly large white light falling toward the earth in an east to west direction. It appeared to dive in an arc toward the ocean, south of Harwich, toward Marthas Vineyard. It didn't seem to be travelling very fast. It was slow enough to catch my eye before diving out of sight. - Marge Frith
Thanks Marge!


long island at aprox 9:28 pm 3/1/11
Something dropped from sky over the south shore of long island at aprox 9:28 pm 3/1/11. Large white object looked like a shooting star but much larger and straight down Aprox area of Islip, NY. Thank you for your report!


Bohemia, NY  large green Meteor 9:38 pm EST
facing south toward the Atlantic Ocean a large green Meteor streaked across the sky then discipated into 3 streaks and disappeared, I was on Johnson avenue in Bohemia, NY at 

9:38 pm EST -John Leone  Thanks John!


Danbury, CT.
March 1, 2011, 9:25pm +/-5 minutes.
Saw very prominent straight shooting light in sky heading southeast to the horizon. White in color with no tail. 2 seconds long in duration. I first thought it was a bright meteor, then thought maybe city lights reflecting off my car window. After reading posts here, I am sure it was a meteor. -David Newton  Thank you David!


GREENLAWN, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK
AT ABOUT 9:30 PM WED NIGHT MARCH 1ST, 2011, I WAS DRIVING WEST BOUND ON A SIDE ROAD AND A HUGE WHITE BALL SEEMINGLY LOW IN THE SKY STREAKED ACROSS THE SKYLINE...IN A SOUTHERN DIRECTION. IT WAS FAST, AND SUDDEN AND GONE IN A FEW SECONDS...IT WAS VERY EXCITING...I EVEN CALLED THE POLICE WHO SAID THERE WERE NO OTHER REPORTS, SO I WAS HAPPY TO SEE I WASNT HALLUCINATING WHEN I FOUND THIS WEBSITE! -Anon.  Thank you!


Hartford, CT
I saw a falling Meteor on my way home last night, traveling south on Interstate 91 headed towards Hartford, CT. It was one of the brightest and largest I have seen, with a long tail, and appeared to almost die out but then brightened before finally fading out. - Jennifer  Thank you Jennifer!



Long Beach Island, NJ. At 9:22 pm
I live on Long Beach Island, NJ. At 9:22 pm while lying in bed watching TV, I saw a flash of green light about 1 foot long with a dot of black in it, in the sky over the Atlantic Ocean. The police came to the beach to look out over the sea and said they had about 8 people calling with the same description up and down the Island. Since the sky is jet black at night over the ocean it was pretty amazing to see. Sincerely, Mary Ann Gutchigian  Thank you Mary Ann!


Warfordsburg, PA Very bright fireball 9:30 3-1-2011
I saw a very bright fireball in the eastern sky from inside my house in Warfordsburg, PA around 9:30 on March 1, 2011. I was watching TV and saw the slow, very bright meteor through a window facing the east. It was still glowing quite brightly as it disappeared behind the hills and had a slight green color. - Jenna  Thank you Jenna!


montgomery co md
Saw a Green shooting star around 9pm on march 1 2011 while driving in
montgomery co md. was really bright and had a long tail. saw a few
other interesting bright silver objects in the sky while passing
through hampshire greens near dusk last evening. - Rob  Thank you Rob!

James Murphy wrote: 9:30pm 3/1/11 brick,nj   Thanks James!


Weehawken NJ  March 1, 2011 around 9:21 pm
I was in Weehawken NJ last night, March 1, 2011 around 9:21 pm when I saw an abnormally bright, large, green meteor fall straight down at a 90 degree angle to the earth. Looked like it was beyond Long Island toward the Atlantic Ocean . -kimberly.kraemer  Thank you Kimberly!


White Plains, NY
Guest610 (guest) wrote:
Last night (march 1)at 9:20pm, I saw a huge green ball that shot straight downward with a red tail. I was driving on Taconic Pkwy (5 min north of White Plains, NY)
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11 comments:

Anonymous said...

Saw meteor around 9:30pm to my left while traveling down rt 55 south near mile marker 41 near Vineland, NJ. It came down slowly and appeared to burn brighter as it descended. Awesome!

Janice and Bob said...

Hubby & I saw what appeared to be a meteor or falling star at 9:20pm tonight in central NJ. Appeared quite large and got brighter as it fell. What's going on with all these sightings lately? Weird.

Anonymous said...

Something dropped from sky over the south shore of long island at aprox 9:28 pm 3/1/11. Large white object looked like a shooting star but much larger and straight down Aprox area of Islip.

David Newton said...

Dave Newton in Danbury, CT.
March 1, 2011, 9:25pm +/-5 minutes.
Saw very prominent straight shooting light in sky heading southeast to the horizon. White in color with no tail. 2 seconds long in duration. I first thought it was a bright meteor, then thought maybe city lights reflecting off my car window. After reading posts here, I am sure it was a meteor.

Anonymous said...

GREENLAWN, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK
AT ABOUT 9:30 PM WED NIGHT MARCH 1ST, 2011, I WAS DRIVING WEST BOUND ON A SIDE ROAD AND A HUGE WHITE BALL SEEMINGLY LOW IN THE SKY STREAKED ACROSS THE SKYLINE...IN A SOUTHERN DIRECTION.
IT WAS FAST, AND SUDDEN AND GONE IN A FEW SECONDS...IT WAS VERY EXCITING...I EVEN CALLED THE POLICE WHO SAID THERE WERE NO OTHER REPORTS, SO I WAS HAPPY TO SEE I WASNT HALLUCINATING WHEN I FOUND THIS WEBSITE!

Anonymous said...

I saw a huge shooting star, which I at first thought was an airplane going down. It was very bright green, with red tail. I saw it at 9:20pm (March 1) while driving down Taconic Parkway (about 5min north of White Plains, NY).

Anonymous said...

Last night about 2140 central time, I saw a small fire ember trail in Haskell, Arkansas traveling west to east. It was only about 50 feet in the air traveling with a low angle.

Anonymous said...

March 1st in Winter, WI; from the north I witnessed an awesome shooting star travel west at what seemed a moderate pace compared to a typical shooting star. It was extremely bright and had a long orange tail. Its decent path was more horizontal than vertical and it remained bright until it reached the horizon.

Anonymous said...

March 1st I saw what looked like a shooting star traveling slowly, falling to the earth...it was bright all the way down. I was traveling North on hwy 41 just outside of Oshkosh.

Anonymous said...

I too saw a bright green object fall downward in an eastern direction at 9:20pm EST Tuesday March 1st 2011 in Mantua, NJ
Like most said it was pretty big with long flaming tail could be mistaken for an airplane going down if not for the other worldly green hue and the fact that there were no reports of any crashes. Pretty cool that I wasn't the only one who witnessed the event.

Anonymous said...

Just saw a bright green object fall to earth in waynesboro, pa @ 11:02 pm 5-29-11. Meteorite? Never saw anything that color fall from the sky.