Chelyabinsk meteor - eleven years ago, 15 February 2013

[Opportunity]

The Chelyabinsk meteor was a superbolide that entered Earth's atmosphere over the southern Ural region in Russia on 15 February 2013 at about 09:20 YEKT (03:20 UTC).

I remember this day, then listeners called all radio stations and reported an incomprehensible anomaly. No one then understood what had happened at all, and there were a lot of unusual videos left after that))

https://youtu.be/mebWfDlhcRs?si=gpMXdlHqydPEwnOS

[RocketMan]

That was quite the event, so much that was pretty big news even here in the US.  I'd not seen that particular image before.  Thanks for sharing.

[BobR]

Those Rooskies and their dash cams, hours upon hours of entertainment. :)

bob

[HankB]

About a year before that I saw a fireball myself - it was a small fraction of the Chelyabinsk event, and lasted maybe a little over a second. But it was right in front of me on my drive home after work and I was thinking "Gee, I wish I'd had a dash cam to catch that."

[Brad Johnson]

I remember when it first hit the news. Lots of confusion, even more finger-pointing and tin foil speculation. Even after the cause became well established and generally accepted, there were still a core group screaming meteors couldn't do that because they all burn up completely in the atmosphere (never mind meteor craters peppered around the earth).

Brad

[230RN]

About 15 years ago, past twilight, moonless, out on my back balcony, a big one went over W to E, somewhat S of vertical.  No boom where I was, no sound, but very bright and left a long glowing persistent trail so it made the news.  Turned out it hit in Kansas somewhere and fragments were recovered. Will not forget that memory clip.

[K Frame]

I had a similar experience 15-20 years ago on my way home from work at dusk.

Looked up in time to see an incredible streak across the sky right in front of me. Also no boom, but I swear that instead of just a streak of light I could actually see... roiling in the trail, meaning it was either pretty big or it was low in the atmosphere.

[Opportunity]

Looked up in time to see an incredible streak across the sky right in front of me. Also no boom, but I swear that instead of just a streak of light I could actually see... roiling in the trail, meaning it was either pretty big or it was low in the atmosphere.

It's strange that you didn't hear a sound afterwards. This means the flight altitude was very high...

[K Frame]

It's strange that you didn't hear a sound afterwards. This means the flight altitude was very high...

I was in my car at the time, with the windows closed and the radio on, but no one reported hearing anything and it never really hit the news papers or local news radio that I heard. It probably did, as it was quite visible and really striking as it happened right at dusk.

Friend of mine says it was probably something about the size of a marble or an orange and, as you said, pretty high up.

[WLJ]

I had a similar experience 15-20 years ago on my way home from work at dusk.

Looked up in time to see an incredible streak across the sky right in front of me. Also no boom, but I swear that instead of just a streak of light I could actually see... roiling in the trail, meaning it was either pretty big or it was low in the atmosphere.

Could have been something man made burning up. Tumbling being seen is common for many man made objects including boosters and because they're not solid no big boom.

[K Frame]

Didn't think of that. True. More than enough space junk out there.