Bright Fireball Lights Up New England Sky

The meteor entered at 04:50 UTC this morning and was filmed by the dashcam of a Portland police sergeant on patrol


And an officer in Plattsburgh.


Compilation.

Reports have been received of a loud boom but no reports of injury or damage.

The AMS has received 330 reports so far about a fireball event over Northeastern US on May 17th 2016 around 12:50am EDT (4:50 UT). The fireball was seen primarily from Maine but witnesses from Vermont, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Ontario (Canada) and Québec (Canada) also reported the event.
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a reply to: gortex

Nice find and great video!

That is great footage

That was very cool! I never get to see this kind of stuff anywhere but in video.

a reply to: YachiruKusajishi

I know right? We actually had a well documented one recently that was seen from my city but I missed it.

originally posted by: gortex

Two nice clear shots. I think it's safe to say that meteor was fairly close to the Plattsburgh area. In the dashcam pictures you can just about see a building bathed in the lighting, (below the white arrow) on the viewing side, that makes me thing that the meteor was close. Use the link for the magnifyer.



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a reply to: mclarenmp4

I has sadz now. Maybe I just need to spend a little more time looking up at the sky.

That was amazing! Great post!

That's really cool and nice vid.

a reply to: smurfy

I don't know how you did that but it is really cool. Thank you!

originally posted by: Quantum12
a reply to: smurfy

I don't know how you did that but it is really cool. Thank you!

Just use your print screen function usually located on the right of your top layer of keys on the keyboard, that will save whatever image you are seeing to your computer, mobile or static. After that, you can use the paint in windows, first left click on the 'edit' option there, then right click on the mouse will give you the option to paste, left click on the paste option and the picture will appear. If you just want the picture left click on save, name your picture, save as a JPEG or GIF. as what works best here at ATS.

a reply to: smurfy

I have a Mac! I love what you did!!

originally posted by: Quantum12
a reply to: smurfy

I have a Mac! I love what you did!!

This might help then, I'm not familiar to Mac, but it looks like if you just want to capture a picture, the protocol is similar, with some more keys needed, although you can edit the picture as you go it seems.

www.printscreenmac.com...

a reply to: smurfy

Ok cool, thank you!