http://www.wavy.com/dpp/news/local_wavy_emails_about_the_mystery_in_the_sky_20090330Published : Monday, 30 Mar 2009, 7:32 AM EDT
HAMPTON ROADS, Va. - Emails received to the WAVY Newsroom:
9:51 p.m. - Jamie in Virginia Beach: boom heard at 9:42 pm; shook the house
9:55 p.m. - Jim in Virginia Beach: Hello, we heard a loud boom and the ground shook a little at about 21:48, the same noise was heard by my son's friend who lives in Bayside. We have no clue as to the origin of the noise nor it's damage. I pray it is not serious. Respectfully.
10:16 p.m. - Bernard in Virginia Beach: Just wanted to let you guys know that we our house also shook. We live off of centerville in virginia beach on the chesapeake line.
10:25 p.m. - Joe in Virginia Beach: At around 10 PM our time a rather Large BOOM took place. Shook the HOUSE. I called Police and they said they are looking and trying to find source, and had no further info. Shortly after call I hard 2 consecutive Booms that were not as Strong as the first. Close to Pleasant Valley, Indian Lakes, and Farrell PKY.
10:28 p.m. - Duane in Williamsburg: Subject- house shaking in williamsburg. I saw a flare flying through the air about 45 minutes ago. It should have landed between big bethel road and Hardy cash drive. Maybe close to comander sheppard/simple farm road. This was unusual. I stayed outside to listen for a noise, but on noise and nothing else.
10:31 p.m. - Carl in Virginia Beach: IS THE WORLD ENDING???
10:41 p.m. - Kelly in Onley: I just saw the newsclip about the bright light in the sky reported by several Hampton Roads and Williamsburg residents. I live on the Eastern Shore of Virginia (Onley, VA) and also witnessed the bright flashes and what appeared to be a fireball falling from the sky. I did not feel any rumble but could see the bright light and fireball very clearly. Since we live in the country with no street lights, I could see it vividly across the field. I saw three bright flashes which appeared to be lightning and then the bright fireball appeared. As it rapidly fell, the fire grew brighter and bigger. I have no idea what I saw, but it sure was scary. My eyes are still hurting from the extreme bright light and I keep seeing spots. I would really like to know what it was I saw. Thank you.
10:44 p.m. - Robert in Sunbury, NC: At 9:38 PM, I watched a meteor cross over Sunbury, NC. It was traveling from the West towards the East. My wife and our friend also saw this event. Very exciting!!!
11:01 p.m. - Alan in Hampton: At approx. 9pm I had just walked up to my kitchen sink and thought I saw lightening outside...I said to my wife, I just saw lightening and a minute later my dog who has a doggie doors comes in and he was spooked! He went directly upstairs which is what he does if he hears a loud noice etc... He is ver skiddish. I thought this was very weird then they said on the news, we do not know what is going on but they were getting reports!
11:06 p.m. - Kel in Norfolk: My Mom & I Both heard a LOUD Bang and felt a vibration or a Shake of the ground and house.
11:08 p.m. - Lou and Bill Pollard: My husband and I both heard a very large boom accompanied by rattling windows for about 10 seconds tonight. At first because of the wind we thought maybe there was a weather related reason, such as thunder. Then we guessed it might be an explosion of some sort or a crash on the highway just outside our neighborhood.
11:09 p.m. - Diana in Virginia Beach: At around 9:45 pm I was driving, almost to my house and saw the bright streak of light. It lit up the whole area. I thought it was just lightening because it branched out in the sky like lightening. Then I arrived at home, put some stuff in the house and went back out to help my roommate who was bringing stuff into the house too and that's when we both heard the explosion, but honestly, the noise was heard about 15 minutes after I saw the streak. In fact I had just finished telling my roommate that I saw some strange lightening when we heard the explosion. We thought it was fireworks or something. But the noise occurred at least 10-15 minutes after the light. Weird!
11:10 p.m. - Richard in Virginia Beach: At some time this evening between about 9 and 10 I was lying in bed ready to go to sleep when I heard a loud bang and my house shook. It felt as if a car had hit the building. I went outside to investigate and the winds had picked up but I couldn't see anything that may have hit the house. I went back to bed. Then, as I was turning the channel at 11 o'clock, I heard your story about the possible meteorite this evening. I wonder if the sound I heard was a sonic boom that shook my house. That certainly would fit with the idea of a meteorite as it slows down through the atmosphere. Anyway, I thought you might like to hear my story. Have a good night.
