the METEORS ARE REAL!! i just saw 2 miami fl, page 3

posted on Feb, 17 2013 @ 08:00 PM

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I wish I've seen that ! Lucky you !!

It seems that there are more indeed but perhaps we are just noticing more.

ETA: nvm / had questions that have already been answered.

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Phage

posted on Feb, 17 2013 @ 08:02 PM

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So here are my questions...is it because of more people reporting them?

That would be a logical explanation.
Tell me, have you personally seen a dramatic increase in meteors? I haven't.

SonoftheSun

posted on Feb, 17 2013 @ 08:04 PM

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Well, personally I haven't seen one.

That is why I find that the OP is one lucky person...

I wish I did.

Phage

posted on Feb, 17 2013 @ 08:07 PM

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I've seen a lot of meteors.

I've seen one very large fireball. But I'm just one set of eyes and I was in one location and I happened to be looking in the right direction (it was low on the horizon).

MidnightTide

posted on Feb, 17 2013 @ 08:07 PM

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Not like they are looking for meteors that size anyway:

Russian Fireball Won't Be Last Surprise Asteroid Attack

The world will have to live with surprise asteroid attacks on the scale of Friday's Russian fireball, at least for a while.

The meteor that exploded over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk without warning Friday (Feb. 15), damaging hundreds of buildings and wounding more than 1,000 people, was caused by a space rock about 50 feet (15 meters) wide, researchers said.

Asteroids of this size are both difficult to detect and incredibly numerous, so it will take a long time for astronomers to find and map out the orbits of all the potentially dangerous ones. Besides, researchers have bigger fish to fry.

"Defending the Earth against tiny asteroids such as the one that passed over Siberia and impacted there is a challenging issue that is something that is not currently our goal,"

news.yahoo.com...

InnerPeace2012

posted on Feb, 17 2013 @ 08:33 PM

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Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by SonoftheSun

I've seen a lot of meteors.

I've seen one very large fireball. But I'm just one set of eyes and I was in one location and I happened to be looking in the right direction (it was low on the horizon).

That's good for you Phage, I have seen a shooting star myself, but not one that goes fireball. For a person who is knowledgeable in this field, you have a high chance of seeing this than your average person, who gets surprised with not just one but two fireballs appearing minutes of each other?

Must be a normal thing for you I guess?

Peace

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Phage

posted on Feb, 17 2013 @ 08:48 PM

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you have a high chance of seeing this than your average person

No higher chance than anyone who spends the same amount of time outside at night.

Must be a normal thing for you I guess?

Not normal for me. No.
Like I said, I've seen one which I would consider a fireball.

It seems a lot of people in Florida saw it.
www.nbcmiami.com...

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defcon5

posted on Feb, 17 2013 @ 08:56 PM

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The following is my opinion as a member participating in this discussion.

I've seen them pretty frequently here in Florida, maybe because the we are close to sea level and the equator, between large bodies of ocean, with little in the way of high altitude terrain to obscure the horizon. Over the years I've seen about a dozen or so in all sorts of colors:yellow, red, blue, green, and mostly white. Its most common to see them around the time that we are approaching a meteor shower.

As an ATS Staff Member, I will not moderate in threads such as this where I have participated as a member.

InnerPeace2012

posted on Feb, 17 2013 @ 09:06 PM

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Originally posted by defcon5

The following is my opinion as a member participating in this discussion.

Its most common to see them around the time that we are approaching a meteor shower.

As an ATS Staff Member, I will not moderate in threads such as this where I have participated as a member.

Is it official that we are approaching a meteor shower, any links?
The last I heard, we were expecting 1 flyby at this point?

Peace

Pauligirl

posted on Feb, 17 2013 @ 09:13 PM

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Originally posted by InnerPeace2012
Is it official that we are approaching a meteor shower, any links?
The last I heard, we were expecting 1 flyby at this point?

Peace

EarthSky’s meteor shower guide for 2013

InnerPeace2012

posted on Feb, 17 2013 @ 09:17 PM

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Originally posted by Pauligirl

Originally posted by InnerPeace2012
Is it official that we are approaching a meteor shower, any links?
The last I heard, we were expecting 1 flyby at this point?

Peace

EarthSky’s meteor shower guide for 2013

Thanks and so it begins...starred.

I am keeping my eyes to the skies.

Peace

Zarniwoop

posted on Feb, 17 2013 @ 09:20 PM

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I've seen one true, big-arse fireball in my years... by just looking up.

I give a hearty cheers to the ISS when it passes overhead on a clear night.

I wish there was some way to predict fireballs.

As for all these recent sightings... just a lot more people looking up... which is good.

ujustneverknow

posted on Feb, 17 2013 @ 09:28 PM

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I've seen 2 fireballs in my lifetime , one was watching a meteor shower and let me tell you , that one looked as if it was coming straight for meand like a 3d movie and like it was going to hit me,lol.
The second one was more of a side view while I was driving to work one night about 13 years ago , both were awesome to watch.

I try to watch every meteor shower that we have , love the night sky

FlyingFox

posted on Feb, 17 2013 @ 09:33 PM

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It seems obvious that the bunkers and such have the utility of being available on a very short-term notice. This corresponds with the requirements for continuity of government, human life, etc, in case of asteroid impact....on short notice.

It would be almost irresponsible not to prepare a basic system to cope with this type of epic disaster.

Zarniwoop

posted on Feb, 17 2013 @ 09:38 PM

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It would be almost irresponsible not to prepare a basic system to cope with this type of epic disaster.

Why would anyone prepare to cope with threads about meteors?

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InhaleExhale

posted on Feb, 17 2013 @ 09:47 PM

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Originally posted by CaticusMaximus

Originally posted by Phage

So do a lot of people. But it isn't.
377 in the US this year.
www.amsmeteors.org...

Interesting site. Going back to 2005, we have this progression in meteor sightings:

463 Events found in 2005
517 Events found in 2006
588 Events found in 2007
726 Events found in 2008
694 Events found in 2009
951 Events found in 2010
1628 Events found in 2011
2220 Events found in 2012

And 377 Events found in 2013, and 2865 by years end (we are 48 days into the year, with is 13.15% of the year. If this rate continues, it will reach about ~2865 meteors by the end of the year.)

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Sorry to burst your bubble but those stats are suppose to mean what?

These are reported events are they not?

How many unreported events happened? Do you know?

billdadobbie

posted on Feb, 17 2013 @ 10:19 PM

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seen one on a bbc horizon programme in the late 90s it was1.5 km big and was 10,000 ft up travelling at 17,500mph no sonic boom from that one but was filmed in america in 1972 ..

richard hoagland has a piece about it in his book monuments of mars

Phage

posted on Feb, 17 2013 @ 10:23 PM

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It was a lot higher than 10,000 feet.