Strange Fireballs Light Up February Sky

[Cheryl Nelson]

http://www.space.com/14663-nasa-february-fireballs-meteors-meteorites.html

This article is from 2012, but talks about odd trajectory.  Has anyone seen this statement made about this year's fireballs?

"A strange breed of fireball is streaking through the skies this month, ... aren't more numerous than normal, but their appearance and trajectory are odd, experts say."

Strange Fireballs Light Up February Skies

SPACE.com Staff

Date: 23 February 2012 Time: 01:37 PM ET

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A fireball over north Georgia recorded on Feb. 13th by a NASA all-sky camera in Walker County, Georgia. CREDIT: NASA View full size image

A strange breed of fireball is streaking through the skies this month, and NASA is urging folks on the ground to take notice.

February's fireballs — a term that describes meteors that appear brighter in the sky than Venus — aren't more numerous than normal, but their appearance and trajectory are odd, experts say.

"These fireballs are particularly slow and penetrating," meteor expert Peter Brown, a physics professor at the University of Western Ontario, said in a statement. "They hit the top of the atmosphere moving slower than 15 kilometers per second [33,500 mph], decelerate rapidly and make it to within 50 kilometers [31 miles] of Earth’s surface."

MORE INFO:  http://blogs.kxan.com/2012/02/27/the-fireballs-of-february/