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Report a Fireball Sighting to the AMS

You can report an eyewitness account of a very bright meteor (fireball) by filling out our on-line form located Here!. This information will be distributed to interested scientific organizations and help to contribute to our knowledge of these fascinating events.

Commonly Asked Questions

I found what I think is a meteorite! How can I get this verified, and what can you tell me about them?
I saw a bright fireball! What can you tell me about them?

IMPORTANT NOTE: these two are "auto-responder" email links, so after clicking on one of the questions above, simply fill in a subject line for your email message (for your own reference) and send it with the body EMPTY. The response you receive should contain sufficient information to answer your question, based upon answering thousands of similar enquiries in the past (these are our two most popular questions). If it does not, please feel free to contact us directly, using one of the email links below.

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AMS Operations Staff

Vladimir Getman, University Park, Pennsylvania

AMS Treasurer
Robert Lunsford, Chula Vista, California

Operations Manager
Journal Editor
Kim Youmans, Swainsboro, Georgia

Visual Observing Program Coordinator
Assistant Journal Editor
Edward Majden, Courtenay, British Colunbia

Meteor Spectroscopy Project Coordinator

Postal mail:

Vladimir Getman
AMS Treasurer
Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Pennsylvania State University
121 EEE, University Park, PA 16802
USA