American Meteor Society
Huge Fireball Between Northern Ireland and Scotland – Sept. 14, 2022 at 20:57 UT
The AMS received nearly 1200 reports and 10 videos so far about a bright fireball seen from Ireland and the UK.
Archive: Fireball Logs
Folks, It’s Fireball Season! – Updated
The AMS received over 600 reports and several videos displaying a fireball event that occurred over Indiana and surrounding states on Sunday July 24, 2022, at 10:52 PM CDT. The AMS #2022-4290 event was mainly seen from Texas, but we also received reports from Oklahoma, and Louisiana.
Brilliant Fireball Over Indiana and Surrounding States – Friday July 22, 2022 at 1:52 EDT
Heat map and computed trajectory of the July 22nd fireball event over Indiana, USA on Friday July 22, 2022, at…
The Sky is Falling Over Great Britain!
Only five days after a brilliant fireball startled observers in Great Britain, another fireball has occurred with a very similar trajectory to the previous event.
Fireball spotted South West of the UK on May, 12th 2022
Fireball caught South West of the UK: more than 480 reports, 9 videos...
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 Eastern USA Coast-November 10, 2021
Nearly 500 reports from 13 states No, this is not a report of the launch of the Falcon 9 rocket…
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.
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.
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…
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.
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).
Fireball over North & South Carolina on April 4th, 2019 6:50am EST
We received over 900 reports so far about of a slow and bright fireball seen above South and North Carolina on Thursday, April 4th 2019 around 6:50am EDT (10:50 Universal Time). The event was mainly seen from the Carolinas but we also received reports from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia.
Fireball over US Northern East Coast on March 28th, 2019
The AMS has received over 260 reports so far about of a bright fireball seen above the Ashokan Reservoir, NY on Thursday, March 28th 2019 around 6:13am EST (10:13 Universal Time). The event was mainly seen from Connecticut and Pennsylvania but we also received reports from Washington DC, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont and West Virginia. We also received a video of the event.