Mammoth Fireball Explodes Over Western U.S.

Comets/Meteors

A remarkable midnight fireball that "turned night into day" over parts of the western United States last night was not a Leonid. Infrasound measurements suggest a sporadic asteroid not associated with the Leonid debris stream.

The space rock exploded in the atmosphere with an energy equivalent to 0.5 - 1 kilotons of TNT.

Approximately 6 hours later, observers in Utah and Colorado witnessed a twisting iridescent-blue cloud in the dawn sky.

Image taken: Nov. 18, 2009 Location:

Looking South East of SLC, UT just before dawn 11/18/2009

Details: First appeared as a ring when the eastern sky was dark. Disappeared completely as the sun came up.






Image taken: Nov. 18, 2009

Location: Salt Lake City, Utah

Details: going to work witnessed this cloud. it was BLUE!!!

Debris from the fireball should have dissipated by that time, but the cloud remains unexplained; we cannot yet rule out a connection to the fireball event.

Video Source: KSL News

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