AMS received 99 reports about a fireball seen over AR, IA, IL, IN, KY, MO, MS and TN on Friday, January 2nd 2026 around 00:17 UT.







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| ID | UT Date & Time | Local Date & Time | City | State | Dur. | Magn. | D. Sound | C. Sound | Frag. | Observer | Exp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | 2026-01-01 23:25 UT | 2026-01-01 18:25 EST | Brodhead | KY | ≈1.5s | -13 | - | - | - | Brad B | 1 |
| aa | 2026-01-02 00:15 UT | 2026-01-01 18:15 CST | Perryville | MO | ≈1.5s | -8 | - | - | - | Benjamin K | 4 |
| ab | 2026-01-02 00:15 UT | 2026-01-01 18:15 CST | Jefferson City | MO | ≈3.5s | -14 | ? | ? | - | Denise B | 4 |
| ac | 2026-01-02 00:15 UT | 2026-01-01 18:15 CST | Lexa | AR | ≈3.5s | -13 | ? | ? | ? | Yazzminn J | 1 |
| ad | 2026-01-02 00:15 UT | 2026-01-01 18:15 CST | Byhalia | MS | ≈1.5s | -11 | - | - | - | Michael B | 1 |
| ae | 2026-01-02 00:15 UT | 2026-01-01 18:15 CST | De Soto | MO | ≈1.5s | -5 | ? | ? | Margaret B | 2 | |
| af | 2026-01-02 00:15 UT | 2026-01-01 18:15 CST | Davenport | IA | ≈3.5s | -13 | - | - | ? | Anthony J | 2 |
| ag | 2026-01-02 00:15 UT | 2026-01-01 18:15 CST | IL | ≈3.5s | -13 | - | - | ? | Lia W | 3 | |
| ah | 2026-01-02 00:16 UT | 2026-01-01 18:16 CST | Washburn | IL | ≈3.5s | -13 | - | - | - | Clinton K | 1 |
| ai | 2026-01-02 00:16 UT | 2026-01-01 18:16 CST | Bland | MO | ≈3.5s | 0 | ? | ? | ? | Jim B | 1 |
| aj | 2026-01-02 00:16 UT | 2026-01-01 18:16 CST | West Paducah | KY | ≈20s | -12 | ? | - | ? | Peggy B | 3 |
| ak | 2026-01-02 00:16 UT | 2026-01-01 18:16 CST | Springfield | TN | ≈1.5s | -14 | - | - | ? | Andrea K | 4 |
| al | 2026-01-02 00:16 UT | 2026-01-01 18:16 CST | Stonington | IL | ≈1.5s | -13 | - | - | Thomas H | 1 | |
| am | 2026-01-02 00:16 UT | 2026-01-01 18:16 CST | Lead Hill | AR | ≈3.5s | -14 | - | - | ? | William M | 4 |
| an | 2026-01-02 00:16 UT | 2026-01-01 18:16 CST | Fenton | MO | ≈7.5s | -5 | - | ? | Josh D | 2 | |
| ao | 2026-01-02 00:16 UT | 2026-01-01 18:16 CST | Scott City | MO | ≈3.5s | -9 | ? | ? | Holly K | 1 | |
| ap | 2026-01-02 00:16 UT | 2026-01-01 18:16 CST | Little Rock | AR | ≈3.5s | -15 | ? | ? | David N | 1 | |
| aq | 2026-01-02 00:16 UT | 2026-01-01 18:16 CST | Cedar Rapids | IA | ≈3.5s | -19 | - | - | Jon S | 1 | |
| ar | 2026-01-02 00:16 UT | 2026-01-01 18:16 CST | Murphysboro | IL | ≈3.5s | -6 | - | Penney I | 1 | ||
| as | 2026-01-02 00:16 UT | 2026-01-01 18:16 CST | Pacific | MO | ≈3.5s | -18 | ? | ? | - | Anthony T | 2 |
| at | 2026-01-02 00:16 UT | 2026-01-01 18:16 CST | Davenport | IA | ≈3.5s | -14 | - | - | - | Jak C | 1 |
| au | 2026-01-02 00:17 UT | 2026-01-01 18:17 CST | Melbourne | AR | ≈7.5s | -17 | ? | ? | ? | MARSHALL L | 2 |
