LV 122 2012 H5 2.3g. 010 SuV 010 2001 L4 26.3 g 86 The fact of the matter is: there were at least 3 other stones found at this vicinity prior to the Joe Franske finds! 159 CyDL 159 2001 H5 17.7 g 89 223 g. Now part of Edwards AFB. LV 090 2007 L5 30.7g January 30, 2020 / 6:40 AM >> DUSTIN PROCITA DOESNT KNOW IF HES LUCKY OR UNLUCKY AND DIDNT KNOW WHAT HIT HIS HOUSE UNTIL AFTER FIRE CREWS PUT OUT THE FLAMES. The Odessa Meteor Crater measures 550 feet in diameter and about 100 feet deep. Indeed, experts say the odds of being struck by a meteorite are astronomically slim, though its happened before. But then more people -- two, three or four more started coming in and talking about it. Robert P. Moreno, Jr., photographed in great detail the meteoroid's final breakup in Earth's atmosphere from Santa Rosa, California. 276 CyDL 276 2006 H6 47.2 g 93 Willow Wash - Find 2006 September 14. Goose Lake - Find 1938. LOOKING INTO IF THE BRIGHT BALL, POSSIBLY A METEORITE, LANDED ON A HOME AND STARTED A FIRE. University of California, Los Angeles. L6. 2007 August 11, 00:05:07 PDST. 16.5g. 021 CdDL 021 2004 L6 31.7g (Cataloge of Meteorites, M. Grady, 2000). LV 036 2004 CK4 2.48 g 90 009 SuV 009 2001 L6 116.4 g 86 165 CyDL 165 2002 L6 42.6 g 89 LV 058 2006 L6 0.85 g 93 The . Police investigating early morning homicide in Porterville, Child among 5 killed by drunk gunman still on loose: TX police, 1 missing, 2 rescued after getting swept away in Kaweah River. "I heard a big bang. SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Check out this fireball in the sky! 'Heard a big bang': Nevada County man wonders if meteorite destroyed his house, >> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AT 5:00. Meteorite was found partially exposed on a natural sandy slope between a graded-lot and a tailings-pile. : Griffith Observer, 17, 80-82; Meteoritics 1, 1953, 28. 1.3 km wide feature dating to the Miocene (5 to 24 million years ago). 18.41 g. [Image by Laurence Garvie / Center for (MB#86), Sunfair - Find 2006. Rosamond - Ordinary chondrite (LL3); found by Robert Verish on June 9, 2012, while searching for meteorites in an I had one individual tell me about it first and like, OK, Ill put that in the back of my mind., But then more people two, three or four more started coming in and talking about it.. Source: LPS 38 (2007) 1033. Red Canyon Lake. According to NASA, the southern Taurids meteor shower peaks this week. Find L6. 333 g. Found by N. Gessler in Imperial County: 3252'15"N, 11546'57"W. Old Dominion Mine - Find 2000 October 13. I GUESS I MIGHT BE BUYING A LOTTERY TICKET TODAY. It was recorded by the GOES 16 GLM sensor, infrasound, and by a weather radar in San Juan. 36N, 119W. They said it was a meteor, Procita, of Nevada county, California, added. 5.5 km wide, burried 1,490-1,600 m deep, west of Stockton, California. I had one individual tell me about it first and like, OK, Ill put that in the back of my mind. This is recorded as American Meteor Society event number 168 for 2018. It can be seen crossing the daytime sky during the morning and sets around noon. San Juan Capistrano. 013 CdDL 013 2008 H4 1.6g Tracking CA's reservoir levels, snowpack map, drought status, How safe is your neighborhood? The house caught fire after several witnesses described a bright ball of light falling from the sky. I HOPE HE DOES WHEN T. Northern California officials are looking into if the bright ball of light seen in the sky Friday night is a meteorite that landed on and destroyed a Nevada County home. Fall. L6. And I caught the end on camera! They said it was a meteor. "| WATCH | What is in the sky? Video shows fireball lighting up the Northern California sky Friday night. This website is best viewed in landscape mode on tablet devices. LV 089 2007 L5 2.6g Astronomers said this year's shower will include an increased number of fireballs that shine very bright. This is recorded as American Meteor Society event number 2624 for year 2018. L5 (S2, W1), 