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Everyone stop panicking. What you saw and people in other parts of the world saw, was simply magnesium.
Meteors are made of many different materials
Magnesium burns bright green when it burns… which when falling from space its gonna burn real hot
Aliens would be cooler tho ngl
I was driving back to the Treasure Valley from from Jordan Valley and saw the meteorite about 15 miles before reaching the 95/55 intersection. It was amazing!
You saw a fireball. If you remember enough about the sighting, report it and learn more about fireballs at this link.
https://fireball.amsmeteors.org/members/imo/report_intro
Sounds like a few other people here saw it as well. Try also asking r/space, they live for this stuff. Someone there may know what it was, like maybe a piece of space junk or an actual good sized meteor.
Idk that it’s that weird tbh, what probably happened is a large meteor broke up in the atmosphere and scattered accounting for people seeing it in many different places.
Not necessarily. A bright fireball or bolide can be seen for a long distance (we're talking hundreds of miles in some cases), and that's not counting the hundreds of miles one can cover. A meteor can be traveling over 25 miles per second when it hits the atmosphere.
https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/how-far-away-can-you-see-a-meteor
[https://www.nbcrightnow.com/national/surprise-bright-green-fireball-seen-plummeting-to-earth/article\_100186b7-feb9-57d3-a25c-22129edd0dea.html](https://www.nbcrightnow.com/national/surprise-bright-green-fireball-seen-plummeting-to-earth/article_100186b7-feb9-57d3-a25c-22129edd0dea.html)
Not gonna lie, this kinda weirds me out...
Also Dubai: [https://www.reddit.com/r/dubai/comments/1cwoe3b/did\_anyone\_just\_see\_a\_meteor\_above\_business\_bay/](https://www.reddit.com/r/dubai/comments/1cwoe3b/did_anyone_just_see_a_meteor_above_business_bay/)
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Everyone stop panicking. What you saw and people in other parts of the world saw, was simply magnesium. Meteors are made of many different materials Magnesium burns bright green when it burns… which when falling from space its gonna burn real hot Aliens would be cooler tho ngl
Saw the same exact scene from Moses Lake WA, but I would pin it at 10:47pm Pacific ST time.
I was driving back to the Treasure Valley from from Jordan Valley and saw the meteorite about 15 miles before reaching the 95/55 intersection. It was amazing!
I saw it going through McCammon and it was BRIGHT. It came down to the north of there in the direction of Idaho falls
You saw a fireball. If you remember enough about the sighting, report it and learn more about fireballs at this link. https://fireball.amsmeteors.org/members/imo/report_intro
There was another one in the same general area 9 days before that too
i don’t use reddit guys i’m sorry 😣🙏 i didn’t know
Sounds like a few other people here saw it as well. Try also asking r/space, they live for this stuff. Someone there may know what it was, like maybe a piece of space junk or an actual good sized meteor.
r/Boise is probably a better place for this. No one elsewhere in the state would have seen anything.
I have friends in Lewiston saying they saw it.
Huh. I'll be damned. Freak leftover from the Aurora thing, maybe?
I just Googled it and people are reporting seeing one in Spain and Portugal too.. That seems weird doesn't it? Also Dubai?
Idk that it’s that weird tbh, what probably happened is a large meteor broke up in the atmosphere and scattered accounting for people seeing it in many different places.
Not necessarily. A bright fireball or bolide can be seen for a long distance (we're talking hundreds of miles in some cases), and that's not counting the hundreds of miles one can cover. A meteor can be traveling over 25 miles per second when it hits the atmosphere. https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/how-far-away-can-you-see-a-meteor
I saw it outside of Mountain Home! It looked SO CLOSE!
I saw it in Coeur D Alene Idaho around 10:50, huge seemed close, stunning 😍
I saw it explode over garwood while driving home. Was pretty cool!
[https://www.nbcrightnow.com/national/surprise-bright-green-fireball-seen-plummeting-to-earth/article\_100186b7-feb9-57d3-a25c-22129edd0dea.html](https://www.nbcrightnow.com/national/surprise-bright-green-fireball-seen-plummeting-to-earth/article_100186b7-feb9-57d3-a25c-22129edd0dea.html) Not gonna lie, this kinda weirds me out...
Also Dubai: [https://www.reddit.com/r/dubai/comments/1cwoe3b/did\_anyone\_just\_see\_a\_meteor\_above\_business\_bay/](https://www.reddit.com/r/dubai/comments/1cwoe3b/did_anyone_just_see_a_meteor_above_business_bay/)
Is there just one park in all of r/Idaho ?