Media-Meteor Mania Sightings- Fri.Mar.22.2013

Meteor was trending across the U.S. East Coast on Friday night (Screenshot from Trendsmap)

Phil Hahn, Social Media Producer, CTV News
Published Friday, Mar. 22, 2013 10:07PM EDT 
Last Updated Friday, Mar. 22, 2013 10:12PM EDT

http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/possible-meteor-spotted-streaking-over-u-s-east-coast-1.120802
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It's meteor-mania on Twitter after reported sightings

People on Twitter and various news organizations were reporting sightings of a possible meteor over the U.S. East Coast on Friday night. Unconfirmed reports from a local station, WBOC-TV, said it might have landed near the Maryland/Delaware line.

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   NewsBreaker@NewsBreaker

   UPDATE: Twitter is blowing up w/ people reporting sightings of#meteor in NYC, New Jersey, Washington DC, Baltimore, West Virginia, Boston

   21 HOURS AGO
   

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   NBCWashington@nbcwashington

   Multiple reports of possible #meteor over region: bit.ly/106m8ab#dcmeteor

   21 HOURS AGO
   

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   Jason Jeffries@jasonblend

   just saw a brilliant shooting star / meteor scream across the sky in Pelham, NY #meteor #nyc

   21 HOURS AGO
   

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   Based on reports, #meteor visible in white circle. Moving east. Likley between Dover DE and NYC. twitpic.com/cdjt6q

   DAN SATTERFIELD@WILDWEATHERDAN

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   20 HOURS AGO
   

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   Lawrence Crook@LawrenceCNN

   A WBOC producer reports seeing this #Meteor #Meteorite landing on the Delaware/Maryland line. They have a crew going to check it out.

   21 HOURS AGO
   

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   Summer Ash@Summer_Ash

   Wow, it must have been pretty big to be seen up and down the east coast! #meteor #nyc

   21 HOURS AGO
   

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7. There were many appeals from media types for videos and photos of the meteor. 
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   Alex Howard@digiphile

   A dozen people just tweeted about a #meteor over #DCsfy.co/eG6N HT @tbridge. Did anyone snap a picture? #dcmeteor

   21 HOURS AGO
   

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   News12NJ@News12NJ

   We're getting reports of a possible #meteor sighting. Did anybody see anything? Send us your photos - news12.com

   21 HOURS AGO
   

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    DanSkeldonNBC40@DanSkeldonNBC40

    If you saw the meteor...you can share your account here. Reports help meteorologists/astronomers to track/verify. ow.ly/jlb7P

    21 HOURS AGO
    

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11. Several people shared images of what they claimed to be the meteor, although they were called out as "fake" by other Twitter users. Meanwhile, media members on Twitter were still trying to authenticate this 'security camera' photo shared by @magaman on Friday night.
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    REAL picture of the meteor from a security camera at workpic.twitter.com/kqmK2ROj6e

    JOHN@MAGAMAN

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    20 HOURS AGO
    

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13. This was his response to people asking him how they could verify his photo was real:
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    People are asking, I can't reveal more of the security screen, building I'm in houses sensitive information #meteor pic.twitter.com/kqmK2ROj6e

    JOHN@MAGAMAN

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    20 HOURS AGO
    

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15. People took to Twitter to warn others not to be duped by fake photos.
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    Phil Plait@BadAstronomer

    Apparently a bright meteor was just seen on US east coast. Beware of fake pix! Looking for reliable ones.

    20 HOURS AGO
    

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    +Sage- Delirium@SageDelirium

    Remember people, google has reverse image search now so before you go reposting a supposed image of the meteor go verify it.#meteor

    20 HOURS AGO
    

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    Phil Plait@BadAstronomer

    If you see this #meteor pic be aware it’s fake. It’s from several years ago. pic.twitter.com/xJ1XxyjDPr

    20 HOURS AGO
    

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19. Others, meanwhile, were clearly having fun with the #meteor meme that seemed to take over Twitter on Friday night.
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21. Lots of people saw a #meteor streak from Florida up to Boston a few minutes ago. Here's a pic: pic.twitter.com/DvL3ODt9QZ

    KID CRAIG@KIDCRAIG

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    20 HOURS AGO
    

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    BREAKING: Pic of meteor pic.twitter.com/qnONVN1Dyy

    MEOW MEOW MEOW@SUBTWEETCAT

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    20 HOURS AGO
    

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    Another amazing pic of the #Meteor that just flew by pic.twitter.com/eXSdQS9Wny

    MEOW MEOW MEOW@SUBTWEETCAT

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    20 HOURS AGO
    

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    'Genuine' pic of East Coast #meteor twitpic.com/cdjoj9

    STOATSJACKSON@STOATSJACKSON

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    20 HOURS AGO
    

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http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/possible-meteor-spotted-streaking-over-u-s-east-coast-1.1208026



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