112.9g stone, found by E. Melchiorre. IAB-MG. 1802g. >> I DID NOT SEE WHAT IT WAS. ; info submitted by Larry Atkins. It's been orbiting the earth's atmosphere for several years, and experts knew it would re-enter sometime on Friday, but they didn't know exactly when or exactly where. There were some who linked the celestial sight to NBA superstar Kobe Bryant, who died Sunday in a helicopter crash in Calabasas. It looked unreal . Please note that this does not guarantee visibility. >> THE PENN VALLEY FIRE DEPARTMENT ALONG WITH CAL FIRE BATTLED THE FLAMES FOR HOURS AND ARE NOW INVESTIGATING WHAT STARTED THE FIRE IN THIS RURAL AREA. 17.9 kg. Astronomers said this year's shower will include an increased number of fireballs that shine very bright. SACRAMENTO, Cal. ABC7 spoke with an astronomer for the Smithsonian, who tells us this was a piece of a satellite antenna from the International Space Station. Scientists had earlier identified the similarly-aged Gefion asteroid family in the middle of the main asteroid belt as the likely source of Novato-like meteorites. WE WILL HAVE THAT INVESTIGATION HOPEFULLY COMPLETE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. A 699 g stone was found at the base of Black Mountain by Bill Sajkowicz. : 2020 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. HrDL 036 2010 L6 85.5g, Ivanpah Dry Lake - Found on 2014 January 1st by Joe Franske; Ordinary chondrite (H4); from MB#104: A smooth, well-rounded 1128g stone was found in two pieces about 40 feet apart. L6 chondrite. "I always watched meteor showers as a kid but I didn't want them landing in my yard or through my roof," he said. Old Woman Meteorite weighing in at 6070 pounds (2750 kgs) during its stay at the Smithsonian had a large chunk removed which weighed 942lbs. The margin of Lake Los Angeles is essentially eroded lacustrine sediments), and is located in very northeastern Los Angeles County near Saddleback Butte. LV 027 2003 L6 3.1 g 89 "Wide, open spaces and this was out on a farm, a cattle ranch area with not much around it," Miller said.His firefighters, along with Smartsville Fire Department and CalFire, battled the flames for several hours. Speechless, First published on January 30, 2020 / 6:40 AM. The site, discovered in the . 019 CdDL 019 2008 L6 10.1g According to the US space agency Nasa, the southern Taurids meteor shower is peaking this week. 164 CyDL 164 2002 H5 43 g 89 131 g. - Additional finds made 2008 - TKW=9kg - Main-mass found on June Supersition Mountain - Find 2000 August 15. 4 hours. 32g. LV 023 2002 L6 7.6 g 88 Ordinary chondrite (L5); Bob Perkins of Highland, California found the first and Miranda Ceja, Patch Staff. LV 046 2004 L6 10.3 g 89 The following ISS sightings are possible from Thursday Apr 27, 2023 through Thursday May 11, 2023 *If you are signed up for alerts please note that you will only receive alerts for flyovers that will reach a Max Height of at least 40. 3840'N, 12056'W. Lake Los Angeles "B" - Ordinary chondrite - classified by UCLA: L6 S4 W1 Olivine: Fa24.70.2 (n=9) Low-Ca pyx: Fs20.60.2Wo1.50.3 (n=9) Ca-pyx: Fs8.2Wo44.3 (n=3); History: Found on 2014 January 5th by Stephen Poterala while he was meteorite hunting along the southeastern edge of a sand dune boundary between sand dunes and interdune mud flats. This is recorded as American Meteor Society event number 1681 for 2012. Found in Siskiyou County: 4123'N, 12330'W. Two stones, weighing 452.6 g and 245.4 g respectively, were recovered by Robert (Bob) Verish (P.O. "I had one individual tell me about it first and like, okay, I'll put that in the back of my mind. It's best to choose a night when the Moon is not visible during the shower. A Northern California home burst into flames and burned to the ground after a meteor which witnesses saw flash across the sky apparently fell from space and slammed into the structure, according to reports. 