Naked eye Daylight meteor!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Merlin66]

Just received this report from my mates in Europe!

on 2007, July 25, 12h 07m local time (almost noon) a bright daylight
> fireball has been observed in eastern Italy, Slovenia and Croatia
> region. Magnitude has been estimated near -20. Here is a movie:
> http://tinyurl.com/yt6jsj (http://tinyurl.com/yt6jsj)

FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[iceman]

WOW! :eyepop:

Absolutely fantastic! Look at those videos! I wonder what size that thing was.

I love how it flashed and broke up right near the end. I wonder if any of it hit the ground and was found.

Thanks for the link Ken!

[sheeny]

:eyepop:That would be something to remember if you'd seen it in person!

Al.

[mill]

Man i wish i was there at that moment, looks awesome.

[[1ponders]]

Thank goodness for the ever present handy cam :thumbsup:

[RB]

Awesome !

:thumbsup:

[ballaratdragons]

:eyepop: :eyepop: :eyepop:

That's Fantastico!!!! So bright for daytime!

[Ric]

A truly fantastic sight to see live as they say, even a normal meteorite is a great sight.

Cheers

[Blue Skies]

Incredible! Especially that last shot of it breaking apart. Good that so many people managed to capture it, too, from different angles. It must have been a big chunk of rock, I wonder if any of it reached the ground?

[Merlin66]

:mad2: Just got this message from my mate in Europe:

> Ok, all of those fireball videos are fakes, the last
> ones on that news report were all made by a guy in
> Spain and can be seen on YouTube. He has videos of
> fireballs falling in Seville, Madrid, Leon, and
> Valencia. The first one that the news opens with is
> the one we discussed yesterday, a rocket or firework.
> I assume a fireball happened in Croatia yesterday, but
> none, not one of those videos are real, so don't get
> too excited.
> Go to youtube, type in meteorite fall, and you can
> find them all.
> Michael Farmer
, sorry guys...........

[iceman]

How sad.

[Garyh]

Don`t you just hate these fakers!!!

I actually saw a real one on the 28th, about half a hour after the ISS passed by. Was to the south-west and started about 30 degrees above the horizon and headed straight down and would have hit -8 mag as it went behind the mountains. Brightest one I have seen for ages!!
I watched a -7 iridium flare a few nights before and this was brighter..
cheers

[ving]

figured it was fake... darn fakers keeping us on our toes!

[RB]

:scared3:

I suppose it's too late to change my post. :lol:

[ving]

:rofl:

[erick]

OK, here is a test for us then!

http://www.autodesk.com/eng/etc/fakeorfoto/index.html

pour moi - 7/10 :sadeyes:

[iceman]

8/10! Very tricky.

[Outbackmanyep]

I did it a few times, had to see if i could get all 10 and this is what i came up with!

CG CG R CG R
CG R CG R R

:thumbsup:

[Ric]

5/10. No wonder the meteorite had me fooled :lol:

Cheers

[iceman]

Spaceweather are running the story now too.. someone should tell Dr Tony Phillips that it's a fake.

edit: ok, I emailed him :)

[iceman]

Tony replied - he's pulled the story for now while he finds out whether someone was trying to trick him.

[ballaratdragons]

Hmmmm, 7/10.

Not what I call terrific. :P But my eyes are getting worse. That's my excuse :lol:

[iceman]

hmm maybe there was a super-bolide after all - just that the video wasn't showing pictures of it, more like file footage. It was probably mentioned in the Croatian story but of course it was lost in translation for us :)

[MawcDrums]

the videos have been confirmed to be fake... has anyone heard any other news or seen any other picture or video of this event?

[Blue Skies]

Yes, that the bolide was real and the news article was asking for eye-witnesses to come forwards to give reports. The pictures where fake but were meant to give an idea of what it would have looked like, but because it wasn't in English not many understood this. That's what I've heard.

[Glenhuon]

I saw one in Geraldton about a dozen years ago, went from horizon to horizon, must have taken a bout 4-5 seconds. Really bright and sort of throwing out sparks. Probably not a meteor but a bit of "Space Junk" re-entering the atmosphere. Looked really spectacular.