# Yay I Got The East Coast Meteor on My Dash Cam! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 23, 2013, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-i-got-the-east-coast-meteor-on-my-dash-cam/653706 "2013-03-23T03:06:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![2gigch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2gigch1/32/3313_2.png) [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2013, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-i-got-the-east-coast-meteor-on-my-dash-cam/653706/1 "2013-03-23T03:06:57Z")
I was shooting HS Lacross tonight for my station. On my way home later on my desk called asking if I had seen anything. I hadn’t, but when I got home I checked my dashcam, and sure enough there it was… Last I heard the station was uplinking it to CNN & CBS. If you see parking lot video with several cars parked in front of my truck and a series of parking lot lights on the right it’s mine. I’ll get a link to the video online as soon as I find one… [Link](http://www.wusa9.com/news/article/250578/158/Possible-Meteor-Spotted-In-the-DMV-Skies-Friday-Evening) Too bad they didn’t use the zoomed in shot… ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2013, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-i-got-the-east-coast-meteor-on-my-dash-cam/653706/2 "2013-03-23T03:27:51Z")
Cool! But I have to wonder. Another meteor? I think someone’s gunnin’ for us… ---
**Author:** ![BetsQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@BetsQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BetsQ)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2013, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-i-got-the-east-coast-meteor-on-my-dash-cam/653706/3 "2013-03-23T03:33:31Z")
I saw it, too! I was driving, so I didn’t get a good look, but definitely noticed it zooming by. Very cool that you got it on tape! ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2013, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-i-got-the-east-coast-meteor-on-my-dash-cam/653706/4 "2013-03-23T03:54:41Z")
Very cool to have captured it! ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2013, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-i-got-the-east-coast-meteor-on-my-dash-cam/653706/5 "2013-03-23T04:04:00Z")
Oh come on… That’s totally fake! [Sup]Sorry, I thought this was the YouTube comments section.[/sup] 😃 Seriously, totally cool. Thanks for sharing. ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2013, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-i-got-the-east-coast-meteor-on-my-dash-cam/653706/6 "2013-03-23T07:00:26Z")
Whoopee! (We’re all gonna die.) Nice catch, **2gigch1**. Thanks for posting it. ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2013, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-i-got-the-east-coast-meteor-on-my-dash-cam/653706/7 "2013-03-23T09:24:45Z")
Way cool! Do you get any royalties when they show your video? ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2013, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-i-got-the-east-coast-meteor-on-my-dash-cam/653706/8 "2013-03-23T10:45:33Z")
Very cool, **tugig**! I didn’t know you were Russian… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2013, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-i-got-the-east-coast-meteor-on-my-dash-cam/653706/9 "2013-03-23T11:10:33Z")
That is really something! I second the “thanks for sharing!” sentiment. ---
**Author:** ![2gigch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2gigch1/32/3313_2.png) [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2013, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-i-got-the-east-coast-meteor-on-my-dash-cam/653706/10 "2013-03-23T13:06:51Z")
> [@Encinitas](#): > > Way cool! Do you get any royalties when they show your video? No, but I did add an hour or two of being on the clock the way it went down. I had been assigned to shoot high school sports, which I do almost every Friday night. This week it was girls lacrosse at a high school in Manassas VA. After finishing the shoot and heading home, I got a call from Kevin our desk guy asking me if I had seen anything. I said no, but after I hung up I remembered my dash cam was on and the truck was parked facing North. So when I got home i pulled out my newly issued Edius editing computer, imported the video from the memory cars and started surfing. I was shocked when I stumbled on it how obvious it was. I was expecting something a lot harder to see on tape. I chopped a sequence with the raw video, a zoomed in shot and a much tighter shot tracking the meteor and FTP’d it to the station. After March Madness basketball they opened with the video and I enjoyed listening to the weatherman butcher my name on air. All good fun! ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2013, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-i-got-the-east-coast-meteor-on-my-dash-cam/653706/11 "2013-03-23T13:22:22Z")
Is that what I saw? I was driving west in Manchester, NH on a highway that crosses the approach for the airport. At first I thought it was a plane coming in, then it flared up with a green color as it streaked across the sky, then faded away. It was really quite bright and the sky wasn’t yet fully dark (about 7:50 pm and I could still see clouds). It really looked like it was at a plane approach elevation (the airport was maybe a few miles away). Anyway, a cool sight. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2013, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-i-got-the-east-coast-meteor-on-my-dash-cam/653706/12 "2013-03-23T16:38:34Z")
> [@2gigch1](#): > > _\_ and I enjoyed listening to the weatherman butcher my name on air. All good fun! Did he butcher \*both \*syllables?? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2013, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-i-got-the-east-coast-meteor-on-my-dash-cam/653706/13 "2013-03-23T16:40:29Z")
Neat vid! I read about the meteor this morning on [Gawker.com](http://Gawker.com). Your video is the first one embedded in the article: [http://m.gawker.com/5992054/meteor-streaks-across-east-coast](http://m.gawker.com/5992054/meteor-streaks-across-east-coast) ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2013, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-i-got-the-east-coast-meteor-on-my-dash-cam/653706/14 "2013-03-23T17:57:37Z")
That was amazingly clear and good quality dash cam footage. What make/model is your dash cam? I seem to remember other threads where you have gotten excellent impromptu footage of things, always fun reads! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2013, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-i-got-the-east-coast-meteor-on-my-dash-cam/653706/15 "2013-03-23T18:44:35Z")
Why didn’t you park closer to the meteor? 😃 Seriously, good on ya for keeping it running full time. Now go park at Tilted Kilt and keep us informed! ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2013, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-i-got-the-east-coast-meteor-on-my-dash-cam/653706/16 "2013-03-24T14:12:09Z")
too cool ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2013, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-i-got-the-east-coast-meteor-on-my-dash-cam/653706/17 "2013-03-24T14:42:26Z")
This si very interesting. On the way in to school on Friday (about 8:40am?) Celtling said she saw “shooting stars with tails!! Is it a comet Mommy?” but I couldn’t turn around quickly enough since we were in motion. Were there any reported earlier in the day? ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2013, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-i-got-the-east-coast-meteor-on-my-dash-cam/653706/18 "2013-03-24T15:06:53Z")
I can’t get the videos to play. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![gracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@gracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gracer)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2013, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-i-got-the-east-coast-meteor-on-my-dash-cam/653706/19 "2013-03-24T17:05:55Z")
I’ve only seen that vid (good one btw!) and a few pictures, but I was wondering… why does it not have a tail? Is it a non-tail species of meteor? Obviously I don’t know anything about meteors… 😕 Though I do know they don’t come in species, but it’s funny because of tails…oh never mind… ---
**Author:** ![2gigch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2gigch1/32/3313_2.png) [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-i-got-the-east-coast-meteor-on-my-dash-cam/653706/20 "2013-03-26T08:26:21Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > That was amazingly clear and good quality dash cam footage. What make/model is your dash cam? > > I seem to remember other threads where you have gotten excellent impromptu footage of things, always fun reads! 😛 I actually have 2 cameras up there now, my old trust hacked job and the new one which got this video. It’s the: 2.0 inch LTPS 720P HD Car DVR Black Box with Separate Rearview Camera/Sticker Mount/Night Vision/SOS Protection/G-Sensor from [alldaymall.com](http://alldaymall.com) It’s a little quirky, it doesn’t endlessly record so I have to reformat the memory every 6 hours or so. But for accidents and stuff like this it’s worth it. Re **FCM** Just the last name. I am now known as Mr. Bricks. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-i-got-the-east-coast-meteor-on-my-dash-cam/653706.md?page=2)