A meteor exploded above New Zealand scattering debris in a spectacular display of light
(pictured above) on July 7, 1999.
NASA first identified
two meteroid swarms on June 27, during a 13-day window when TimeStar forecast "anomalous lights, fireballs or meteors". TimeStar posted the prediction four weeks earlier (June 1) based on the characteristics of the window
for those dates. The meteor was part of an unannounced swarm that
NASA first detected on June 27. Although we approach the Taurid
meteors at the end of June each year, the July 7 meteor was not part of the Taurids and was unnanounced.
On July 6, the first of a large UFO flap had started in Queensland, Australia when bright
orange illuminations were sighted slowing moving northeast at 8.20pm. Sightings of
slow-moving objects over Australia continued on July 7, and on July 10 witnesses in
Queensland reported seven orange illuminations heading (east) towards Dandenong ranges.
The objects appeared in formation, travelling without sound at an altitude of aproximately
1000 meters. Objects were unlike anything the witnesses had seen before.
Only hours after the meteor exploded a UFO was recorded live over Monterrey, Mexico
during a news broadcast by the local TV Azteca Network at 7:30 AM. The TimeStar Forecast
had predicted meteors or fireballs in the 13-day window from June 23 to July 5, when the
anomalous meteor swarms were discovered. The TimeStar prediction was made solely with
characteristics indicated by the calendar for the 13-day window with no specific reference to
the Taurid meteors. While the TimeStar is concerned only with cyclic trends, the forecasts
have predicted that increased UFO sightings would serve as forewarnings around
endangered areas. The fourth largest volcano in the world, Mt Popocateptl, is south of
Mexico City where a catastrophic earthquake occurred in 1985.
Meteor explodes in sky above New Zealand
July 7, 1999
[CNN News]
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- A meteor exploded in the sky above
New Zealand on Wednesday, casting an eerie blue light and showering
the earth with fragments from space, authorities and witnesses
said.
No injuries were reported, but authorities were flooded with
hundreds of calls from people who reported seeing the streaking
meteor, emergency services said.
The Carter Observatory in Wellington said the explosion occurred
about 4:15 p.m. (0615 GMT) and was followed by smoke in the sky _
and a flood of phone calls from witnesses.
"It was picked up by aircraft and on radar, so we've had some air
traffic controllers calling too," said John Field, the
observatory's public programs officer.
Police said hundreds of people reported seeing a bright streak
across the sky over a remote part of New Zealand's North Island,
between the cities of Napier, 186 miles (300 kilometers) north of
the capital, Wellington, on the east coast and New Plymouth, about
the same distance from Wellington, on the west coast.
TIMESTAR PREDICTION FOR JUNE 23 - JULY 5, 1999:
Anomalous lights, fireballs or meteors, storms and volcanic activity with possible shifting in Antarctic ice shelves as the winter begins to deepen down under are forecast. Areas of Arizona, Nevada and California as well as Central America will be impacted with sequencing of elements from air to water to fire.
RESULTS: NASA Space Science News for June 28, 1999 - Radio Meteor Alert -- The earth may be headed into two meteoroid swarms that could produce shooting stars for the next week. The meteors might be difficult to see visually (some are expected during the daytime) but HAM radio operators will be able to monitor these showers using radio reflection techniques. Radio observations reported to Science@NASA yesterday indicate that meteor activity may already be underway. This story includes audio sounds from meteors recorded on June 27th. FULL STORY
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