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  The Latest Worldwide Meteor / Fireball Reports - Summary
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    - 04JAN/22 EVENTS L-1,M-2
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    - 18JAN/22 EVENTS M-2
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    - 19JAN/18 EVENTS M-1
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    - 21JAN/26 EVENTS M-1
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    - 31JAN/20 EVENTS M-1
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    - 02FEB/18 EVENTS M-1
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    - 03FEB/24 EVENTS M-1
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    - 04FEB/21 EVENTS L-1,M-1
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    - 09FEB/21 EVENTS M-1
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    - 12FEB/22 EVENTS L-1,M-1
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    - 20FEB/21 EVENTS M-1
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    - 21FEB/27 EVENTS M-1
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    - 22FEB/27 EVENTS H-1,M-1
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  - Loud boom heard in Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky tri-state area - 01 Jan 2021
    A loud boom could be heard in various communities across the Tri-State around 2 p.m. Friday, leaving numerous residents wondering what it was.
  - Meteor Fireball As Bright As Full Moon Over Spain On January 2 - 02 Jan 2021
    On 2 January 2021, at about 5:08 local time, a fireball as bright as the full Moon was spotted over the south of Spain. This bolide was generated by a rock from a comet that hit the atmosphere at about 230,000 km/h. The fireball began at an altitude of about 113 km over Andalusia (south of Spain), and ended at a height of around 58 km.
  - 'Loud Boom' Sounds Reported In Several North Carolina Counties - 03 Jan 2021
    Across several North Carolina counties, thousands of people reported hearing loud "boom" sounds late Saturday afternoon. No official explanation for the mysterious noises has been issued as of Sunday morning.
    WFMY News 2 is continuing to reach out to officials about the "booms," and this article will be updated as we learn more.
    In terms of location, viewers reported hearing the sounds in Forsyth, Yadkin, Stokes, Davie, Rockingham, and Surry counties.
  - 'Sonic Boom' Possibility On Loud Noise Heard In Southern Ohio - 04 Jan 2021
    The "boom" was heard throughout Pickaway county, East Fairfield county and Northern Ross county.
    A sonic boom is caused by pressure waves in-front and behind it, the sound is caused by the stick waves created by any object that travels through the air faster than the speed of sound. The noise is not heard from the aircraft surprisingly it comes after the plane has flown by.
    Several aircraft have been seen over the area in the last 24 hours including military planes.
  - Daytime meteor fireball streaks over Bahia, Brazil - 04 Jan 2021
    The passage of a meteor in broad daylight scared residents of several locations in the interior of Bahia on Saturday, January 2. The meteor was recorded by the GOES-16 meteorological satellite and by a Clima Live camera in Nova Reden��o.
  - Bright meteor fireball explodes over Norway - 13 Jan 2021
    On the night of 5 January 2021 at 00:21:38, a large meteor fireball lit up the sky over Eastern Norway reports the Norwegian Meteorite Network, and may have produced meteorites.
    According to the Norwegian Seismic Array (NORSAR) website infrasound stations on L�ten registered signals from the meteor which was heard by people living in Ullensaker.
    The Norwegian Meteor Network / Solar Observatory at Harestua recorded the event:
  - Meteor Fireball Streaks Over US East Coast - 11 Jan 2021
    The American Meteor Society (AMS) received 42 reports (event 183-2021) about a meteor fireball seen over DC, MD, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, VA and WV on Sunday, January 10th 2021 around 04:17 UT.
  - Nest Camera Captures Meteor Fireball In Bedford County Sky In Virginia - 11 Jan 2021
    A number of reports came into the American Meteor Society on Monday morning(Jan 11) across Virginia.
  - Meteor Fireball Filmed Over The Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia - 12 Jan 2021
    According to scientists, its diameter was less than ten meters. The meteorite collapsed before reaching the ground.
  - Daytime Meteor Fireball Filmed Over Hiratsuka, Japan - 12 Jan 2021
    A meteor fireball spotted falling from sky yesterday over Hiratsuka, Japan.
  - Meteor Fireball Over San Crist�bal De Las Casas, Mexico - 13 Jan 2021
    This video has been uploaded on the American Meteor Society Website. AMS Event: 302-2021, Report 220353 (302a-2021) - San Crist�bal de las Casas MX
  - Bright Meteor Fireball Over The Mediterranean Sea (Jan. 13) - 14 Jan 2021
    This beautiful meteor was spotted form Spain on 2021 January 13 at 22:10 local time (equivalent to 21:10 universal time). It overflew the north of Morocco and the Mediterranean Sea. The bolide was generated by a rock from a comet that hit the atmosphere at about 65,000 km/h. It began at an altitude of about 106 km over the north of Morocco, and ended at a height of around 65 km over the Mediterranean Sea, after traveling about 55 km in the Earth's atmosphere.
  - Bright Meteor Over The Mediterranean Sea (Jan. 15) // Bola de fuego sobre el Mediterr�neo (15 Enero) - Jan 15, 2021
  - SOMETHING WEIRD IS GOING ON 2021 EVENTS! - Jason A Must Video - Jan26, 2021
    South Florida Jan 15, 2021
    Went on for 15 seconds Homestead Florida 1:59 PM no earthquake registered. Meteorite sounded like opening and closing door.
  - Several Meteors And A Bright Meteor Fireball Reported Over Puerto Rico - 18 Jan 2021
    The Caribbean Astronomy Society (SAC) reported that several bright meteors were observed over Puerto Rico on Saturday 16th January, including a fireball that was captured on video at around 10:47pm according to El Nuevo Dia.com.
    Observers reported that the fireball showed a striking and colorful wake, while others even perceived a sound.
    "The detail that it emitted a sound is extremely interesting, because as we know light travels faster than sound, but on several occasions a simultaneous sound with a meteor has been recorded. It is known as an electrophonic meteor, "said Eddie Irizarry, vice president of the SAC, in written statements.
