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Mike Hankey
Mike Hankey is a software developer, entrepreneur, amateur astronomer, astrophotographer, meteor observer and meteorite hunter. Mike's enthusiasm for meteors led him to the American Meteor Society where he volunteered his time and the services of his software development company to redesign the AMS website and fireball reporting tool. In 2011 Mike was awarded the society's C.P. Olivier award for his work. In 2012 Mike was promoted to the role of Operations Manager. Mike and his company continue to maintain and enhance the AMS website and fireball reporting tools. You can see Mike's photography work and read more of his posts on his astronomy blog: MikesAstroPhotos.com. Mike can be contacted here.Major Fireball Event Seen From Southern California, Arizona and Nevada – September 14th, 2011 @ 9:45 PDT
The American Meteor Society has received over 100 fireball reports so far regarding a large fireball seen last night in the south…
Alert – High Confidence Meteorite Fall in Northeast Ohio
Bill Cooke of the NASA Meteoroid Environments Office sent the AMS an alert today about a recent fireball event in Ohio.…
Georgia Fireball – June 15th, 2011
Here’s an interesting composite image and video of a large fireball captured by Steve Farmer of Ty Ty, Georgia. Almost…
Large Fireball Recorded Over Atlanta Georgia 5/20/11
A large fireball was reported to the AMS by multiple witnesses surrounding Atlanta Georgia, on Friday 5/20/11 at 22:45 EDT.…
Large Fireball Event Reported 4/6/11
We are recieving reports about a large fireball seen at 20:30 CDTÂ from AL, TN, KY, MD, OH and AR. Here…
Fireball Event 331 – TX, OK, KS, CO, AR, NM
The AMS has received over 30 witness reports for a large fireball seen March 23, 2011 at 21:17 CDT. Witness…