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Did you see a bright flash in the sky about 12:30am Sunday night?
According to the BBC, a meteor entered the atmosphere over Ireland. Classed as a fireball, (i.e. brighter than Venus in the night sky), it was visible from Donegal to Cork.
As there have only been two meteorites found in Ireland in the 20th century, it would be pretty cool to find this one.
To help find where it may have landed, Astronomy Ireland are looking for witness reports. If you saw this fireball, head over their and fill in their Fireball Report Form.
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my dad was out camping during that weekend up in the north west of the island. he actually seen and heard a meteor cross the night sky. he said it was brilliant, glowing in the night sky really loud and clear. and believe it or not the direction was heading down south west. heading down to where possible plane crash was way down in the atlantic.the sighting have been reported in thenews stations of the sighting but no one has thought of making any direct links.
http://gizmodo.com/5280103/did-a-meteor-take-down-air-france-flight-447
hi look i do not know who to pass this information on to but i have seen and heard a meteorite and as far as i know its worth a lot of money i live in kerry
A red fireball travelling fast in the sky over Raheny heading towards Howth over by the East coast of Dublin. This was seen on Thursday night at 10.15pm the 1st October 09. This was witnessed by 3 other people in my back garden.
I did see two fireballs coming all the way up from the sky sunday or monday night I cannot re-collect and it was around 11pm. The bright light came into my room although the blinds were down and then I looked outside the window to find it fade-off and fall somewhere in Waterford City Centre.
You should contact Astronomy Ireland. They’re always interested in every report like this they can get.