  - Several Meteors And A Bright Meteor Fireball Reported Over Puerto Rico - 18 Jan 2021
  - Fireball Over The South Of Spain (Jan 16) // Bola de fuego sobre el sur de Espa�a (16 de enero) - Jan 18, 2021
  - Suspected Bolide Observed Over Spain's Galicia Region, Loud Boom Reported - Jan 18, 2021
    According to Marca, early this morning (18th Jan) at 01:10 am, a 'great ball of fire' illuminated the skies of Galicia, Castilla y Le�n (El Bierzo) and Portugal.
    The suspected bolide was accompanied by a loud roar that was heard minutes after the sky was tinted green, orange or blue .
  - Meteor Fireball Booms Over Eastern USA As Witnesses Report Being 'Scared' By Burst Of Light - Jan 18, 2021
    A bright blast of light (AMS Event 256-2021) lit up the skies across eastern USA on Saturday, as a meteor entered the atmosphere above the coast of North Carolina. The blast was so big that it could be seen across three different states - Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina - as well as Washington DC.
    Footage of the event was captured by a back garden security camera.
    The film shows the black of night suddenly turn bright as a streak of light ventures through the sky.
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    ns of people headed to the International Meteor Organisation (IMO) to report their sighting.
    Mary told the IMO: "It seemed so big and close. I waited after it to pass and believed I would hear something but didn't.
  - Watch Meteor Fireball Streak Over Sydney, Australia - 'Most Insane Thing I've Ever Seen' - Jan 19, 2021
    During this period, the meteor is incinerating as it encounters Earth's thick atmosphere approximately 50 miles (80km) up.
    Sydney residents flocked to Twitter to share their excitement at spotting the meteor.
    Ron Sweeney tweeted: "Did anyone see a meteor/comet/piece of junk flash east to west across the Sydney sky tonight?
    "Very visible and appeared to be low in the sky with no sound."
  - Bright Meteor Fireball Observed Over Wide Areas Of Japan - Jan 21, 2021
    People in many parts of Japan have reported seeing what appeared to be a fireball flashing through the sky on Wednesday night.
    Eyewitness reports were posted on social media about the phenomenon that was observed shortly after 8:30 p.m. in regions including Kanto, Tokai and Kinki.
    A video taken by an NHK camera in the western prefecture of Osaka shows a ball of light streaking across the sky for several seconds at around that time.
  - Meteor Fireball Lights Up Madrid's Night Sky - Jan 22, 2021
    A rock from an asteroid hit the Earth's atmosphere early Thursday morning at about 126,000 km/h, creating a large fireball over Madrid that could be seen across Spain. This is not an unusual event: besides space objects like this one, which disintegrate before reaching the ground, every year around 17,000 meteorites fall to Earth, according to the Madrid Planetarium.
    The phenomenon, which took place at around 3.56am local time, was captured and recorded by the Southwestern Europe Meteor Network (SWEMN) from the La Hita meteor observation station in La Puebla de Almoradiel in Toledo. The fireball was recorded as part of the SMART project, an initiative of the Andalusia Astrophysics Institute (IAA-CSIC) that continuously monitors the sky in a bid to record and study the impact of different objects from the solar system on the Earth's atmosphere.
  - Green Meteor Fireball Reported Over The Netherlands And Belgium - Jan 22, 2021
    A green meteor fireball was spotted by many in the early morning, around 7.50 AM, on Friday January, 22nd, across large parts of the Netherlands and some parts of Belgium. Twitter users described the fireball as a "green ball" or a "green flash of light". One Twitter user wrote: "Very bright meteor was visible around 7.52 AM which was moving south." According to meteorologist Michiel Severin, reports about the fireball mostly came from northern, mid, and western parts of the Netherlands.
  - Meteor Fireball Lights Up Northern Hungarian Skies - Jan 23, 2021
    A commenter on YouTube wrote that the meteor could also be seen from eastern Poland. He noticed it at 2 AM as he looked out the window at the landscape, but because of the sudden brightness he didn't know how to identify the phenomenon.
    It is important to know that this is not a meteorite: the latter is a natural object from space that is not destroyed when it hits Earth. Anyways, it offered a unique, beautiful sight.
  - Loud Boom In Bali's Buleleng Allegedly Due To Exploding Meteor Fireball - 25 Jan 2021 Residents in Buleleng, Bali, and its surrounding areas were shocked by a loud boom on Sunday morning, January 24. The earthquake sensor of the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) recorded it as an anomaly.
    The agency's coordinator for earthquake and tsunami mitigation, Daryono, confirmed that many questioned the mysterious bang. Some were shocked that the loud boom rattled windows. Some also claimed they saw a meteor falling in the north or Bali sea.
    "It goes viral on social media as many report loud rumbles, especially those in northern Bali," said Daryono on Sunday, January 24.
    One of three BMKG's seismographs in Singaraja detected the tremor at 10:27 Central Indonesian Time (WITA) for about 20 seconds. "After being analyzed, the vibration was not caused by an earthquake," he concluded.
    Besides, the agency did not record any fault activity in the regions since 08:00 WITA. "Its strength is equal to a 1.1 magnitude quake," he added. However, the BMKG could not find the source.
  - Mystery loud Bang Heard Across Tameside, England Caught On Camera - 25 Jan 2021
    Residents in Audenshaw, Denton, Dukinfield reported hearing the noise just before 10pm, with some also saying they saw a flash of orange light.
    CCTV footage from one property in Denton, sent to the Manchester Evening News captured the deafening noise at 9.53pm.
  - Explosive 'boom' Noise Heard In Parts Of Northwest Georgia - 25 Jan 2021
    Some reports suggested the noise shook their homes and windows. However, units who responded to these calls have yet to suggest what exactly may have caused the noise - or noises.
    Since sharing the message around 7 p.m., the 911 center's post has received over 100 comments from people who either heard and felt the noise or wanted to take a guess at what may have caused it.