002 SuV 002 2000 L6 145 g 86 LV 092 2007 H5 0.6g This created a debris field in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter from which Novato-like meteorites, which are known as "L6 ordinary chondrites," now are coming to Earth. IIIAB. "Everyone I talked to said it was a flaming ball falling from the sky and landed in that general area," Miller said.Miller said witnesses started arriving on the scene and are looking into if a meteorite caused the fire in the rural area. Valley Wells - Find 1929. Somesbar - Find 1977. 004 CdDL 004 2000 H6 40 g 86 LV 057 2005 L6 13.2 g 93 This event was an evening fireball near the California coast that was accompanied by fourteen reports of sonic booms. AND THATS WHEN THE FIRE CALL WENT OUT. Victoria Island Structure. Definitely feel very lucky that it was 30 feet away from me and not five, he said, adding that what he had seen in the videos looked like a flaming basketball.. H5; S2, W2, Fa = 18.6. LV 014 30.082' 57.882' 3.4 1998-09-26 L5 25.3%+/-0.2 S2 W3 B. and B. Verish Griffith Twentynine Palms - Find 1944. ), Pinto Mountains - Find 1954. 23 records found for meteorites with names that contain "Stewart Valley", http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/metsoc2009/pdf/5054.pdf. Physical characteristics: A single stone measuring 82 50 37 mm of 177.3grams with a complete, lightly weathered fusion crust. Thomas said the homeowner, Dustin Procita, who was inside the home, reported hearing a loud bang before the fire ignited. >> WOW THAT LOOKS LIKE A FLAMING BASKETBALL COMING OUT OF THE SKY. >> PEOPLE AROUND HERE ARE MULTIGENERATIONAL CALIFORNIANS AND RANCHERS. A possible meteorite caught on video that "looks like a flaming basketball" falling from the sky may have destroyed a Northern California man's home last week. Paymaster Mine - Find 2004 October 10. "They say it's a one in four trillion chance, so I guess I might be buying a lottery ticket today," Procita joked. They say its a 1 in 4 trillion chance, so I guess I might be buying a lottery ticket today, he joked. Robert Ward triangulated the eye witness accounts putting the fall area 20 miles from the nearest road in a remote area. 007 SuV 007 2001 L6 67.2 g 86 Video shows fireball lighting up the Northern California sky Friday night. -- Northern California officials are looking into the possibility that a meteorite destroyed a home in Nevada County Friday night. Ref. I went onto my porch and it was completely engulfed in flames. This event was a bright daytime fireball east of Natchez, MS that was accompanied by reports of sonic booms. 650-604-4789rachel.hoover@nasa.gov, Seth Shostak SETI Institute, Mountain View, Calif. He had just fed the cows and sat on the couch listening to music when it hit his home. A northern California man has claimed that his home was destroyed by a meteorite on Friday, after several witnesses reportedly saw a ball of light descending from the sky. HrDL 004 1999 LL3 37 g 87 Cosmic ray AGAIN, EVERYONE VERY THANKFUL NO ONE WAS HURT. 064 CyDL 064 1999 H5 1364 g 89 People reported seeing it as far north as Sacramento and south to Fresno. H4 S2 W5 Fa=17.0+/-0.2%. This is recorded as American Meteor Society event number 1916 for. (MB#102). (Source: R.Verish). 111.7 g Provisional All rights reserved. From: Meteoritical Bulletin 87. Procita said he had been shown a video of a fireball coming out of the sky around the time his house was destroyed. More, here. LV 045 2004 L6 38.6 g 89 Crazy! Creston. Fireball like a flaming basketball seen in sky around the time ranchers home destroyed north-east of Sacramento. Aug 15, 2022 00:44 WATCH: Meteor Spotted Breaking Up Over SoCal Skies A meteor was spotted breaking up across Southern California's night skies, and social media lit up with reported. He had just fed the cows and sat on the couch listening to music when it hit his home.He managed to save his rat terrier dog and tried to get back inside for his other family dog, but couldn't save him. 3415'N, 11918'W. "Wide open spaces, This was kind of a farm cattle ranch area and not much around it," said Captain Josh Miller, with the Penn Valley Fire Department. 