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Fireball spotted South West of the UK on May, 12th 2022
Fireball caught South West of the UK: more than 480 reports, 9 videos...
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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.
Fireball spotted between Illinois and Indiana, February 15th, 2022
Bright fireball spotted over Illinois and Indiana on February 15th, 2022: 20+ reports and 8 videos so far.
Daylight Fireball over Northeastern US – November 13th 2021
We received more than 170 reports so far about a daylight fireball event that occurred over the New Jersey coast on November 13th, 2021 around 04:30pm EST (21:30 Universal Time). The AMS #2021-7611 event was mainly seen from the New Jersey but we also received reports from Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, New York and Pennsylvania.
Fireball over SoCal on October 16th, 2021
The American Meteor Society received more than 115 reports so far about a fireball event that occurred over Southern California on October 16th just past 8:45 PM PDT (October 17th, 03:45 Universal Time). The AMS #2021-6638 event was mainly seen from California, but was also visible from Arizona, Nevada and Utah...
Bright Fireball West of Denver, CO on October 3rd, 2021
The AMS received more than 40 reports so far about a fireball event that occurred west of Denver, CO on October 2rd, 2021 around 4:34 AM CDT (10:34 Universal Time). The AMS #2021-6226 event was mainly seen from Colorado but we also received reports from Wyoming and New Mexico.
Space Debris Reentry spotted over Oregon on Thursday, 25 March 2021 ~ 9pm PDT
The AMS received over a lot of reports of a bright fiery object traveling over Oregon on Thursday, 25 March 2021 around 9pm PDT. It was the remaining of a Falcon 9 second stage from the "Starlink Launch 4" mission launched in February 2020.
Four fireballs spotted during the week-end
Four noticeable fireball events occured during the week-end: one daytime fireball event of the Channel (UK/FR) and 3 over the US (Florida, California & Pennsylvania)
Bright Fireball Over Alberta, Canada on February 22, 2021
The AMS received more than 500 reports so far about a morning fireball event that occurred over Alberta, Canada on February 22nd, 2021 around 6:23am MST (13:23 Universal Time).
Daylight Fireball over Central New York
A bright daylight fireball produced a loud boom over central New York on December 2nd, 2020 around 12:08pm EST. We received more than 150 reports about this event.
Fireball caught over the East Coast on Nov 8
The AMS received more than 280 reports so far about a fireball event that occurred over Connecticut on November 8th, 2020 around 19:22 EST (November 9th, 02:22 Universal Time). The AMS #2020-5441 event was mainly seen from the Connecticut & New York, but we also received reports from Massachusetts, Delaware, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia and Québec.
Bright Fireball caught above Ohio
The AMS received more than 700 reports so far about a fireball event that occurred over Ohio on September 30th, 2020 around 10:24 Universal Time (06:24 EDT). The event was mainly seen from the Ohio but we also received reports from Washington DC, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Ontario.
2021 Meteor Shower Calendar
Our friends at the IMO just released their annual meteor shower calendar for 2021: everything you need to know about 2021 meteor activity in 28 pages.
Two fireballs back to back over California
The AMS received over 110 reports so far about a fireball event that occurred over California (LA area) on June 10th, 2020 around 3:33 Universal Time (June 9th, 2020 08:33pm PDT). We also received nearly 90 reports about a similar event that occurred the next day North of San Francisco, CA. This second event occurred on June 11th 2020 around 03:51 Universal Time (June 10th, 2020 08:51pm PDT)
Fast Fireball caught over Arizona on February 26th
Nearly 50 reports so far The AMS received nearly 50 reports so far about a fireball event that occurred over…
Fireball caught on AllSky6 camera over SoCal
A space debris reentry occurred over SoCal on Jan. 29th (PST - Jan 30 UT). This event has been reported by at least 60 witnesses and it has been caught on a AllSky6 camera by one of our operator
Bright fireball flashes over Cyprus on January 21st, 2020
185 reports so far (and many videos) about this 100t TNT event seen from Cyprus, Lebanon and Israel.
New Year Meteorite recovered in Italy
So far, two 55g meteorites have been recovered from a fall that happened over Italy on January, 1st. This fall has been caught on video by the French/Italian fireball camera network Vigie-Ciel/FRIPON & PRISMA.
Viewing the Geminid Meteor Shower in 2019
Everything you need to know to enjoy the most dependable meteor shower of the year (despite the moon)...
Fireball spotted over Missouri on Nov. 11th, 2019
We received numerous reports and videos from a bright fireball spotted over St Louis, MO on November 11th.
Daytime Bright Fireball over danish border on Sept. 12th 2019
Over 500 reports from 4 countries Only few minutes after the event, the AMS and its international partners (IMO, Vallende…
2 Fireballs caught on the night of 16 to 17 April, 2019
Last night was a busy night for the AMS: 2 very bright fireball events occurred less than 6 hours apart: one over Germany and one over Delaware (see from Washington DC, Maryland, North Carolina, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia and Delaware).