  - Meteor Fireball Filmed By Dash Cam Over Zagreb, Croatia - 29 Jan 2021
    Our colleague Mario from Vidilab, found himself on the highway at 3:50 p.m. On some 20 minutes drive from Karlovac to Zagreb, the dash cam camera of his car recorded a nice meteor crash, as you can see in this video.
  - BLAZING METEOR FIREBALL STREAKS THROUGH THE SKY OVER GRANADA, SPAIN - 29 Jan 2021
    An asteroid that entered the earth's atmosphere at a speed of about 83,000 kilometres per hour flew over the sky of the Andaluc�an province of Granada at 1.19 pm today, Friday.
    Due to its high luminosity, it could be seen from the south to the centre of the country. Astrophysicist Jos� Mar�a Madiedo, of the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia, of the Higher Council for Scientific research tweeted the news this afternoon to his thousands of anxious star watchers.
    The asteroid flew above the town of Benamaurel, and slowly burnt out, after heading in a northwesterly direction at an altitude of 34 kilometres. Luckily, the rock was completely destroyed in the atmosphere, without impacting the ground or posing any danger to human life. By all accords, it was a fantastic sight.
    It began over the north of the province of Granada at an altitude of about 98 km, and ended at a height of around 34 km. The event was recorded in the framework of the SMART project from the meteor-observing stations located at La Hita (Toledo), Calar Alto (Almeria), La Sagra (Granada), Sierra Nevada (Granada) and Sevilla.
  - Meteor Fireball Seen Over Northern Europe - 30 Jan 2021
    This video has been uploaded on the American Meteor Society Website. AMS Event: 589-2021, Report (589j-2021) -Tauche DEnMore info here:
  - Loud Blast Recorded On Dashcam As Meteorite Explodes Over Sarawak, Indonesia - Locals Felt Earth Shake - 31 Jan 2021
    The PABD then issued a notice seeking eyewitness accounts of the phenomenon, which is believed to have occurred at about 11am.
    Some Bruneians later shared their experiences and uploaded blurry pictures of what appears to be a fireball trailing smoke to PABD's Facebook page.
    A Sabahan in Brunei, Joey Yong, said she heard something like extremely loud thunder but did not know what it was.
  - Meteor Fireball Flies Across Kansas Sky - 01 Feb 2021
    According to the American Meteor Society, there were 31 reports of fireballs in the sky between Sunday night and Monday morning. Reports were made in the neighboring states of Colorado, Nebraska and Oklahoma and as far away as Texas, Wisconsin, New York, England and Scotland.
  - Video Shows Meteor Fireball Blazing Over Derbyshire, UK - 04 Feb 2021
    This video shows the incredible moment a fireball was seen falling from the sky in Derbyshire.
    The footage above shows the fireball suddenly appearing from absolutely nowhere in Whaley Bridge at 5.42am this morning, exactly a year to the day after one was spotted in Derby.
    The clip is from the CCTV cameras of Rachael Magowen's home in the Derbyshire town.
    Comment: According to the American Meteor Society (AMS) the event (677- 2021) was observed from all over the UK and parts of the Netherlands. Another video of the event was uploaded to the AMS website
  - Meteor Fireball Streaks Over California - 12 Feb 2021
    The American Meteor Society (AMS) received 24 reports (event 778-2021) about a meteor fireball seen over CA, NV and UT on Thursday, February 11th 2021 around 05:21 UT.
  - LARGE METEOR FIREBALL REPORTED OVER UK AND WESTERN EUROPE - 13 Feb 2021
    The American Meteor Society (AMS) received 82 reports (event 809-2021) about a meteor fireball seen over �le-de-France, Drenthe, England, Friesland, Gelderland, Grand Est, Groningen, Hauts-de-France, Hessen, Limburg, Niedersachsen, Noord-Brabant, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Normandie, Overijssel, Scotland, Vlaanderen, Wales, Wallonie, Zeeland and Zuid-Holland on Friday, February 12th 2021 around 05:10 UT.
  - Meteor Fireball Over Andalusia, Spain (Feb. 13)a - 15 Feb 2021
    The fireball shown on this video was recorded over the south of Spain on 2021 February 13, at 19:30 local time (equivalent to 18:30 universal time). It was generated by a rock from an asteroid that hit the atmosphere at about 72,000 km/h.
    It began over the north of the province of Granada at an altitude of about 95 km, and ended at a height of around 55 km. The event was recorded in the framework of the SMART project from the meteor-observing stations located at La Hita (Toledo), Calar Alto (Almeria), La Sagra (Granada), Sierra Nevada (Granada) and Sevilla.
  - BRIGHT METEOR FIREBALL STREAKS OVER MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - 15 FEB 2021
    RESIDENTS OF VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA, REPORTED SEEING A "MASSIVE FIREBALL" STREAK ACROSS THE NIGHT SKY ON FEBRUARY 14.
    Dashcam footage posted to Facebook by Leesa Vaughan, and recorded from the Monash Freeway in Melbourne, shows the object flash in the night sky.
    "That was a massive fireball," Vaughan can be heard saying in the video.
    Astronomical Society of Victoria - February 14 at 1:39 PM
    ASV member Steve Johnston reported seeing a very bright meteor last night in Melbourne at 10:41pm. It began near the zenith (centre of the sky) and headed southward, ending with a double flash to the left of the Southern Cross. This is likely a sporadic meteor, probably not much larger than a marble, entering the earth's atmosphere and burning up. It was likely created in a collision of larger meteoroids and been orbiting the solar system until now when its orbit intersected with earths. This video of it was captured by Fernando Braga. If you were fortunate enough to see it, please tell us about it here.
  - Meteor Fireball Over The South Of Spain (Feb. 16) - 16 Feb 2021
    On 16 February 2021, at about 6:00 local time (equivalent to 5:00 universal time), a fast fireball was spotted over the south of Spain. This bolide was generated by a rock from a comet that hit the atmosphere at about 213,000 km/h. The fireball began at an altitude of about 117 km over the province of Badajoz, and ended at a height of around 82 km.