1500 g. 3410'N, 11555'W. 36 kg. (Reference: Abstract Sheephole Valley - Find 1999. Jenniskens successfully measured the Novato approach orbit and confirmed that Gefion can be the source of these meteorites. If you're on the ABC7 News app, click here to watch live, Time magazine unveils list of '100 Most Influential People', SF apartment residents recap ordeal with days-long power outage, CA influencer convicted of lying about kids' attempted kidnapping: DA. 005 CdDL 005 2000 H5 35 g 86 Daniel Glavin at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, led a team to search the Novato meteorites for amino acids molecules present in and essential for life on Earth and detected some unusual non-protein amino acids that are now very rare on Earth but indigenous to the Novato meteorite. LV 042 2004 L6 2.17 g 89 It blew into pieces and burned up in the atmosphere!! People reported seeing it as far north as Sacramento and. SACRAMENTO, Cal. !#meteor pic.twitter.com/BERSmFJcVI. Location: 3329'05''N, 11739'45''W. ALSO HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME, A METEOR SHOWER? A Northern California home burst into flames and burned to the ground after a meteor which witnesses saw flash across the sky apparently fell from space and slammed into the structure,. This event was a bright fireball over the Detroit, MI area that was accompanied by numerous reports of sonic booms. 005 SuV 005 2001 H6 32.9 g 86 Penn Valley firefighters received a call for a structure fire in a remote area around 7:30 p.m. around the same time witnesses reported seeing a meteorite in the area. "I started to smell smoke. HrDL 007 2000 H5 166.7 g 87 Check out Bay Area safety tracker, Bay Area Life; Sundays at 6:30 p.m. on ABC7. 200 g. Dale mining district, Pinto Mountains, Riverside County, CA. 319 CyDL 319 2006 H5 3.4 g 103 "They say it's a one in four trillion chance, so I guess I might be buying a lottery ticket today," Procita joked. 8.6 kg. Found by S. Clary at 3600.13'N, 11611.78'W on desert pavement. Oroville - Find 1893. Chocolate Mountains - Find 2004. finds (all were found on the dry lake) compiled by Meteoritical Bulletin: Canyon City - Find 1875. But then more people -- two, three or four more started coming in and talking about it. This event was an early evening fireball in northern Alabama that was accompanied by seven reports of sonic booms. This event was a daytime fireball near Prescott, AZ that was accompanied by eight reports of sonic booms. LV 002 -.- -.- 5.8 1963-08-xx LL4 27.5%+/-0.6 S2 W3 R. A. Oriti Oriti These instructions will show you how to best preserve the meteorites you discover and how to make contact with the organizations . 120 CyDL 120 1999 H5 18.5 g 89 HrDL 029 2008 H6 11.6g 061 CyDL 061 1999 H5 2.13 kg 89 Both halves are covered in fresh, black fusion crust. Clayton Thomas told USA TODAY. Carbonaceous chondrite (C) - Fall. 033 CyDL 033 1999 H5 5.22 kg 89 Cowell Structure. Where nothing happens. ", | WATCH | What is in the sky? Ivanpah - Find 1880. "I've always watched meteor showers and stuff as a kid, but I definitely didn't look forward to them landing in my yard or through my roof. THEY HAVE SET UP A GOFUNDME. 080 CyDL 080 1999 H5 278 g 89 LV 024 2003 L6 2.71 g 88 300 g. San Bernardino County, CA: 3405'N, 11547'W. 003 CyDL 003 1998 H5 256 g 89 -- Northern California officials are looking into the possibility that a meteorite destroyed a home in Nevada County Friday night. ET on April 22, according to predictions from the American Meteor Society. HrDL 003 1999 L6 95 g 87 WHAT DO YOU THINK HIT YOUR HOUSE? LV 022 2002 LL4 16.5 g 88 This event was an evening fireball over metropolitan Phoenix, AZ that was accompanied by one report of sonic booms. H5 (S1) chondrite. H6. 4g. Fire officials in Northern California are trying to determine whether a meteorite caused afire that destroyed a home and killeda dog Friday night. 