AMS received 12 reports about a fireball seen over Bayern, Hessen, Lower Saxony, Niedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, North Rhine-Westphalia and Thüringen on Tuesday, January 20th 2026 around 20:22 UT.







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| ID | UT Date & Time | Local Date & Time | City | State | Dur. | Magn. | D. Sound | C. Sound | Frag. | Observer | Exp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | 2026-01-20 20:13 UT | 2026-01-20 21:13 CET | Topfstedt | Thüringen | ≈3.5s | -10 | ? | - | - | Carsten J | 3 |
| b | 2026-01-20 20:18 UT | 2026-01-20 21:18 CET | Wallenhorst | Niedersachsen | ≈1.5s | -11 | - | - | ? | Christina A | 2 |
| c | 2026-01-20 20:18 UT | 2026-01-20 21:18 CET | Brakel | Nordrhein-Westfalen | <1s | -13 | ? | ? | ? | Maria G | 3 |
| d | 2026-01-20 20:19 UT | 2026-01-20 21:19 CET | Taunusstein | Hessen | ≈3.5s | -8 | - | - | - | Klaus G | 3 |
| e | 2026-01-20 20:20 UT | 2026-01-20 21:20 CET | Bochum | Nordrhein-Westfalen | ≈1.5s | -17 | - | - | - | Valerie V | 2 |
| f | 2026-01-20 20:20 UT | 2026-01-20 21:20 CET | Vorra | Bayern | ≈1.5s | -13 | ? | ? | - | Dieter M | 3 |
| g | 2026-01-20 20:25 UT | 2026-01-20 21:25 CET | Lippstadt | Nordrhein-Westfalen | ≈3.5s | -5 | - | - | ? | Chiara H | 1 |
| h | 2026-01-20 20:30 UT | 2026-01-20 21:30 CET | Essen | Nordrhein-Westfalen | <1s | -15 | - | - | - | Joel B | 2 |
| i | 2026-01-20 20:30 UT | 2026-01-20 21:30 CET | Bielefeld | North Rhine-Westphalia | ≈3.5s | -11 | - | - | - | Anna-Lena S | 2 |
| j | 2026-01-20 20:35 UT | 2026-01-20 21:35 CET | Solingen | Nordrhein-Westfalen | <1s | -9 | - | - | - | Birgit W | 1 |
| k | 2026-01-20 20:18 UT | 2026-01-20 21:18 CET | Hanover | Lower Saxony | ≈20s | -6 | - | - | ? | Volkssternwarte H | 5 |
| l | 2026-01-20 20:18 UT | 2026-01-20 21:18 CET | Kleinlangheim | Bayern | ≈3.5s | 0 | - | - | - | Johannes Z | 3 |