    This meteor was recorded in the framework of the SMART project, operated by the Southwestern Europe Meteor Network (SWEMN) from the meteor-observing stations located at Sevilla, La Hita (Toledo), Sierra Nevada, La Sagra (Granada), and Calar Alto (Almer�a). The event has been analyzed by the principal investigator of the SMART project: Dr. Jose M. Madiedo, from the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC).
  - Residents Throughout UK Observe Bright Meteor Fireball - 19 Feb 2021
    The American Meteor Society (AMS) received 112 reports (event 907-2021) about a meteor fireball seen over England, Groningen, Northern Ireland and Scotland on Thursday, February 18th 2021 around 21:20 UT.
    For this event, AMS received one video. Credit: Andrew Simpson.
  - AMS event #978?-2021 - 2021-02-22 13:22 UT
    This video has been uploaded on the American Meteor Society Website. AMS Event: 978-2021, Report (978pc-2021) -Red Deer CA\nMore info here: AMS Event#978?- 2021
    Huge Event - 456 AMS reports.
  - Bright Meteor Fireball Lights Up Night Sky Over Alberta, Canada - 22 Feb 2021
    A fireball buzzed over the Prairies on Monday, temporarily piercing the dark of the early morning sky with a flash of blinding blue light.
    The meteor darted across the sky around 6:30 a.m. MT, startling early risers who were lucky to catch a glimpse of the sudden glow.
    As of 8:30 a.m., there were 42 unverified reports of fireball sightings on the American Meteor Society (AMS) website.
  - Meteor Fireball Turns Night Into Day In Mallorca, Spain - 24 Feb 2021
    At around 21:30 on Tuesday 23 Febuary a "fireball" crossed the skies of Mallorca and witnesses who saw it the middle of the Serra de Tramuntana mountains, Deya and Soller, said it was on a north or west to south trajectory.
    Francesc Xavier Salas from Deya described it as "an impressive fireball that showed very powerful sky blue light inside and an outer layer and tail with a greenish hue.
  - Meteor Fireball Streaks Across Central Arkansas sky - 25 Feb 2021
    A fireball streaked across the Central Arkansas sky at 8:17 p.m. Wednesday 24 Febuary.
    Steve Arnold of Eureka Springs is looking for video to help triangulate the location.
    Arnold, who was a host of the Discovery television show Meteorite Men, thinks there's a good chance the meteorite landed on Earth, possibly in the vicinity of El Dorado or north Louisiana.
    "There is a slight chance that it totally burned out," he said. "I'm optimistic that there's pieces. It was bright. The more shallow angle, it's a more gentle process. When it's coming down and getting into the thick part of our atmosphere quickly it will more often break up into a bunch of little pieces. This one is more likely to have stayed intact or broken into a couple of pieces."
  - Meteor Fireball Caught On Camera Over Ontario, Canada - 27 Feb 2021
    Observers in Ontario reported seeing a bright fireball on February 26 at 10:07 PM EST (2021 February 27 3:07 UTC). This event was captured by several all sky meteor cameras belonging to the NASA All Sky Fireball Network and the Southern Ontario Meteor Network operated by Western University. Via NASA government website
  - Large Meteor Fireball Widely Observed Blazing Over UK - Update: Meteorites Likely, Sonic Boom Reported - 01 Mar 2021
    The hunt is on for meteorite fragments that are likely to have fallen to Earth over England on Sunday night.
    Many people across Northern Europe saw a fireball in the sky shortly before 22:00 GMT, and the streak of light was also caught on special cameras 28 Febuary.
    Scientists think some pieces will have survived the intense heat of atmospheric entry and hit the ground.
  - Meteor Fireball Over Sakurajima Volcano, Japan On March 3 - 03 Mar 2021
    At 00:52 JST a fireball was observed on a new webcam the first night trying it out.
    The time was recorded by our good friend in Japan, who in turn let me know and I found it. Please follow our pal: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD7E...
  - Meteor Flying Above Vermont Explodes, Shakes Building - Mar 9, 2020
    A bright fireball traveling about 42,000 miles per hour hurtled through the sky above Vermont on Sunday night, (Mar 7, 2021) rattling buildings and sending off a loud boom.
    NASA Meteor Watch said the object was most likely a fragment of an asteroid, and appeared about 52 miles above Mount Mansfield State Forest around 5:38 p.m. EST. It was seen by more than 100 people in Vermont and in Canada.
  - Vermonters See, Hear, Feel Meteor Fireball Speeding Over State - 08 Mar 2021
    You called us from all over the state Sunday evening(3/07/2021, reporting a loud boom and a body-rattling vibration. Well, we found out you were hearing and feeling a meteor hit the atmosphere!
    We caught it happen on our camera at the Burlington International Airport -- a bright fireball flying over northern Vermont around 5:40 p.m.
    NASA Meteor Watch says it was moving at 47,000 miles per hour. It traveled 33 miles from above Mount Mansfield State Forest to Beach Hill near Newport, before burning up.
  - Meteor Fireball Blazes Over Florida - 09 Mar 2021
    The American Meteor Society (AMS) received 35 reports (event 1407-2021) about a meteor fireball seen over AL, FL, GA and SC on Monday, March 8th 2021 around 10:33 UT.
  - Meteor Fireball Seen Traveling Across Sky Over Tokyo - 14 Mar 2021
    Many people in Tokyo and surrounding areas have taken to social media to report seeing what appeared to be a fireball shooting across the night sky.
    Eyewitnesses posted about the phenomenon that was observed shortly after 3 a.m. on Sunday (14/03/2021) across the Kanto region, which includes Tokyo.
    A video taken by an NHK camera in the capital's Shinjuku Ward shows a ball of light streaking from the upper middle of the screen to the lower left.
  - Bright Meteor Fireball Over The Mediterranean Sea (March 15) - 15 Mar 2021
    This bright meteor was recorded form Spain on 2021 March 15 at 1:51 local time (equivalent to 0:51 universal time). It overflew the Mediterranean Sea. The bolide was generated by a rock from a comet that hit the atmosphere at about 140,000 km/h. It began at an altitude of about 111 km over the Mediterranean Sea, and ended at a height of around 59 km, after traveling about 80 km in the Earth's atmosphere.
