Massive Fireball Reported Across Mid-West Sky

[BolivarianHero]

Source: CNN

Authorities in several Midwestern states were flooded Wednesday night with reports of a gigantic fireball lighting up the sky, the National Weather Service said.

The fireball was visible for about 15 minutes beginning about 10 p.m., said the National Weather Service in Sullivan, Wisconsin, just west of Milwaukee.

"The fireball was seen over the northern sky, moving from west to east," said the NWS in the Quad Cities area, which includes parts of Iowa and Illinois.

"Well before it reached the horizon, it broke up into smaller pieces and was lost from sight," the service said. "Several reports of a prolonged sonic boom were received from areas north of Highway 20, along with shaking of homes, trees and various other objects including wind chimes," it said.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/04/15/midwest.fireball/index.html?eref=igoogle_cnn

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0HEM3FFGEE ITZ TEH RAPTURRR

[SpiralHawk]

1. "We gots your fireball right here." - Crap Guzzlers United (CGU)

[happygoluckytoyou]

19. IN A RELATED STORY - teabaggers praise god for sending them the Fireball Of Things To Come,===>

[happygoluckytoyou]

21. Sarah Palin will follow the morning prayer with her interpretation of the FIREBALL's meaning

[happygoluckytoyou]

22. Looking HOT and UNCOMFORTABLE, Sarah claims this is even more important than her burning bush

[olegramps]

37. Dumb ignorant bitch got the vaseline and vicks mixed up again?

[otohara]

2. Bring it On

I'm ready for this rapture thing.

[arcane1]

3. Dammit!

I never get to see these things :(

[Juneboarder]

4. Did anyone find ALF? n/t

[ChairmanAgnostic]

12. What's it all about,

Alfie?

[ChairmanAgnostic]

5. It's a SIGN! It says God supports Tea baggers!

[electropop]

13. Or... maybe he smote a few of 'em where they live...

[Juneboarder]

23. I think the term Teabagger is hilarious!

Everything about that group is just, well, it's as if their a beer short of a 6-pac or something...

Here's the definition of Teabagger from the Urban Dictionary :)

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=teabagger

[peacetalksforall]

28. Teabagger - someone who hates our government, but can't say why. Should

Armey or Norquist or Rove write it for them, even a single paragraph, ifwouldexpose their bigotry. Their hate applies to Mexicans, Foreigners, and Welfare Queens, plus the President and the audacity of people in this country who voted for him and all foreigners who praise him.

They hate the government means they hate us.

[Juneboarder]

30. Ok...

I still find the term hilarious. I wonder if they like being teabagged, LOL!

[EXneoCON]

6. I was lucky enough...

...to see one in the night sky over Tucson AZ. Eerily quiet and left a large smoke/dust trail that lingered a while. Ain't Nature grand?!

(Edited for st00pid spelin')

[Socal31]

7. Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck save us again!

[Peace Patriot]

40. Naw, it was SG-1! nt

[JesterCS]

8. Saw it last nite

Was outside smoking and watching the sky. Its a nerd thing I guess lol. But saw a faint glow go across the sky then disappear. Mind you, Monroe is pretty far from places like Iowa, but still was visible.

[StClone]

17. I saw it too!

I live in Central Wisconsin and it lit up the sky coming in from the WNW and went out in a flash before it hit the horizon. It was bright as a full moon and greenish-blue in color with a white center. The show latest but few seconds. The last one I saw from NE Iowa back in 1984(?) and it was centered over Pennsylvania! The meteors in this shower travel about 40 miles a second and are seen entry about 60 down to 40 miles up. This thing probably was the size of a baseball.

[JesterCS]

39. i must have caught it

pretty high up. it was WNW of me as well. I almost disregarded it as a satellite, but was a bit too bright and could see it flare out. Not like when the sun reflects off of something though.

[Democat]

9. Blame Obama!

If only McCain had won, maybe god wouldn't hate America so much! :hi:

[Ian David]

10. I saw one over Parsippany, New Jersey sometime between 1987-89. It was awesome! n/t

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

11. maybe it crashed into the volcano

erupting in iceland?

jus sayin

[florida08]

14. pretty low to the ground

people have those cameras ready don't they..lol

[eShirl]

15. sorry, it was the tourtiere I had last night

[sinkingfeeling]

16. Was it the Tea Party Express with Sarah Palin at the head?

[RaleighNCDUer]

24. No, that would be crash and burn, not burn and crash. nt

[uppityperson]

18. That is very cool. I've always wanted to see one of these.

[SheilaT]

20. I was on the phone with my son last night

discussing how I could locate Mercury just after sunset. He was outside in Overland Park, Ks, I'm in Santa Fe, and he reported seeing a meteor during the conversation. I was quite jealous, and didn't realize just how big and bright it was until I heard about it on the news this morning.

[superconnected]

25. Well something caught fire crashed and exploded. Wonder if the gov will tell us what.

[ehrnst]

26. Palin's ego reaching critical mass. (nt)

[MineralMan]

27. YouTube video of this fire ball.

It comes near the end of the 45 second video, so wait for it. Pretty amazing. I slept through the whole damn thing, though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4tbmL_CxXs

Here's another:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiE9rkuSecY

[superconnected]

29. Thanks for posting those!

I was wondering what it really looked like.

[olegramps]

38. Thanks for posting the videos. Really great.

[Ter]

31. All these replies, yet no one is alarmed?

I'll be the first to ask? What was it? If it was a meteorite, how big was it, where did it hit, and why wasn't it detected? If it was something else, what? Aurora?

[Tabasco_Dave]

32. Maybe it's baby Superman.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

33. He said "greetings", then melted my lug wrench

friggin space aliens, harshing my mellow.

[Yeahyeah]

34. It was just a hunk'a hunk'a burnin' love.

[Yeahyeah]

36. It was scheduled to burn and crash in England but it couldn't see with all volcanic crap in the air.

[leftyladyfrommo]

35. The news is saying it was a meteor landed in Wisconsin n/t