# Something HUGE just burned up over my house **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 11, 2009, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-huge-just-burned-up-over-my-house/513430 "2009-10-11T20:47:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-huge-just-burned-up-over-my-house/513430/21 "2009-10-12T03:44:26Z")
The moon is shooting back , run for the hills. Declan ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-huge-just-burned-up-over-my-house/513430/22 "2009-10-12T06:17:08Z")
> [@MEBuckner](#): > > Wow, that’s really unusual. Most meteors come from outer space. 😃 > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > The ones from Bob’s Big Boy are called ‘meatiers’. 😃 And due to Big Boy’s quality, it might explain the greenish color, too. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-huge-just-burned-up-over-my-house/513430/23 "2009-10-12T06:55:39Z")
Maybe it was Rupert Murdock’s head exploding when he heard Obama won the Peace Prize? ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-huge-just-burned-up-over-my-house/513430/24 "2009-10-12T07:24:34Z")
Let me guess…you were then transported, and probed anally, right? ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-huge-just-burned-up-over-my-house/513430/25 "2009-10-12T11:25:01Z")
Hmm, in all seriousness I just mentioned this to a coworker, and she said her son woke up just after 2am this morning and saw a huge fireball moving very slowly in the sky, giving out sparks. We’re just about to enter the Orionids shower ([15-29 October](http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/solarsystem/meteors/index.shtml)) at the moment; wonder if they’re particularly active and early this year? ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-huge-just-burned-up-over-my-house/513430/26 "2009-10-12T11:43:42Z")
Sigmar’s back, and he’s _pissed_! ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-huge-just-burned-up-over-my-house/513430/27 "2009-10-12T12:18:20Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > Yeah sorry, I’m in Oxford, UK. > > I’ve looked on YouTube and the thing it most closely resembled is at 2:41 on [this video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLM1pfgv9IE), which, from the footbally players at the end of the segment, appears to be the beginning of the sighting of the Peekskill bolide - which went on to be much more spectacular than what I saw. But if you were to isolate one of the Peekskill fragments in other videos of the event, that’s pretty much what I just saw. That was some of the most super creepiest music I’ve ever heard. I’ve never had music make me that uncomfortable. It was like the beginning to the remake of the All New Super Creepy Twin Peaks, Now With Extra Creepy. ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-huge-just-burned-up-over-my-house/513430/28 "2009-10-12T12:25:00Z")
I saw something similar earlier this year and posted about it ([Seen any fireballs fall from the sky lately? I have](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=506712)). Certainly this is a sign of the End Of Days… ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-huge-just-burned-up-over-my-house/513430/29 "2009-10-12T12:42:59Z")
A few weeks ago a spectacular meteorite over the Great lakes really turned out to be jettisoned septage from the space station. Can’t find it on Google, but that was the gist from the nightly news follow up on a super bright shooting star reported across the region. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-huge-just-burned-up-over-my-house/513430/30 "2009-10-12T12:56:38Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > That was some of the most super creepiest music I’ve ever heard. I’ve never had music make me that uncomfortable. It was like the beginning to the remake of the All New Super Creepy Twin Peaks, Now With Extra Creepy. yeah, that was some pretty creepy music. Imagine it playing while watching a video of spiders doing creepy spidery stuff instead of something cool like meteors. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-huge-just-burned-up-over-my-house/513430/31 "2009-10-12T15:18:28Z")
My friend seems to think now that it was a Chinese firework that they saw. :smack: The timing was about right so I presumed it was the same thing ye both saw. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-huge-just-burned-up-over-my-house/513430/32 "2009-10-12T15:38:18Z")
> [@fubbleskag](#): > > batman’s not from another planet! Never mind. Dammit. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-huge-just-burned-up-over-my-house/513430/33 "2009-10-12T17:49:13Z")
> [@JKilez](#): > > … Certainly this is a sign of the End Of Days… Huh? It’s going to be all nights from now on? 😕 😉 ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-huge-just-burned-up-over-my-house/513430/34 "2009-10-12T21:25:51Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > Unless he has a tail, then you should drop him on his head and train him in martial arts in the woods. Great. Good call. Now we’ll have omni-powerful aliens showing up every other week to destroy the world. ---
**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-huge-just-burned-up-over-my-house/513430/35 "2009-10-13T00:53:54Z")
October 2 I saw what had to be a good sized meteor to the north of Riverside County, CA going “down” to the north, with pieces coming off. It didn’t last as long as the OP’s, but I can hardly imagine it was anything else. Of course, for something lasting probably 3-4 seconds, it’s possible that even in a large metropolitan area like this, with building and trees blocking views, only about 10 people saw it. Well, there is a N/S highway here, so I wonder… I tried a bit to check the news, but the TV news isn’t going to take time to report on it unless they have video, and it’s a nonstarter otherwise, with no damage or hole to report. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-huge-just-burned-up-over-my-house/513430/36 "2009-10-15T17:47:48Z")
Here is a picture of one over Germany a couple days ago, it is today’s Astronomy Picture of the Day. > **[Astronomy Picture of the Day](https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html)** > > A different astronomy and space science > related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation. ---
**Author:** ![Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-huge-just-burned-up-over-my-house/513430/37 "2009-10-15T18:03:04Z")
> [@ghardester](#): > > Here is a picture of one over Germany a couple days ago, it is today’s Astronomy Picture of the Day. > > [Astronomy Picture of the Day](http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html) Groningen is in the Netherlands. Cool picture, though 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-huge-just-burned-up-over-my-house/513430/38 "2009-10-15T18:25:26Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > I saw one from a Big Boy’s in the mid-90s. I’m pretty sure that wasn’t a meteor, it was Doctor Evil. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-huge-just-burned-up-over-my-house/513430/39 "2009-10-15T19:17:20Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > I saw one from a Big Boy’s in the mid-90s. That was just Dr. Evil returning. They made a documentary about it a few years ago. ETA: D’oh! Note to self: read to the end before responding! ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-huge-just-burned-up-over-my-house/513430/40 "2009-10-15T20:11:24Z")
[Orionids](http://iya2009.com/next-meteor-shower-orionids-october-2009.html) The Orionid meteor shower is happening around now. They are known to often produce large fireballs. Peak is Oct 20-22 this year. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-huge-just-burned-up-over-my-house/513430.md?page=1)