11:12 p.m. - Mike in Chesapeake: There was a loud boom that literally shook my house Sun evening. It reminded me of several things including; plane crash, sound barrier broke, transformmer blew up. I understand that the noise was heard in a broad area. I just wanted to give my opinion. I was in the Navy, stationed abourd an Air Craft Carrier. I have seen/heard a plane break the sound barrier very close to the ship. So close that windows broke in other airplanes. This sound and subsequent shaking of my house reminded me of this.
11:13 p.m. - Kristine in Newport News: I am a CNU student and around 9:45 or so a friend and I were standing outside of our dorm and we saw a piece of something that was lit flying not far from our building. A few minutes after we saw it, there was a faint boom in the distance.
11:14 p.m. - Peggy in Virginia Beach: We saw a bright light, like a shooting star going across the sky, it appeared to descend into the wooded area between laskin rd and va beach blvd, immediatly followed by a very loud boom that shook our business, quite litterly. Shortly after that, maybe 2 min, their were marine helecopters flying overhead with spotlights. strange huh?
11:16 p.m. - Sandi in Virginia Beach: I am commenting on the flash seen in the sky, my husband and I heard a big bang and our house shook and both our computers went crazy... all these ads and pop ups showed up and started loading web sites on it's own! One of the computers shut down. i live in virginia Beach in the Great neck area!
11:17 p.m. - Lisa in Virginia Beach: I live in Larkspur off Edwin Drive in va beach near Mt. Trashmore and my mom lives 1 mile away, both of our houses shook at the same time, it felt like a tree had fallen on our house. I lived in Japan and it felt like a mini earthquake with a loud boom. I hope this helps I went outside after the sound in fear my childrens room had been hit by a tree due to wind and saw a white light across the sky near the Kempsville Golf Course.
11:19 p.m. - Jamie in Virginia Beach: I live in the Chimney Hill area of Virginia Beach and was on my deck when the yard lit up like a lightening flash so I glance up and saw a huge fireball go from West to East, with a very long tail extending halfway across the sky. About 60 seconds later there was a boom that rattled my house and even shook the chair I was sitting in. As a fan of astronomy, I am thrilled to have been so lucky enough to witness this. It was amazing!
11:19 p.m. - Hoyte in Virginia Beach: I saw the meteor. That is exactly what it was, I have seen video of meteors caught on tape and that is exactly what I saw. Amazingly, there was a "boom" about 1-2 minutes after the sighting. I was in my backyard at the time taking a steak off the grill. The time was approximately 9:30 pm.
11:20 p.m. - Mark in Virginia Beach: We didn't see anything, but heard what was some sort of explosion and our house shook. Our first instinct was that maybe a tree fell on our house, but all was fine outside. We were waiting to hear sirens/firetrucks/etc, assuming something near our house exploded, but never did. We were a little dumbfounded. Then the 11:00 news came on, and lo and behold, we weren't imagining things!
11:28 p.m. - April in Chesapeake: I was driving down Joliff Road in Chesapeake and thought I had seen lightening but as I looked up, beyond the clouds, was a bright orange sky. Then soon after, a bright white light fell down through the clouds and looked as if it was going to hit the ground. Very strange incident. I'm curious to find out what it was!
11:58 p.m. - Viewer in Corolla, NC: From Corolla about 300 ft from the beach. Light seen shortly after 9:30 PM tonight. Looked like debris, the kind seen on 4th of July. Felt nothing, heard nothing, just saw the bright lite which seemed to explode in the end and disappear.
12:07 a.m. - Valerie in Virginia Beach: Hi, Saw the bright flash and then felt the boom. It shook our house. We are in the Pembroke Meadows area off of Indpendence Bllvd. and Witchduck Rd. I called my sister who was on the road coming back from Lusby, Maryland. There were 2 sisters, brother in law, 3 nephews, 2 nieces and my mother on the road. They had just gotten off the I295 bypass and gotten on I64 East heading to Norfolk. They all said they saw a big bluish/white ball with what look like orange sparkling in the sky heading south in front of them falling straight ahead down the highway. Then they saw a bright flash and felt a big boom. They said a few cars swerved in front of them. They said it was going along following the highway heading south.
5:12 a.m. - Becky in Virginia Beach: The time is correct, I was in bed watching House when the whole house shook, including my bed. It woke my husband up who had fell asleep in his chair in the living room. The disturbance freaked out my 16 year old son who was in his room. He said it made his over head light shake. I do not understand why one of the numerous security video cameras throughout Hampton Roads did not catch this? Or, no one has came forward yet. I am waiting to see one!
6:25 a.m. - Michelle in Hampton: As I was doing dishes last night i saw the bright flash out of my kitchen window the noise wasnt really bad all i heard was like thunder, my initial thought was lightning and thunder then i saw what looked like a flare gun went off so i assumed it was just a very bright firework. The fact that it may have been a meteor is very amazing to me!
