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Meteorite over South east London, 16th May 2022

swords_alive
swords_alive Posts: 4,259
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Anyone else see this at about 9.50pm? I was driving on Bob Dunn way, edge of Dartford, approaching the roundabout near the Thames recycle centre and saw what could have been mistaken for a fire work burning green at a low angle but very high. Would have been heading north westwards. Hard to tell how far away it was and how high. Considering the angle i was at to it, it could have been over Bexleyheath, Bromley, Carshalton or Portsmouth. Was out in a second.


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  • stackitsteve
    stackitsteve Posts: 12,102
    edited May 2022
    Lots of mentions of a meteorite on Twitter this evening. Some sightings in London, some as far as Oxford and even Bristol. All around the same time 9.45 to 9.50

    Bright green, gone in seconds. All as your post swords 
  • stackitsteve
    stackitsteve Posts: 12,102
  • stackitsteve
    stackitsteve Posts: 12,102
    Plenty of sightings and doorbell cam footage in the replies to this tweet. 


  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,304
    edited May 2022
    Bet the dinosaurs were shitting themselves, and thinking: "Not again"
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,348
    our new manager flying in from mars
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,225
    edited May 2022
    Martian Sandgaard?
  • usetobunkin
    usetobunkin Posts: 2,182
    edited May 2022
    The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one against.
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    ForeverAddickted said:
    Bet the dinosaurs were shitting themselves, and thinking: "Not again"

    Some are still alive and are on CL; not you FA  B)
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,126
    Shoulda redirected it to Selhurst 
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  • AlF
    AlF Posts: 75
    swords_alive said:
    Anyone else see this at about 9.50pm? I was driving on Bob Dunn way, edge of Dartford, approaching the roundabout near the Thames recycle centre and saw what could have been mistaken for a fire work burning green at a low angle but very high. Would have been heading north westwards. Hard to tell how far away it was and how high. Considering the angle i was at to it, it could have been over Bexleyheath, Bromley, Carshalton or Portsmouth. Was out in a second.


    Yes, I saw the very same thing whilst in Sidcup last night. A fantastic sight. Does the light green colour define what the meteorite was made of?
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,314
    Light green is the colour (some) iron ions burn, and iron content isn't exactly news in a meteorite 
  • swords_alive
    swords_alive Posts: 4,259
    stackitsteve said:
    Lots of mentions of a meteorite on Twitter this evening. Some sightings in London, some as far as Oxford and even Bristol. All around the same time 9.45 to 9.50

    Bright green, gone in seconds. All as your post swords 
    Thanks @stackitsteve
    Agreed, @AIF was a fantastic sight.
  • eastterrace6168
    eastterrace6168 Posts: 22,508
    letthegoodtimesroll said:
    Play off week…it’s probably Nicky Bailey’s penalty finishing its orbit cycle and returning to Earth.
    Bloody hell, not ANOTHER Nicky Bailey penalty joke ffs, how many more times is it gonna be coming back down to earth... ;)
  • Solidgone
    Solidgone Posts: 10,206
    eastterrace6168 said:
    letthegoodtimesroll said:
    Play off week…it’s probably Nicky Bailey’s penalty finishing its orbit cycle and returning to Earth.
    Bloody hell, not ANOTHER Nicky Bailey penalty joke ffs, how many more times is it gonna be coming back down to earth... ;)
    But still funny 😁 
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,781
    The Red Robin said:
    Shoulda redirected it to Selhurst 
    Just met an Austrian Palarse supporter in Italy. He said he likes them because of the atmosphere. 
  • Wheresmeticket
    Wheresmeticket Posts: 17,304
    edited May 2022
    ForeverAddickted said:
    Bet the dinosaurs were shitting themselves, and thinking: "Not again"
    Nah.  They're still posting on the women in football thread 3 days later.
  • Wheresmeticket
    Wheresmeticket Posts: 17,304
    Leuth said:
    Light green is the colour (some) iron ions burn, 
    ...goes the shittest football song ever.

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