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Date: Jan 13 20:46 2011

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Date: Jan 13 17:03 2011

Southeast US fireball	Permalink

There have been several reports, from Florida to Oklahoma, of people seeing a meteor streaking across the southern sky Tuesday night. The sighting took place around 9 p.m. It is being described as a fireball that resulted in a bright flash. In pictures it looks like a greenish-blue streak, almost like lighting. It only lasted a second. However, many pictures have also been identified as fakes so no one is 100 percent sure what the occurrence is. Read more __________________

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Date: Jan 12 09:29 2011

Oklahoma fireball	Permalink

We contacted amateur astronomer Steven Meeks who writes an astronomy blog on todaysthv.com, he says it was likely a meteor and since some people saw it burn a bit greenish -- it probably contained copper. Read more __________________

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Date: Jan 12 09:26 2011

Mississippi fireball	Permalink

A mysterious flash of light seen striking across the Mississippi night sky on Tuesday likely was a meteor, authorities believe. Read more __________________

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Date: Jan 12 09:23 2011

Acadiana fireball	Permalink

Huge Fireball Spotted Over Southeast US At roughly 8:50pm local time an apparent meteor was spotted by observers in Acadiana including KATC's Hoyt Harris. Hoyt and Acadiana were not alone in the observation with twitter reports (#flashoflight) from Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida of a bright object in the sky at the same time. Read more __________________

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