274 CyDL 274 2006 H4 7.5 g 93 Table compiled by Meteoritical Bulletin: The Penn Valley Fire Protection. LV 050 2005 H4 6.9 g 90 LV 020 2002 H6 18.4 g 88 I watched meteor showers and stuff as a kid, but I definitely didnt look forward to them landing in my yard, or through my roof, he added. 2.1 kg. fellow meteorite collector, Bob Verish. >> I HEARD A BIG BANG. I guess I might be buying a lottery ticket today, he said. IAB-MG (main group). Northern California officials are looking into if the bright ball of light seen in the sky Friday night is a meteorite that landed on and destroyed a Nevada County home. Found by "Everyone I talked to said it was a flaming ball falling from the sky and landed in that general area," Miller said. "We determined that the meteorite likely got its black appearance from massive impact shocks causing a collisional resetting event 4.472 billion years ago, roughly 64-126 million years after the formation of the solar system," says Qing-zhu Yin, professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the University of California (UC), Davis. Crisp Griffith TKW = 14.1g (MB#103), Coyote Dry Lake (CyDL) table compiled by Meteoritical Bulletin: 321 CyDL 321 2007 ?? LV 031 2004 CK4 3.22 g 90 THEN A FEW MORE STARTED COMING IN TALKING ABOUT IT. Found Class Fa (mol%) Shock WG Finder Main Mass 249 CyDL 249 2004 H4 71.8 g 89 320 CyDL 320 2007 ?? Thanks for contacting us. 155 CyDL 155 2001 H4 17 g 89 Procita said that his home being struck by what are sometimes called Halloweens Fireballs made him think that the odds of fortune may be in their favor. Owens Valley - Find 1913. LV 029 2003 CK4 10.1 g 90 Fa = 24.8, Fo = 20.9. NASA confirmed reports of a fireball sighting over Northern California at around 7:30 p.m. Friday. Ventura - FInd 1953. 115 CyDL 115 1999 H5-6 1369 g 89 "Meteorites fall anywhere, but they are easiest to spot where there are few terrestrial rocks," said Alan Rubin, a geochemist at the University of California, Los Angeles, who specializes in. 129 CyDL 129 2000 H5 140 g 89 Our mission is to protect, preserve, and distribute samples for study from 024 CyDL 024 1999 H5 2.43 kg 89 Astromaterials Research & Exploration Science, Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science. 235 CyDL 235 2004 LL6 81.4 g 89 9.7 g. san Bernadino County, CA: 3535'N, 11734'W. >> UNTIL FRIDAY NIGHT. Found in San Diego county. >> PROCITA WATCHED THE VIDEO FOR THE FIRST TIME WHEN WE SHOWED IT TO HIM. mass of 56g were recovered. Video shows fireball tumbling down in Northern California, Your Privacy Choices/(Opt-Out of Sale/Targeted Ads). 38g at Center for Meteorite Studies, Tempe, Arizona. I did not see what it was, but from everybody I talked to -- was a flaming ball falling from the sky, landed in that general area.". The house caught fire after several witnesses. "We can tell the rock was heated, but the cause of the heating is unclear," said Derek Sears, a meteoriticist working for the Bay Area Environmental Research Institute in Sonoma, California, at Ames. Two specimens with a total This event was a large meteorite fall that was lightly reported and would not have been located without weather radar data. These photographs were taken from a distance of about 65 km. Meteorite, asteroid one of those two, the fire departments captain, Josh Miller, told the TV station. "We now suspect that the moon-forming impact may have scattered debris all over the inner solar system and hit the parent body of the Novato meteorite.". 162 CyDL 162 2002 H5 9.9 g 89 PENN VALLEY, Calif. - Firefighters and investigators are trying to figure out if a meteorite was responsible for a fire that burned down a man's home in Northern California. HE LOST ONE IN THE FIRE, BUT MANAGED TO SAVE THE OTHER. 028 CdDL 028 2008 L5 19.5g 318 CyDL 318 2009 H5 7.2g 99 001 CdDL 001 1999 L6 32.5 g 86 scientist within the ARES Division at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The meteorite was found in 1976 by three prospectors in the Old Woman Mountains of San Bernardino County. Indio - Ordinary chondrite (H5); TKW: 566g; History: The specimen was found as three stones that fit together; the large one is 475.5 g and is being retained by the finder, Jacob Hopkins, in January of 2013. 