| av | 2026-01-02 00:17 UT | 2026-01-01 18:17 CST | Clinton | IA | ≈3.5s | -9 | - | - | Matt K | 3 | |
| aw | 2026-01-02 00:17 UT | 2026-01-01 18:17 CST | Lakeland | TN | ≈1.5s | -13 | ? | ? | ? | McKenna N | 2 |
| ax | 2026-01-02 00:17 UT | 2026-01-01 18:17 CST | Evansville | IN | ≈3.5s | -14 | - | - | ? | Emily M | 2 |
| ay | 2026-01-02 00:17 UT | 2026-01-01 18:17 CST | Neelyville | MO | ≈3.5s | -13 | - | - | ? | Tyler D | 2 |
| az | 2026-01-02 00:17 UT | 2026-01-01 18:17 CST | Jonesboro | AR | ≈1.5s | -13 | - | - | - | Zach B | 1 |
| b | 2026-01-02 00:10 UT | 2026-01-01 18:10 CST | Kankakee | IL | ≈3.5s | -9 | - | - | - | Jack W | 3 |
| ba | 2026-01-02 00:17 UT | 2026-01-01 18:17 CST | Arlington | TN | ≈1.5s | -12 | ? | ? | ? | Haley E | 1 |
| bb | 2026-01-02 00:17 UT | 2026-01-01 19:17 EST | KY | ≈3.5s | -11 | - | - | Jessica R | 1 | ||
| bc | 2026-01-02 00:17 UT | 2026-01-01 18:17 CST | Bartlett | TN | ≈3.5s | -11 | - | - | - | Candice L | 2 |
| bd | 2026-01-02 00:17 UT | 2026-01-01 18:17 CST | Clinton | IA | ≈3.5s | -13 | ? | ? | ? | Megen H | 2 |
| be | 2026-01-02 00:17 UT | 2026-01-01 18:17 CST | Evansville | IN | ≈3.5s | 0 | - | - | - | Georgia W | 2 |
| bf | 2026-01-02 00:17 UT | 2026-01-01 18:17 CST | Oskaloosa | IA | ≈3.5s | -11 | - | - | - | Wendy V | 3 |
| bg | 2026-01-02 00:18 UT | 2026-01-01 18:18 CST | Murray | KY | ≈1.5s | -14 | ? | ? | ? | Garrett M | 1 |
| bh | 2026-01-02 00:18 UT | 2026-01-01 18:18 CST | Birch Tree | MO | ≈3.5s | -14 | - | - | - | David K | 3 |
| bi | 2026-01-02 00:18 UT | 2026-01-01 18:18 CST | Bismarck | MO | ≈1.5s | -23 | - | - | - | CASEY R | 3 |
| bj | 2026-01-02 00:18 UT | 2026-01-01 18:18 CST | Winona | MO | ≈1.5s | -10 | - | - | - | D W | 1 |
| bk | 2026-01-02 00:18 UT | 2026-01-01 18:18 CST | Martin | TN | ≈3.5s | -14 | - | - | - | Andrea F | 1 |
| bl | 2026-01-02 00:18 UT | 2026-01-01 18:18 CST | Stover | MO | ≈1.5s | -10 | - | - | - | Cassie W | 1 |
| bm | 2026-01-02 00:18 UT | 2026-01-01 18:18 CST | Eureka Springs | AR | ≈1.5s | -13 | ? | ? | Karen K | 3 | |
| bn | 2026-01-02 00:18 UT | 2026-01-01 18:18 CST | Jefferson City | MO | ≈3.5s | -11 | - | - | - | Gene E | 2 |
| bo | 2026-01-02 00:18 UT | 2026-01-01 18:18 CST | Murray | KY | ≈7.5s | -12 | ? | ? | Autumn C | 2 | |
| bp | 2026-01-02 00:18 UT | 2026-01-01 18:18 CST | Paducah | KY | ≈3.5s | -16 | ? | ? | - | Ashley G | 2 |
| bq | 2026-01-02 00:18 UT | 2026-01-01 18:18 CST | MO | ≈3.5s | -13 | - | - | Dylan C | 1 | ||
| br | 2026-01-02 00:20 UT | 2026-01-01 18:20 CST | Melcher-Dallas | IA | ≈3.5s | -9 | ? | ? | ? | Brooke V | 2 |
| bs | 2026-01-02 00:20 UT | 2026-01-01 18:20 CST | Winford | KY | ≈3.5s | 0 | ? | ? | ? | Tyler R | 1 |
| bt | 2026-01-02 00:20 UT | 2026-01-01 18:20 CST | Memphis | TN | ≈1.5s | -14 | ? | ? | ? | Megan A | 1 |