6:31 a.m. - Laura in Hardyville, Va: Hello, I live in Middlesex County and around 9:37 pm on Sunday March 29, 2009 my husband and I (who were in different parts of our house) saw a bright white flash of light. I was also on the cell phone with our daughter who was in Gloucester VA and she saw the same thing at the same time. At first, we thought it was a power surge or maybe a storm approaching. We really never gave it a second thought until we heard it on your 11:00 evening news. I can't wait to hear more about this.
6:40 a.m. - Beth in Chesapeake: My son and I were inside the house, so we didn't see the light, but we heard it clearly in Great Bridge of Chesapeake, as well. It sounded like a tremendous thunderclap, so I went online to look at the radar. Seeing no clouds near us, I immediately looked outside to see if I saw fire or smoke from an explosion. I saw nothing unusual at that time though, so we were also mystified!
6:40 a.m. - Rashel in Virginia Beach: The walls, the floor, and even the beds shook. I thought a tree had fallen on our home. My son’s head was propped up on his headboard and he described how the headboard shook his head. I ran outside thinking there was a tree on the house or something worse only to see my neighbor out doing the same. We were scared. Thanks for covering the story.
6:51 a.m. - Jen in Deltaville: Good Morning, We too heard a loud boom (although distant) last night around 9:30. We were lying in bed so we did not see anything, but we definitely heard something. We live in Deltaville, about an hour and half from your station and main viewing areas. I was glad to hear on your morning report that others also heard the boom. Hopefully we'll soon learn what caused this.
7:09 a.m. - Samantha in Franklin: I witnessed the bright light in the sky yesterday evening. Out here it appear to have several color's green,blue,red, orange. Almost looked like something that would have came out of a Firework. It disappeared behind the trees in our neighborhood and was traveling very fast. I did not hear any loud noise or feel any tremors.I thought that is might have be a meteor.Whatever it was it was beautiful for the few seconds i was able to see it.
7:23 a.m. - Melissa in Virginia Beach: I just wanted to send you all a email stating that I also heard the loud noise last night. I did not see any light but I was on the phone with my husband and felt/heard the noise. At first I thought that it was something falling upstairs but I have nothing big enough to have made that loud of a noise. I could feel the ground shake a little and also it seemed like the house shook.
7:32 a.m. - Daniel in Mattaponi: I saw the light in the sky last night, I live in King and Queen County near West Point. I thought it was a thunderstorm! Apparently not. It probably was a relatively large meteor burning up in the atmosphere. If so, let's be glad it wasn't a bigger one.
7:39 a.m. - Nikki in Norfolk: I live in Norfolk and last night I heard a loud boom off in the distance. My Entire house shook last night at the same time.
7:50 a.m. - Melanie in Williamsburg: My husband and I and another couple were standing outside last night and we also saw the firelooking ball going down and after it all happened we continued to stay outside and it took like 2 or 3 min until we heard the boom. it was really weird because it took so long and at that moment it wasn't really clear for us if those two events were connected. but reading all the other reports we now know they were.... just thought we shared that there was a boom in Williamsburg too......just a few min later.
7:51 a.m. - Javonda in Portsmouth: I'm glad other people heard the noise, because I was concerned! I live in Churchland in Portsmouth, VA. Sunday night I was in my bedroom watching a movie, I saw flashing lights in my peripheral, coming from my bedroom window. But when I looked again...it was gone. Some time later, I heard a loud boom, and then the house shook! I was on one end of the house and my mother was on the other end of the house. My father was in the center of the house. My mother and I both heard and felt the "Boom" (My father...heard and felt nothing. To me, it sounded like a cannon going off, or like when I lived in my townhouse, and my neighbor ran into his townhouse with his car! My mother said it sounded like it was on the roof. So my father went out to investigate, but saw nothing.
8:36 a.m. - Christine in Virginia Beach: A friend and I were in the Lynnhaven parking lot after having dinner at Ruby Tuesdays. Listening to some music and looking up at the sky through the moon roof of my friends car, I saw flashes of white light and heard some rumbling I was surprised to see lightening this early in the year. (I even mentioned out loud, "wow lightening") I looked away from the sky then out of my direct vision was an orange ball of light scraping across the sky (pretty low, lower than a airplane would be) by the time I looked up to focus on the light I saw the orange light dissipate, it was as if someone scratch the sky with fire leaving 4 or five orange lines that fizzled out like a fireworks. You how fireworks fizzle out after the boom..I kinda looked at it and stated to my friend about this weird light in the sky...then just carried on the conversation we were having, but in the back of my mind I just had this puzzled question, "that was weird."
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