Was out walking the dog this evening around 10 and saw what appeared to be a bright orange shooting star with a long orange, I guess you could say, segmented tail. It was racing almost horizontal as its trajectory went below the tree line and disappeared in the western sky. What struck me was the vibrant fiery orange and the way the "tail" appeared to be like a dashed, flickering line.




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i saw it. i was on a roof at work. maybe a meteor . it did last a while tho so who knows

Probably one of our spy satellites. Now that our government is shut down I expect them to start dropping like flies.

 

They are obsolete anyway since they can listen to all your phone calls and read your email.

I heard someone mention Haleys comet. Not sure how true that is though.

Space Junk..

I heard someone mention Haleys comet. Not sure how true that is though.

 

Definitely not Haleys Comet or any comet for that mater. Haleys Comet is once every 75 years and it last came in 1986 or 87 I think. Most likely a meteor or space junk.

Space peanut.

If it was Orange, it was most probably space junk that was burning and breaking up in the atmosphere. Another possibility is that it was a Bolide (aka meteoroid... note: NOT a meteor) which is a larger space rock that turns into a fireball as it speeds through the atmosphere. A bolide will usually be VERY bright and can also be audible as they zip through the atmosphere. I once witnessed a bolide that made a loud sizzling/crackling sound as it was burning up and flying through the sky. Pretty cool stuff. Meteors (what most people refer to as a "shooting star") are normally very small pieces of rock (sometimes as small as a grain of sand) and usually have a greenish color and a greeenish streak as they hurtle through the atmosphere.

If you find it don't touch it or add water to it!!!!! Not sure how many will get that reference but if you do, good for you lol

 

If you find it don't touch it or add water to it!!!!! Not sure how many will get that reference but if you do, good for you lol

Gremlins??? LOL 

Lol nope. But not a bad guess

Creepshow. METEOR SH*T!!!!!!

A few weeks ago saw the same thing.  Driving west on Rt 33 from Freehold.  Right over the head.

Creepshow. METEOR SH*T!!!!!!

Hahaha way to go DB. I knew someone had to get it.

Hahaha way to go DB. I knew someone had to get it.

Stephen King's best performance!

Could have been a satellite flare...when the sun gleams off of a satellite's solar panels. A little late, but possible.

In all my years backpacking and camping, I have twice experienced meteor falls that were audible. As another poster said, a pretty loud crackling/sizzling sound. Besides maybe a live volcano, one of the coolest OMG!!! dislplays of the natural world you can experience.

I live in Marlton, and I saw one last night looked like a fireball of sorts.. pretty awesome! 

 

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Cool fact, Did you know that it is not friction that that causes things to burn up on reentry, like is commonly believed? While the friction will heat up an object, the friction produced by the air relatively minor, and gets no where near hot enough to melt rocks or metal. The actual culprit is Ram Pressure,  the compression of the air by an object. The air itself rapidly being compressed becomes supper heated, which in turn heats up the object past its melting point, as it passes through that superheated air.

Meatier.