  - Meteor fireball streaks over Rome, Italy - 15 Mar 2021 09:45 UTC
    A bolide / meteorite has been spotted on the skies of Rome on the evening of 15 March 2021. Credit: Meteo Lazio
  - Very bright bolide over Minas Gerais, Brazil on March 11 - 18 Mar 2021 13:07 UTC
    A very luminous bolide was recorded at dawn on March 11th in BRAMON and Clima ao Vivo cameras in Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro and S�o Paulo.
  - Large meteor fireball turns night into day over Indonesia - 19 Mar 2021 11:17 UTC
    A bright meteor has lit up the sky in Sulawesi, Indonesia on 16 March 2021 at 9:20 PM. Videos from the event show a bright fireball streaking across Pagimana District, Banggai Regency, Central Sulawesi lighting the dark sky.
    Residents of Gorontalo Province who saw the meteor said that they heard a loud boom sound when the meteor lights up the night sky. Some experts believe that the flying object was a bolide, a very bright meteor.
  - Bright meteor fireball over Spain (March 17) - 17 Mar 2021 13:25 UTC
    Our cameras recorded this fireball over Spain on 17 March 2021, at about 6:07 local time (equivalent to 5:07universal time). The bolide was generated by a rock from an asteroid that hit the atmosphere at about 100,000 km / h.
    The fireball began at an altitude of about 100 km over the province of Ja�n (Andalusia), and ended at a height of around 52 km over the province of Ciudad Real (Castilla-La Mancha).
  - Space Rock Reportedly Hits Cuba, Lights Up Night Sky and Causes Explosions - 20.03.2021
    The Caribbean island was previously hit by a meteorite in February 2019, with space rock fragments causing a sonic boom powerful enough to shatter windows in the city of Pinar del Rio in country�s west.
    Seismologists in Cuba have tentatively attributed mysterious lights illuminating the night sky above the Moa seismological station in the country�s east to a meteorite.
    At 10:06 pm, (Mar 19, 2021)the station registered �several luminous phenomena�, with residents in multiple communities reporting spotting a red and white light followed by one or more explosions.
    National Seismological Service Chief Enrique Arango Arias confirmed to CubaDebate that the agency believes the event was caused by a space rock.
    �Judging by the readings of the sensors, it was not a terrestrial explosion, but, since it was an event with such characteristics, our equipment recorded a shockwave,� the seismologist explained. He added that in addition to Moa, the event had been registered in the nearby towns of Sagua de Tanamo and Maisi.
  - Space rock reportedly hits Cuba, lights up night sky, causes explosions - 20 Mar 2021 18:15 UTC
    The Caribbean island was previously hit by a meteorite in February 2019, with space rock fragments causing a sonic boom powerful enough to shatter windows in the city of Pinar del Rio in country's west.
    Seismologists in Cuba have tentatively attributed mysterious lights illuminating the night sky above the Moa seismological station in the country's east to a meteorite.
    At 10:06 pm, the station registered 'several luminous phenomena', with residents in multiple communities reporting spotting a red and white light followed by one or more explosions.
    National Seismological Service Chief Enrique Arango Arias confirmed to CubaDebate that the agency believes the event was caused by a space rock.
  - Bright meteor fireball captured over Pittsburgh - 21 Mar 2021 09:34 UTC
    The American Meteor Society (AMS) received 143 reports (event 1786-2021) about a meteor fireball seen over CT, DC, DE, IN, MA, MD, MI, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, Ontario, PA, Qu�bec, TN, VA and WV on Sunday, March 21st 2021 around 04:25 UT.
  - Spectacular meteor fireball in Belem, Brazil - 19 Mar 2021 10:56 UTC
    Spectacular Meteor in Belem, Brazil. 19 March 2021. In the Brazilian state of Par�, local residents filmed a rare phenomenon: a meteorite probably lit up the night sky, leaving behind a bright trail and flash. To explain the reason for this phenomenon, scientists continue to investigate video recordings of the fireball.
  - Daytime meteor streaks over Jersey, Channel Islands - Update: Sonic boom reported - 20 Mar 2021 17:42 UTC
    The American Meteor Society (AMS) received 68 reports (event 1767-2021) about a meteor fireball seen over �le-de-France, Bretagne, Centre-Val de Loire, England, Hauts-de-France, Normandie, Pays de la Loire, St. Ouen, Vlaanderen and Wales on Saturday, March 20th 2021 around 14:53 UT.
    Across the English Channel a loud bang and 'earthquake-like' tremors were reported by residents in Dorset according to the Bournemouth Echo. The Ministry of Defence quashed rumours that RAF planes caused the boom reports the Dorset Echo.
  - Bright meteor fireball lights up sky from New Hampshire to North Carolina - 21 Mar 2021 13:05 UTC
    Did you see it? NASA Meteor Watch says a very bright fireball was spotted across the East Coast around 12:26 a.m. Sunday morning.
    The meteor was also detected by three meteor cameras belonging to the NASA Fireball Network and two cameras of the Southern Ontario Meteor Network, NASA said.
    NASA says the orbit and brightness of the meteor (roughly that of the gibbous moon) indicate that the fireball was caused by an asteroidal fragment weighing 7 pounds (3 kilograms) and about 5 inches (13 centimeters) in diameter.
  - Bright meteor fireball lights up sky from New Hampshire to North Carolina - 21 Mar 2021
    Did you see it? NASA Meteor Watch says a very bright fireball was spotted across the East Coast around 12:26 a.m. Sunday morning.
    The meteor was also detected by three meteor cameras belonging to the NASA Fireball Network and two cameras of the Southern Ontario Meteor Network, NASA said.
