American Meteor Society
Over 30 witnesses from Arizona and New Mexico reported a brilliant fireball last night a little after 7:00 PM Mountain Time.
A large percentage of reports indicated a delayed boom which generally means the bolide penetrated deep into the atmosphere.
Click the image below or this link to view all of the witness reports associated with this event.
Arizona Fireball – December 10th, 2013 – 7:12 PM MT
Here is a video of the fireball:
and here is an still frame from an all sky camera at the Whipple Observatory on Mt. Hopkins. The fireball is the bright spot in the top of the image, the moon is the bright blob towards the bottom.
Fireball Meteor over Arizona December 10th, 2013 – Photo Credit: Whipple Observatory
If you witnessed this event, please fill out an official fireball report and tell us what you saw.
The image attributed to Mt Lemmon is actually Mt Hopkins (MMT). Peace
I heard an felt the boom . Thought my windows your going to blow out . The Percussion from my windows were from the west of me I live approximately 2 miles west Marana high school if that’s any help .
FYI, the all sky camera image is NOT from Mt. Lemmon but actually the Whipple Observatory at Mt. Hopkins some 40 miles to the south.
I set up the webpage and data archiving and unfortunately the fireball occurred between our exposures. It was also too cloudy to see any residual trail in the next frame. The image above is currently credited to us but is actually from the on Mt. Hopkins.
At 7:12 PM MT on 12/10/13, I saw a very bright meteor moving from east to west at an angle of about 10 degrees above the horizon, south-southwest of Lake Havasu City, AZ. It appeared to get brighter and a small piece may have broken off just before it went out of sight below the horizon. The night sky was clear of clouds. Considerable light was emited from a more-than-half-full moon, so this meteor was bright or close and did make quite a brief show. If it didn’t burn up, it may have landed somewhere in southern CA.
Has the planet for the past few years been subject to “incomings” so prevalently that the public is not being made aware of the situation lest mild panic ensue?
Check out: http://www.amsmeteors.org/fireballs/fireball-tracking-system-analysis/
Sunday AUGUST 3rd 2014-approximately 1:00-1:10 a.m. stood in aawh for a while
Just happen to be looking up at the night sky and saw a bursting flash of light that’s struck like a match. In comparison, I would say ratio wise average star size of a tic tac compared to a checker piece that lasted 3 seconds at most. Never seen anything like it in my life.
MAkes you wonder in the sky what’s going to happen next?