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Meteor 21 November 2009 over Limpopo

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wildjohn

Post subject: Meteor 21 November 2009 over Limpopo

Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 6:56 pm

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Location: Venetia, Limpopo

Hi,

Last night at 11 pm , awoke to a loud explosion, at first thought it was Venetia mine and explosive activity there, kind of akin to artillery shelling going over head..the sky and veld lit up, and there was this rumbling tremor..It seemed to be a meteor, and passing overhead Mapungubwe Park going west - Im guess in landing in E Botswana ?, NW Limpopo ?

Anyone experienced this ? Have any news :huh:

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w

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RUMURUTI

Post subject: Re: Meteor 21 November 2009 over Limpopo

Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 8:07 pm

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Wow! would be really interesting to find out what it was.

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oddesy

Post subject: Re: Meteor 21 November 2009 over Limpopo

Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 8:18 pm

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According to scientists it was a meteor :dance:

must have been amazing to see :mrgreen:

Gauteng UFO identified

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RUMURUTI

Post subject: Re: Meteor 21 November 2009 over Limpopo

Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 8:25 pm

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oddesy, Thank for the link. Very interesting indeed! :thumbs_up:

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iNkwazi

Post subject: Re: Meteor 21 November 2009 over Limpopo

Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 8:50 pm

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Location: Northcliff, SA

Wow

Quote:

Flanagan said if a bang was heard, it meant that the meteor had disintegrated in the sky.

wildjohn wrote that a loud explosion was heard. Does that mean that it broke up then?

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ndloti

Post subject: Re: Meteor 21 November 2009 over Limpopo

Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 10:45 am

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Around the same time in southern Gauteng I saw a trail that I thought was a flare due to it having a low trajectory .
It seemed to be travelling more or less north to south .

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Rooies

Post subject: Re: Meteor 21 November 2009 over Limpopo

Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 10:50 am

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My son also saw it here in the Free State. It was about 23h00, he said it was so bright that he could see the leaves on the tree outside his window.

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pantera leo

Post subject: Re: Meteor 21 November 2009 over Limpopo

Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 12:33 pm

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This sounds awesome! How did I miss IT!!!!! :cry:

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TheunsH

Post subject: Re: Meteor 21 November 2009 over Limpopo

Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 5:34 pm

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I was watching TV on Saturday evening and saw a very bright light outside! I immediately stood up and went to the window but by that time it was gone! :shock:

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TheunsH

Post subject: Re: Meteor 21 November 2009 over Limpopo

Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 5:37 pm

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I've heard on the radio today that a piece of the meteor may have hit mother earth close to Pondrift (spelling?). :doh:

They are now looking for it! :whistle:

I'm no expert, but maybe it was the McNaught comet which has crashed here in Africa! :slap:

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RUMURUTI

Post subject: Re: Meteor 21 November 2009 over Limpopo

Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 6:29 pm

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TheunsH wrote:

I was watching TV on Saturday evening and saw a very bright light outside! I immediately stood up and went to the window but by that time it was gone! :shock:

Getting slow now!! :naughty:

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Lockie

Post subject: Re: Meteor 21 November 2009 over Limpopo

Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 8:21 pm

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Just found this. The second part is slowed by 50%. Taken from a building in Joburg.

original Link

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oddesy

Post subject: Re: Meteor 21 November 2009 over Limpopo

Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 8:47 pm

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THANK you so much for posting that lockie, its absolutely amazing :big_eyes:

, i wish i had seen it! :wall:

Almost looks like end of the world stuff :lol:

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Dotty

Post subject: Re: Meteor 21 November 2009 over Limpopo

Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 8:50 pm

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That is amazing :clap:

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CuriousCanadian

Post subject: Re: Meteor 21 November 2009 over Limpopo

Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 8:53 pm

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Must've been really scary for those who saw & heard.... :shock:

Oddesy...very much so....

Lockie & I were watching a doc the other day about the apocalypse...they said earthquakes could be one of the signs...that night there was an earthquake about 200kms away... :shock:

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