  - It was witnessed in 15 states and TWO countries spanning 800 miles moving at 45,000 mph!! - Mar 24, 2021
  - Bright meteor fireball blazes over Denmark - Mar 30, 2021
    The American Meteor Society (AMS) received 100 reports (event 1950-2021) about a meteor fireball seen over Brandenburg, Drenthe, Mecklenburg- Vorpommern, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Schleswig-Holstein, V�stra G�talands l�n and Zuid-Holland on Saturday, March 27th 2021 around 19:54 UT.
  - Stunning meteor fireball over Spain on March 28 - Mar 28, 2021
    On 28 March 2021, at about 6:21 local time ( 4:21universal time), a very bright fireball was spotted over Spain. This bolide was generated by a rock from an asteroid that hit the atmosphere at about 96,000 km / h. The fireball began at an altitude of about 82 km over the province of Ja�n (Andalusia), and ended at a height of around 29km over the province of Albacete (Castilla-La Mancha).
    This bright meteor was recorded in the framework of the SMART project, operated by the Southwestern Europe Meteor Network (SWEMN) from the meteor-observing stations located at Sevilla, La Hita (Toledo), La Sagra (Granada), Sierra Nevada (Granada) , Calar Alto (Almer�a), and Madrid (Jaime Izquierdo, Complutense University of Madrid).
  - Fireball spotted over Oshkosh, Wisconsin - Mar 29, 2021
    The American Meteorological Society meteor website shows multiple fireball reports in the United States Monday morning. Someone spotted it in North Fond du Lac.
  - Meteor fireball over Toledo, Spain (April 1) - 01 Apr 2021
    On 1 April 2021, at about 23:05 h local time, a very bright fireball was spotted over Spain. This bolide was generated by a rock from an asteroid that hit the atmosphere at about 72,000 km/h. The fireball, that could be seen over the whole Iberian Peninsula because of its high brighness, overflew the province of Toledo. It began over that province at an altitude of about 92 km, and ended at a height of around 43 km.
  - Meteor fireball observed over Scotland - 03 Apr 2021
    A HUGE meteor lit up the skies of Scotland tonight.
    Weatherman Sean Batty told fans he spotted a "fireball dropping out of the sky".
    It is understood to have come crashing through the atmosphere around 8.30pm tonight.
    Sightings were reported from all over the country including in Fife and Inverclyde.
  - Meteor fireball over Sevilla and C�diz, Spain (4 April) - 05 Apr 2021
    This bolide was spotted over Spain on 4 Abril 2021, at about 23:42 local time (equivalent to 21:42 universal time). The event was generated by a rock from an asteroid that hit the atmosphere at about 57,000 km/h. The fireball began at an altitude of about 81 km over the south of the province of Sevilla, and ended at a height of around 30 km over the north of the province of C�diz.
  - Bright meteor fireball turns the Central Asian night sky greenBright meteor fireball turns the Central Asian night sky green - 07 Apr 2021
    In the videos of the event, a bright white object can be observed falling towards our planet and illuminate, at least for a few moments, the clouds in the night sky with an intense light green color, before continuing its journey towards the earth's surface.
    According to eyewitnesses from the areas near the city of Bishkek, the capital of the country, the glare caused by the alleged meteorite was so intense that the sky lit up as if it were daytime.
    For her part, the head of the Institute of Seismology of the National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic, Gulzh�n Saad�yeva, pointed out that it is unlikely that the object has fallen in that country, since the phenomenon was also appreciated in Tashkent, capital from neighboring Uzbekistan.
  - 'What Is That In The Sky?' Floridians catch meteor fireball's close brush with Earth - 13 Apr 2021
    A meteor shot across the sky around 10 p.m. Monday (12 Apr).
    On social media, residents along the state's Atlantic coast, from West Palm Beach south to Miami, shared videos on Twitter of the surprising sight.
    Dashcam footage and security videos showed a still, dark night suddenly lit up by what appeared to be a large fireball streaking diagonally across the sky. In just a few seconds, it was over.
  - Basingstoke, UK residents baffled by 'loud bang that shook the ground' - 15 Apr 2021
    Popley residents have been left baffled this evening by a loud bang this evening which "shook their homes".
    Neighbours came out onto the streets at around 6.50pm when a noise took them by surprise.
    The sound could be heard as far as Cliddesden with two dog walkers hearing the sudden noise.
  - Loud 'boom', shaking in Charlotte, North Carolina was not an earthquake - 15 Apr 2021
    A loud bang in south Charlotte Thursday remains a mystery.
    No injuries or damage was reported after the loud noise and shaking were felt across portions of south Charlotte shortly after 11 a.m.
  - Spectacular meteor fireball flies across Spain - 17 Apr 2021
    Star gazers in Spain had a rare treat on Friday night, April 16 as a stunning fireball was clearly visible for almost a minute over much of the country when a rock from an asteroid entered the Earth's atmosphere at an impressive 61,000 kilometres per hour. According to the Astrohita Foundation, while most spectacles of this kind are extinguished immediately or at least within a few seconds, this fireball remained alight for nearly sixty seconds.
  - The amazing 'fireballs' over North Wales which have left plenty of people puzzled - 17 Apr 2021
    He wrote: "HELP. Did anyone else witness this as the Sun was setting tonight 16th April 2021? Can anyone explain this please?"
  - Meteor fireball blazes over Ohio - 20 Apr 2021
    Event recorded on: 2021/04/19 01:22:40 am
  - Dozens report bright meteor fireball in New Hampshire skies - 20 Apr 2021
    A surveillance video captured by a Nest security camera in Rochester submitted by a local user shows a short, bright streak of light in the sky. The submitter said the fireball was accompanied by a loud boom, and an emailer from Strafford told News 9 his house shook after the fireball was seen. Just one of the reports submitted to the AMS indicated that the witnesses hadn't heard any sound.
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  - Dozens report bright meteor fireball in New Hampshire skies - 20 Apr 2021
    Dozens of people in New Hampshire, Maine and Massachusetts reported seeing a bright fireball streak across the sky Sunday night (18 April 2021).