| bu | 2026-01-02 00:20 UT | 2026-01-01 18:20 CST | Cedar Rapids | IA | ≈3.5s | -12 | ? | ? | ? | Kyoe M | 2 |
| bv | 2026-01-02 00:20 UT | 2026-01-01 18:20 CST | Morgantown | KY | ≈7.5s | -9 | - | - | - | Joseph P | 3 |
| bw | 2026-01-02 00:20 UT | 2026-01-01 18:20 CST | Nashville | TN | ≈1.5s | -20 | - | - | Andy L | 1 | |
| bx | 2026-01-02 00:20 UT | 2026-01-01 18:20 CST | Moline | IL | ≈1.5s | -14 | - | - | Nathan M | 4 | |
| by | 2026-01-02 00:20 UT | 2026-01-01 18:20 CST | Phillipsburg | MO | ≈3.5s | -7 | - | - | - | Canaan J | 1 |
| bz | 2026-01-02 00:20 UT | 2026-01-01 18:20 CST | Republic | MO | ≈3.5s | -12 | ? | ? | - | Paul L | 1 |
| ca | 2026-01-02 00:20 UT | 2026-01-01 18:20 CST | Dixon | KY | ≈3.5s | -10 | - | - | Jon B | 1 | |
| cb | 2026-01-02 00:20 UT | 2026-01-01 19:20 EST | Jeffersontown | KY | ≈1.5s | -13 | - | - | - | Tiffany W | 1 |
| cc | 2026-01-02 00:20 UT | 2026-01-01 18:20 CST | Smyrna | TN | ≈3.5s | -13 | ? | ? | - | Tiffany L | 4 |
| cd | 2026-01-02 00:20 UT | 2026-01-01 18:20 CST | KY | ≈3.5s | -12 | - | - | - | Chris L | 2 | |
| ce | 2026-01-02 00:20 UT | 2026-01-01 18:20 CST | Southaven | MS | ≈7.5s | -10 | ? | ? | Tracy S | 3 | |
| cf | 2026-01-02 00:20 UT | 2026-01-01 18:20 CST | Cedar Rapids | IA | ≈3.5s | -20 | - | - | ? | dan k | 1 |
| cg | 2026-01-02 00:21 UT | 2026-01-01 18:21 CST | Fenton | MO | ≈3.5s | -10 | - | Robert H | 2 | ||
| ch | 2026-01-02 00:22 UT | 2026-01-01 18:22 CST | McCrory | AR | ≈3.5s | -14 | ? | ? | ? | Alison D | 1 |
| ci | 2026-01-02 00:22 UT | 2026-01-01 18:22 CST | Allendale | IL | ≈7.5s | -16 | - | - | - | Christina h | 1 |
| cj | 2026-01-02 00:22 UT | 2026-01-01 18:22 CST | Millington | TN | ≈3.5s | -17 | - | - | - | Nicole B | 1 |
| ck | 2026-01-02 00:22 UT | 2026-01-01 18:22 CST | Fenton | MO | ? | 0 | ? | Thomas D | 1 | ||
| cl | 2026-01-02 00:23 UT | 2026-01-01 18:23 CST | Mount Vernon | IA | ≈1.5s | -11 | - | - | - | Alaina M | 2 |
| cm | 2026-01-02 00:25 UT | 2026-01-01 18:25 CST | Pleasant Hill | MO | ≈1.5s | -13 | - | - | - | Darrell L | 1 |
| cn | 2026-01-02 00:30 UT | 2026-01-01 18:30 CST | Farmington | MO | ≈3.5s | -15 | ? | - | - | Vanessa L | 1 |
| co | 2026-01-02 00:30 UT | 2026-01-01 18:30 CST | Trenton | TN | ≈1.5s | -11 | ? | ? | ? | Jennifer B | 2 |
| cp | 2026-01-02 00:30 UT | 2026-01-01 18:30 CST | Mount Vernon | IN | ≈3.5s | -9 | ? | ? | ? | Konnie H | 1 |
| cq | 2026-01-02 00:30 UT | 2026-01-01 18:30 CST | Collierville | TN | ≈3.5s | -15 | - | - | - | Brandon A | 1 |
| cr | 2026-01-02 00:30 UT | 2026-01-01 18:30 CST | Tonica | IL | ≈7.5s | -15 | - | - | - | Heather K | 3 |
| ct | 2026-01-02 00:40 UT | 2026-01-01 18:40 CST | Murray | KY | ≈3.5s | -9 | ? | ? | - | Christy S | 1 |
