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Meteor enters atmosphere over Alabama and disintegrates, says Nasa Meteor enters atmosphere over Alabama and disintegrates, says Nasa
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A meteor is shown entering the earth's atmosphere and disintegrating above Woodstock, Alabama, at 8:18pm Monday night. (Footage submitted by Bill Cooke/Marshall Space Flight Center Meteoroid Environment Office)


Nasa officials say brilliant lights in the sky and loud booms reported in Alabama and Georgia came from a meteor that streaked across the South.

 A meteor is shown entering the earth's atmosphere and disintegrating above Woodstock, Alabama, at 8:18pm Monday night. (Footage submitted by Bill Cooke/Marshall Space Flight Center Meteoroid Environment Office)


Nasa officials say brilliant lights in the sky and loud booms reported in Alabama and Georgia came from a meteor that streaked across the South.

Officials at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville say a baseball-size fragment of a comet entered Earth's atmosphere above Alabama at 8:18pm CDT Monday.Officials at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville say a baseball-size fragment of a comet entered Earth's atmosphere above Alabama at 8:18pm CDT Monday.
Nasa officials say the meteor traveled at a speed of 76,000 mph. They say just three seconds after hitting the atmosphere, it disintegrated 25 miles above the central Alabama town of Woodstock, producing a flash of light.Nasa officials say the meteor traveled at a speed of 76,000 mph. They say just three seconds after hitting the atmosphere, it disintegrated 25 miles above the central Alabama town of Woodstock, producing a flash of light.
Nasa spokeswoman Janet Anderson says that because it penetrated so deep into Earth's atmosphere, eyewitnesses heard sonic booms.Nasa spokeswoman Janet Anderson says that because it penetrated so deep into Earth's atmosphere, eyewitnesses heard sonic booms.
Music fans at a Mumford & Sons concert in Pelham, Alabama, Monday night also reported seeing a flash of light.Music fans at a Mumford & Sons concert in Pelham, Alabama, Monday night also reported seeing a flash of light.
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