Comments on: Meteors over Wisconsin?

By: William

William — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:53:53 +0000

I saw a meteor while driving South on USH 53 near STH 70 (Spooner area) at approximately 4:12 am the morning of August 8th, 2009. It was in the W-SW quadrant and travelling on a northerly path at approximately 15 degrees from horizon. I could see the bright tail and then a very bright flash which made a circle of light like a halo (assuming where it struck the atmosphere). This circle of bright light lasted a few seconds as the meteor kept traveling – much less visible of course until it went under the horizon. If I had to guess, I’d say it landed anywhere between Grantsburg to Hertel.
The bright flash lit up almost the entire Western sky like a bolt of lightning. I’ve seen many shooting stars but this was the most amazing, by far, I’ve ever seen.

By: Carolina

Carolina — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:20:30 +0000

Honestly there was just a meteor shower so its not unusual.

By: John K

John K — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 01:28:17 +0000

Found a meteorite today near Madison WI in town of Sun Prairie. Might of been on my roof for a few months or just in a snow drift. Thought I heard something hit my roof a while back no trees so had to be something that fell. I thought ice but later I found the 3in ball like blackened meteorite. Sitting by my roof gutter on the grass.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 03:12:03 +0000

I just saw a green streak come down east of oregon wi – saw the same thing last night a bit north/east of Oregon but it happened so quick I did not think anything of it until tonight.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:31:18 +0000

Joe, I may have seen the same one. I was driving West on I90/94 and I saw a meteor explode and break up over the Dells area. It was difficult to pinpoint the exact location since it was the night sky and tough to get a good perspective.

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:53:14 +0000

I saw a meteor over hwy 151 on wednesday in the direction of sun prairie, columbus area. it was a fast moving streak of green that lasted only a second or so….

By: andres

andres — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 17:02:12 +0000

Yesterday…Saturday nov 22nd…Driving down around in Sarasota, Florida, I saw a meteor…or shooting star, or falling star, whatever you would like to call it. I have seen many before, but they are usually higher up…farther away, and disappear quicker…but This one was thicker…i could see a variety of colors in it…..and it appeared very close to the ground…i actually thought it was going to hit at one point. I believe i was looking north. Did anyone else see it? It was still daylight outside, so im guessing the time was a little after 4 pm. I was impressed at how much larger it was then normal and how close it was to the ground.