Asteroid explodes over Arizona, June 2, 2016

 

 For a few seconds early Thursday, night turned into day as an extremely bright fireball lit the pre-dawn sky over much of Arizona , blinding all-sky meteor cameras as far away as western New Mexico. 

Based on the latest data, a small asteroid estimated at 10 feet in diameter with a mass in the tens of tons and a kinetic energy of approximately half a kiloton - entered Earth's atmosphere above Arizona just before 4 a.m. local (MST) time. NASA estimates that the asteroid was moving at about 40,200 miles per hour (64,700 kilometers per hour).

''There are no reports of any damage or injuries - just a lot of light and few sonic booms. If  Doppler data is any indication, there are almost certainly meteorites scattered on the ground north of Tucson, '' said Bill Cooke in NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

Astronomy expert Steve Kates said it's a very likely chance that it was a meteor bolide, meaning ''brighter than the sun''.

           
 

Source:

http://www.nasa.gov/feature/fireball-lights-pre-dawn-sky-over-arizona

http://www.12news.com/news/local/arizona/nasa-fireball-was-likely-10-foot-asteroid/228043718 

        

               

Classic UFO over Phoenix, Arizona

Witness image 1 (Credit: Mufon)

Witness image 2 (Credit: Mufon)

MUFON Case 73480

Date of event: December 29, 2015

Eyewitness states: ''From my driveway, looking northest above South Mountain, I observed a flying object that did not look at all like a commercial airliner. It was 1-2 miles away, headed slowly northeast. The reddish-orange lights ran completely across the midsection, and pulsated. I quickly took pictures with my smartphone camera, and tried to get a video, but streetlight came on, which made video impossible. I was returning from the store and happened to look in the sky, and noticed immediately that this didn't look like a ''normal'' aircraft. My first thought was ''not a normal plane, get a picture''. Given the proximity to airforce bases and previous unidentified aircraft around Phoenix, I thought it might be some new experimental craft, or maybe one not of this planet. My feeling was ''Hey, I'm really seeing this, and it isn't spooky or overly exciting - this is a real craft of some type''. No emotion swings, just logical realization that I'm seeing something outside my frame of reference. I lost sight of it when it was 5+ miles away, and was too small to see in the dark night sky.''

Glowing 'flamelike' cloud appears in sky!

MrMBB333 of YouTube: ''A crazy looking cloud appeared in the sky near Phoenix, Arizona on August 31st displaying what looked like glowing, fire orange gaseous haze above a large cloud giving it appearance of being on fire. It was atmospheric optics at work courtesy of the sunset but it was definitely a ''Kodak Moment''! However, I have never seen such a display, very unique (to me).''