Tuesday 21 May 2013

Fireball meteors in the US


Four fireballs fall over U.S. in 24 hour period




In the last 24 hours the AMS has received confirmed reports about 4 unique fireball events all occurring near 4:00 AM UTC time. The most recent event occurred in Arkansas and Missouri on May 19th near 3:37 UTC. At the same time 3:37 UTC 4 witnesses reported a fireball in Arizona. The distance between these two locations would inhibit witnesses from observing the same fireball from both locations. On May 18th two large fireball meteors were also spotted within an hour of each other, one over the central east coast and another in Colorado. Below is a table of the events in question.


AMS ID
UTC DATE AND TIME
ESTIMATED HEADING
STATES WITNESSED
2013-05-18 03:47 UTC
South East -> North West
CO
2013-05-18 04:26 UTC
South East -> North West
CT, MD, NJ, NY, OH, PA, VA, WV
2013-05-19 03:37 UTC
South East -> North West
AR, IL, IN, MI, MO, OH, TN
2013-05-19 03:37 UTC
South South East -> North North West
AZ



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