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Bright fireball over SoCal morning sky
More than 270 witnesses have reported a large blue-green fireball over southern california on February 11th around 6:35am PT (14:35 UT).
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Vincent Perlerin
Vincent Perlerin, PhD used to be a researcher in Computational Linguistics. He is now a software developer, a web designer, a community manager, an illustrator and many other things. He is working on the American Meteor Society under the supervision of Mike Hankey. Vincent is the lead developer of all the AMS projects. He's also the lead developer of the International Meteor Organization Website and the IMO online Databases management system.
Earth-grazing fireball over Wisconsin and Michigan caught on Video on February 1st
More than 200 witnesses have reported a large Earth-grazing fireball over Wisconsin and Michigan on February 1th around 6:25pm ET (February 2nd 2016 ~ 00:25 Universal Time).
Large Fireball over Mid-eastern US on Saturday, January 30th 2016
More than 920 witnesses have reported a large fireball over Pennsylvania on January 30th around 6:16pm ET (23:16 UT). The fireball was seen primarily from Virginia, Washington DC, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, but witnesses from New Jersey, North Carolina, New York, Delaware, Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky and even Ontario also reported seeing the fireball.
Major Daylight Fireball Over Southeastern US – January, 24th 2016
The American Meteor Society has received nearly 130 reports of an extremely bright daylight fireball on Sunday, January 24th, 2016.…
Space Junk Re-entry over California and Nevada
The American Meteor Society received more than 50 reports of a bright object over California, Nevada and Arizona on Tuesday, December 22th around 18:10 PST.
Bright Fireball over Poland
The American Meteor Society and the International Meteor Association received over 60 reports so far about a fireball event over…
2 Bright Fireballs over Southern California
The American Meteor Society received over 300 reports so far reporting 2 fireballs over the far western USA on Friday,…
Orionids 2015
The Orionids The Orionids, like all meteor showers, are named after the constellation in which they appear to come from,…
Bright meteor captured on Washington Monument camera
The American Meteor Society received over 20 reports so far about a bright meteor (maybe a fireball) that occurred over…
Major Fireball Event over the English Channel
The American Meteor Society and the International Meteor Association received over 50 reports so far about a fireball event over…
Perseids 2015: the Amateur Guide
Composite Image of the Perseids Meteor Shower 2013- Germany – © mLu.fotos The Perseid is the most gifted Meteor Shower…
Possible space debris reentry seen over Georgia
The AMS received over 150 reports of a bright fiery object traveling from the south west to the north est over Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina. The long duration time, witness descriptions and long distance of travel suggest this object was some type of space debris.
Fireball over Pennsylvania and Maryland
The American Meteor Society received over 50 reports so far about a fireball event in Maryland and southern Pensylvania on…
Fireball in New Zealand Skies
A bright fireball was spotted in New Zealand on February, 11 2015 around 10 PM NZDT – (11/02/2015 09:00 UT),…
Bolide over Bucharest, Romania (videos)
Videos of a large fireball (actually a bolide), that exploded over Bucharest, Romania, early Wednesday show night turning to day.…
Huge Fireball Over Northeastern USA – December 29th, 2014
The American Meteor Society has received over 1500 reports of a bright fireball on Monday, December 29, 2014. It was…
Meteor Time-lapse
Professional photographer Wes Eisenhauer was filming the Milky Way galaxy in South Dakota, when he noticed something moving out of…
Fireball caught on camera on October 16th, 2014
Ben Lewis took this time-lapse on October 16th, 2014 between 4:30AM and 4:50AM CET (CANON 6D 35MM @ f1.4 10″…
2 Fireballs over Indiana and Illinois and over Georgia on August 23rd, 2014
2 large fireballs were seen and reported by many witnesses on August 23rd, 2014. The first one was seen primarily…
Fireball over Virginia – July, 17 2014
An bright fireball was seen over Virginia on July, 17 2014. Preliminary reports place the time of the event near 10:15…
2 Fireballs over Kentucky and West Virginia and over South Carolina and Georgia – May 15, 2014
Erratum: the previous article stated only one major fireball were witnessed on May 15 – it looks like there were…