221 CyDL 221 2003 H4 54.3 g 89 H4. San Bernardino Wash - Find 2010. 43.8 g. Silver Dry Lake 001 - Find 2000. "People around here are multigenerational cattle farmers or ranchers," said Dustin Procita, whose home was struck by a meteor. Ridgecrest - Find 1958 May. LV 017 -.- -.- 12.8 0199-03-30 L6 25.5%+/-0.6 S3 W4 R. N. Hartman Hartman, Additional Lucerne Valley On the Internet the only site with up-to-date information on all of the formally-recognized meteorite is the Meteoritical Bulletin Database. The dog died in the fire. The fireball was not believed to be part of the Taurid meteor shower that lit up the sky over the weekend, NASA said in a Facebook post. How to Handle Meteorites. Mon 7 Nov 2022 09.44 EST Last modified on Mon 7 Nov 2022 13.58 EST A northern California man has claimed that his home was destroyed by a meteorite on Friday, after several witnesses reportedly. The meteor was first seen. H5; Fa = 18.9. (Oct. 24, 05:47 UTC) [More, here]. excuse me pic.twitter.com/tweFxT298l. H4. Found by Bill Hanna about 5 miles N. of Ocotillo in Imperial County. Second largest meteorite discovered in the United States. 26g. This is recorded as American Meteor Society event number 266 for 2016. 001 SuV 001 2000 H5 3.4 g 86 As Procita and his wife pick up the pieces of what's left of their home, they know they could have lost much more and realized the odds may be in their favor. WE ARE PUTTING THE TIME LINE TOGETHER. 222 CyDL 222 2004 L5 22.5 g 89 But then more people two, three or four more started coming in and talking about it.. 139 CyDL 139 2000 H4 10.4 g 89 Find Type Mass Ref. 19.4 g. Superior Valley (SuV) - Find. the late Mrs. Alice Zimmerman while prospecting in the Pinto Mountains. 13.8 kg. 3515'N, 11816'W. LV 035 2004 CK4 0.92 g 90 Anyone else in L.A. just see that?! PENN VALLEY FIRE IS SENDING AN INVESTIGATOR TO THE SCENE TOMORROW TO TRY TO FIND ANSWERS. / KCAL News. An international consortium of fifty researchers studied the fallen meteorite and published . The estimates of numbers of meteors per hour are based on viewing from a dark sky location in southern California. LV 040 2004 L6 5.2 g 89 He was inside the house with his two dogs when he said something hit his home and started a fire. "Meteorite, asteroid -- one of those two," Cpt. Found about 1976 by R. K. Haag while hunting for rabbits. L3.7. I did not see what it was, but from everybody I talked to [it] was a flaming ball falling from the sky, landed in that general area.. Location: 3400'N, 11547'W (source: MB 65). 60g (approx.). 223 CyDL 223 2004 L6 512 g 89 Meteorite type: H6, ordinary chondrite. pic.twitter.com/WPfjtZcLj8. Northern California man whose home was destroyed by fire Friday night blames it on a meteor SACRAMENTO, Cal. The Quadrantids usher in 2022; two total lunar eclipses and three supermoons are also on California's celestial calendar. Procita lives in a quiet, rural area of rolling hills where cattle graze. L6; Fa = 24.6, S5 W4. LV 008 -.- -.- 2.0 1964-12-xx H4 18.5%+/-0.4 S2 W3 S. Lieberman Griffith 18 miles ESE of Twentynine Palms and five miles W. of the Zulu Queen mine. 28.57 kg. Source: Meteoritical Bulletin 68. (modern). Ref. Copyright 2023 KGO-TV. At the start of morning twilight, look for it low in the southeast between the more prominent stars of Sagittarius the Archerand Capricornus the Sea-Goat. The cosmic display, also called Halloween Fireballs, produces the brightest meteors in the night sky each year from September to November. 063 CyDL 063 1999 H4 67.6 g 89 LV 095 2008 CK5 1.1g NASA said there will be an increase of bright balls visible in the sky. A bright fireball was seen traveling in a SE direction (57 deg) throughout northern and central california, with reports of sonic booms and the ground shaking.