    The American Meteor Society received at least 45 reports of the meteor from as far away as Nova Scotia, Rhode Island and Vermont. Based on the reports, it's likely the fireball entered the atmosphere above the ocean off the coast of Maine at about 8:20 p.m. and streaked northwest above Casco Bay.
    A surveillance video captured by a Nest security camera in Rochester submitted by a local user shows a short, bright streak of light in the sky. The submitter said the fireball was accompanied by a loud boom, and an emailer from Strafford told News 9 his house shook after the fireball was seen. Just one of the reports submitted to the AMS indicated that the witnesses hadn't heard any sound.
  - Fireball spotted above Bournemouth, UK - 20 Apr 2021
    The incredible sight was recorded at 12.56am by Beswick Avenue resident Tina Williams, 56, who has CCTV installed outside of her apartment.
    Video from Tina's CCTV camera captured the moment and can be watched below.
    Tina has been "blown away" by the footage.
    She said: "I was staying at my boyfriend Lee's place in West Howe when it happened. Lee got up this morning to have a look at my apartment's CCTV footage and when he was watching it, he saw the bright light that appeared.
  - Bolide over C�diz and M�laga, Spain (April 20th) - 21 Apr 2021
    This bolide was spotted over the south of Spain on 20 April 2021, at about 0:35local time (equivalent to 22:35universal time on 19 April). The event was generated by a rock from an asteroid that hit the atmosphere at about 61,000 km / h.
    The fireball began at an altitude of about 88 km over the south of the province of C�diz, overflew the western area of ??the province of M�laga, and ended at a height of around 37 km over the east of the province of C�diz. This bright meteor was recorded in the framework of the SMART project, operated by the Southwestern Europe Meteor Network (SWEMN) from the meteor-observing stations located at Sevilla, La Hita (Toledo), and La Sagra (Granada).
  - Meteor fireball blaze caught on police body cam at Surfers Paradise, Australia - 21 Apr 2021
    Police were lucky enough to catch footage of a meteorite as it fell over the Gold Coast on Monday night.
    Gold Coast rapid action patrol police were "shocked to see a meteorite blaze across the sky" while on duty in Surfers Paradise. The meteorite fell over the city about 9.45pm on Monday, leaving a long white tail before disappearing behind buildings.
  - Lyrid fireball over the Mediterranean (April 23) - 23 Apr 2021
    This bright Lyrid meteor was recorded over Spain on 2021 April 23 at 6:03 local time (equivalent to 4:03 universal time). It overflew the Mediterranean Sea. The bolide was generated by a fragment (a meteoroid) from Comet C/1861 G1 (Comet Thatcher) that hit the atmosphere at about 165,000 km/h. It began at an altitude of about 114 km over the Mediterranean Sea, and ended at a height of around 60 km, after traveling about 53 km in the Earth's atmosphere.
  - Meteor fireball widely reported over southern France - 25 Apr 2021
    The American Meteor Society (AMS) received 406 reports (event 2408-2021) about a meteor fireball seen over Auvergne-Rh�ne-Alpes, Bourgogne- Franche-Comt�, Centre-Val de Loire, Emilia-Romagna, Geneva, Liguria, Lombardia, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Occitanie, Piemonte, Provence-Alpes-C�te d'Azur, Toscana and Vaud on Saturday, April 24th 2021 around 20:28 UT.
  - FLAMING METEOR FIREBALL SEEN IN OMAN'S SKY - 29 Apr 2021
    Speaking exclusively to the Times of Oman, Yusuf bin Zahir Al Salmi, Official of Al Huwqain Astronomical Observatory, said: "Eyewitnesses from Al Huwqain, Wadi Bani Ghafir villages in the Wilayat of Rustaq in South Al Batinah Governorate and from the Wilayats of Ibri, Yanqul, and Dhank in Al Dhahirah Governorate, reported that at exactly 8:28 pm on Wednesday's evening the 15th of Ramadan, April 28, 2021, a very bright white light was seen tending to blue, penetrating clouds, starting from the northeast, heading to the southwest, and after a few seconds an explosion followed."
  - Meteor fireball spotted on deputy's dashcam in Collier County, Florida - 30 Apr 2021
    A Collier County deputy captured a unique phenomenon on her dashcam while out on patrol this week.
    Cpl. Nicole Medenwald saw a meteor, and rather than savor the memory, she got to review the proof!
    The Collier County Sheriff's Office said she had just come from conducting a traffic stop. She repositioned her patrol car to face North 15th Street to watch for cars.
    "I saw a green light and then it lit up the sky," Cpl. Medenwald said. "It reminded me of lightning at night the way the sky lit up."
    Cpl. Medenwald said she's seen meteors before but has never seen one break the atmosphere and light up the sky.
  - A HUGE, GLOWING FIREBALL LIGHTS UP THE SKY OVER JAPAN - 04 May 2021
    A glowing object crossing the sky was captured on Monday (May 3) night over the Fukuoka and Nagasaki prefectures in Japan. The phenomenon was captured on video by cameras in the area and seen by several witnesses who described it as a ball of light, pick up the chain NHK.
    Satoshi Imamura, an expert in space issues, dispelled doubts about the nature of the object and explained that it was a bright shooting star known as a fireball or bolide. The intense luminosity occurs when dust and asteroid fragments in outer space enter the atmosphere and burn.
  - Meteor fireball seen over Shanxi, China - 18 May 2021
    AMS event 2775-2021
    We received one report about a fireball seen over Shanxi on Friday, May 7th 2021 around 16:42 UT.
  - Meteor fireball streaks across the Greater Antilles - 08 May 2021
    A bright meteor was spotted across the night skies of the Greater Antilles on Friday night. Those who spotted it say the brilliant meteor appeared as a "huge green ball with a long tail."
    The meteor was visible from Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and Cuba at approximately 8:02 PM Friday 7th May 2021.