| cv | 2026-01-02 01:00 UT | 2026-01-01 19:00 CST | Covington | TN | ≈1.5s | -9 | - | - | ? | Tiffany S | 1 |
| cw | 2026-01-02 00:06 UT | 2026-01-01 18:06 CST | Memphis | TN | ≈1.5s | -5 | - | - | - | russ g | 2 |
| cx | 2026-01-02 00:15 UT | 2026-01-01 19:15 EST | Louisville | KY | ≈3.5s | 0 | - | - | ? | Alison S | 1 |
| d | 2026-01-02 00:00 UT | 2026-01-01 18:00 CST | Marion | KY | ≈3.5s | -13 | - | - | ? | Caton T | 1 |
| e | 2026-01-02 00:05 UT | 2026-01-01 19:05 EST | Lexington | KY | ≈3.5s | -10 | - | - | - | Lisa J | 1 |
| f | 2026-01-02 00:10 UT | 2026-01-01 19:10 EST | Burgin | KY | ≈1.5s | -8 | - | - | ? | Ashley R | 2 |
| g | 2026-01-02 00:10 UT | 2026-01-01 18:10 CST | ≈3.5s | -14 | ? | ? | - | Lucienne B | 1 | ||
| h | 2026-01-02 00:10 UT | 2026-01-01 18:10 CST | Bettendorf | IA | ≈3.5s | -7 | - | - | - | Craig K | 1 |
| i | 2026-01-02 00:10 UT | 2026-01-01 18:10 CST | Williamsburg | IA | ≈3.5s | -11 | ? | ? | ? | Kendra M | 1 |
| j | 2026-01-02 00:10 UT | 2026-01-01 18:10 CST | Nashville | TN | ≈3.5s | -14 | ? | ? | ? | Becky R | 1 |
| k | 2026-01-02 00:12 UT | 2026-01-01 18:12 CST | Doniphan | MO | ≈1.5s | -5 | - | - | - | Steve P | 3 |
| l | 2026-01-02 00:14 UT | 2026-01-01 18:14 CST | Mount Vernon | IN | ≈3.5s | -13 | - | Skyler W | 1 | ||
| m | 2026-01-02 00:14 UT | 2026-01-01 18:14 CST | Franklin | TN | ≈3.5s | -8 | - | - | - | Jessica W | 3 |
| n | 2026-01-02 00:15 UT | 2026-01-01 18:15 CST | Cedar Hill | TN | ≈3.5s | -13 | - | - | - | Dallas D | 1 |
| o | 2026-01-02 00:15 UT | 2026-01-01 18:15 CST | Mountain Home | AR | ≈3.5s | -13 | ? | ? | - | Zach H | 1 |
| p | 2026-01-02 00:15 UT | 2026-01-01 18:15 CST | Memphis | TN | ≈3.5s | -9 | - | - | - | Kaylee F | 1 |
| q | 2026-01-02 00:15 UT | 2026-01-01 18:15 CST | Anamosa | IA | ≈7.5s | -13 | - | - | Brian D | 2 | |
| r | 2026-01-02 00:15 UT | 2026-01-01 18:15 CST | Wenona | IL | ≈1.5s | -5 | - | - | - | Tessa D | 1 |
| s | 2026-01-02 00:15 UT | 2026-01-01 18:15 CST | Seymour | MO | ≈3.5s | -12 | ? | ? | - | Jered c | 1 |
| t | 2026-01-02 00:15 UT | 2026-01-01 18:15 CST | Saint Robert | MO | ≈7.5s | -13 | - | - | ? | Madelin P | 2 |
| u | 2026-01-02 00:15 UT | 2026-01-01 18:15 CST | Salem | MO | ≈1.5s | -14 | - | - | John C | 1 | |
| v | 2026-01-02 00:15 UT | 2026-01-01 18:15 CST | Perry | AR | ≈1.5s | -13 | - | - | - | Sean G | 1 |
| w | 2026-01-02 00:15 UT | 2026-01-01 18:15 CST | Reynolds | IL | ≈3.5s | -10 | - | - | - | Joshua M | 1 |
| x | 2026-01-02 00:15 UT | 2026-01-01 18:15 CST | Martin | TN | ≈7.5s | -13 | - | - | Rick C | 1 | |
| y | 2026-01-02 00:15 UT | 2026-01-01 18:15 CST | Troy | IL | ≈3.5s | -13 | ? | Elicia H | 1 | ||
| z | 2026-01-02 00:15 UT | 2026-01-01 18:15 CST | Republic | MO | ≈3.5s | -11 | - | - | ? | Christopher C | 1 |