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RE: UK Fireball

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Rob Elliot believes that it was a stone meteorite which could have landed somewhere in the UK.

"There's a good chance that bits of it fell off as it flew over so I'd say to people next time it rains if water comes in through your roof or if there's a dent where there wasn't one before, you may have a bit of meteorite on your hands."

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Ed ~ Of the hundreds of reports there are a few that saw explosions and out bursts - which may indicate that bits broke off the main body.

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A self-confessed full-time meteorite hunter, Rob Elliott, from Fife, is offering £20,000 for anyone who finds part of the meteor which was spotted overhead on Saturday night.
He said pieces could be easy to identify, as they will be black on the outside, and, if shattered, grey inside.
But David Pettitt, secretary of the Border Astronomical Society, said it was unlikely anyone would find a fragment.
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Possible image capture by the Bayfordbury AllSky Camera at 21:41:30 UTC, 3rd March, 2012.

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New groundtrack

Groundtrack calculated by Alastair McBeath
(based on initial 43 observations)

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Google earth file: UK fireball 030312 V2.kmz (2kb, kmz)

Ed ~ The track is at ~165°. This is virtually identical to the 'Revised path 2' groundtrack, and used many more referance points.

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Did it burn up over Louth?

A Louth lady who saw the meteor on Saturday night believes it could have burnt up over Louth.
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Spoiler: Ed ~ No. There were other sightings of the fireball heading south further along the ground track

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It was the most amazing thing Ive ever seen in the sky. It was like a fireball shooting across the dark sky. We knew it wasn't a plane on fire and could only be something from space - George Simonds

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There are now a lot of reference points collected by AMS.

And some with sonic boom reports.

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A dog walker today claimed to have stumbled across the meteorite which streaked across the UK's skies on the weekend.

Florist Joanne Pain, 43, found the melon-sized black rock in fields near her home in Redcar, Cleveland.
Just hours before the discovery, Joanne's partner reported seeing a bright light in the sky followed by a loud explosion.
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Ed ~ It looks like a meteorite, and a sonic boom was heard; but, it needs to be tested to confirm if it is a meteorite. Redcar is however, not underneath the latest flight path (see old Revised path #2).

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A Redcar woman believes she may have found a meteorite after fire lit up the skies of Teesside on Saturday night.
Hundreds of people across the country flooded police phone lines raising fears an aircraft was in trouble - or aliens were about to land - after witnessing a meteor burning up in the night sky.
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