  - Bright meteor fireball lights up night sky over Minnesota - 10 May 2021
    The American Meteor Society (AMS) received 39 reports (event 2671-2021) about a meteor fireball seen over MN, ND, SD and WI on Sunday, May 9th 2021 around 08:03 UT.
    For this event, it received 6 videos and one photo.
  - Loud mysterious boom has residents of south-west Sydney, Australia scratching their heads - 10 May 2021
    Mystery surrounds the incident, with reports the sound was heard across Marrickville, Roselands, Bardwell Park, Campsie and Belmore.
    Residents reported windows shaking, and that the sound was something like an explosion or a backfiring car, but with no visual indicators.
    NSW police said there were no active investigations into the incident and that they had received numerous calls about the apparent explosion, but do not know the source.
    "And when they're big enough to cause a sonic boom, or to be heard, they're big enough to burn pretty bright in the sky."
  - DAYLIGHT METEOR FIREBALL FILMED OVER SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - 14 May 2021
    AMS Event 32762-2021
    A METEOR which flew through the Californian skies in broad daylight left some locals wondering if the incoming space rock hit the Santa Cruz mountains.
    Earlier today, a meteor flew through the skies of California. Tens of people in California saw the meteor, most of those around the San Francisco area. Witnesses flocked to the International Meteor Organisation (IMO) to report their sighting.
    Some were concerned that it was going to make land surface - which it did not.
    A person named Cole told the IMO: "It was extremely close looking compared to any other meteor-like object I've observed and was headed towards the direction of Briones Reservoir.
    "Could've touched down not too far from my location but am unsure. Very visible fragmentation."
    Daniel added: "It was headed toward Black Mountain technically in the Santa Cruz Mountains; I am quite curious if it impacted on the face of the mountains I can see or if it streaked over or burned up before impact."
  - Meteor fireball spotted in evening skies over Cork, Ireland - 14 May 2021
    The fireball was seen from many different areas of Cork last night
    An unusual sight was spotted in Cork skies last night (13 May 2021) when a meteorite was filmed blazing through the sky before it had even gone dark.
    Footage shared on Twitter last night shows the fireball blasting across the Cork skyline while it was still bright.
    The video was taken in Ballinhassig at around 9:26pm with experts saying it would be unusual for it to be a meteorite so early in the night.
  - Slow-moving meteor fireball recorded over the Mediterranean Sea - 15 May 2021
    his slow bolide was recorded form Spain on 2021 May 14 at 4:25 local time (equivalent to 2:25 universal time). It overflew the Mediterranean Sea between the coasts of Spain and Morocco. The fireball was generated by a rock from an asteroid that hit the atmosphere at about 68,000 km/h. It began at an altitude of about 89 km over the Mediterranean Sea over a point located at about 13 km from the coast of Spain, and ended at a height of around 29 km over a point located at about 34 km from the coast of Morocco.
    The event was recorded in the framework of the SMART project, operated by the Southwestern Europe Meteor Network (SWEMN), from the meteor-observing stations located at La Hita (Toledo), Calar Alto (Almer�a), Sierra Nevada (Granada), and Sevilla.
  - DAYTIME METEOR FIREBALL RECORDED BY CAMERAS IN BAHIA, BRAZIL - 17 May 2021
    Live Weather Cameras recorded a meteor during the morning of this Monday (17th) in Bahia. Check the locations below:
  - Green meteor fireball recorded over Morocco - 19 May 2021
    AMS event 2847-2021
    The American Meteor Society (AMS) received 5 reports (event 2847-2021) about a meteor fireball seen over Casablanca-Settat, Dr�a-Tafilalet, Marrakesh-Safi and Souss Massa on Monday, May 17th 2021 around 20:31 UT.
  - 'Never Seen Anything Like It�: Massive Fireball Burns Up Sky - May 18, 2021
    A massive meteor shower was spotted over southeast Queensland on Monday night with stargazers left in awe by the "spectacular" sight.
    Witnesses reported that the meteor broke off into four or five pieces as it burnt across the southeast about 6pm.
    Sightings were recorded from Gold Coast all the way down to Byron Bay and inland as far as Ipswich and Toowoomba.
    Onlookers described the fireball in the sky as orange with a long trail.
    It lasted less than 10 seconds according to witnesses before it headed ...
  - Meteor fireball streaks over northeast Brazil - 24 May 2021
    A beautiful meteor was seen on the night of Saturday, May 22, in four states in the Northeast. The phenomenon occurred at 18:59 (Bras�lia time) on the coast of Rio Grande do Norte and was recorded by the cameras of BRAMON and Clima ao Vivo in Rio Grande do Norte, Para�ba, Pernambuco and Cear�.
  - Loud boom, shaking in Virginia Beach, Virginia - 24 May 2021
    Several people are reporting their house shook and there were booming sounds this morning, with the first around 11 a.m. One person in north Virginia Beach said they heard "a loud noise like thunder" in First Landing Park off of Shore Drive. In Hampton and Poquoson, several residents said their windows rattled and they felt their houses shake.
    Paul Carusol, a seismologist with United State Geological Services, said the agency saw a spike on its seismometers.
    Don Blakeman, another seismologist with the agency, said analysts with USGS do not believe there was an earthquake.
  - Meteor fireball spotted over Maryland Tuesday May 25 - 24\6 May 2021 Bright meteor fireball observed over Scotland and Northern Ireland - 28 May 2021
    The American Meteor Society (AMS) received 122 reports (event 2983-2021) about a meteor fireball seen over County Donegal, County Dublin, County Galway, County Louth, County Roscommon, County Sligo, County Wicklow, England, Northern Ireland, Peel, Scotland and Wales on Wednesday, May 26th 2021 around 21:53 UT.
  - Meteor fireball captured over Brazil - 28 May 2021
    Beautiful meteor recorded by the cameras of BRAMON and Clima ao Vivo in Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina at dawn on Thursday, May 27, 2021.
  - Meteor fireball crashes onto Indonesia's Merapi volcano - 29 May 2021
    The footage itself was actually from Thursday (27 May 2021) and was captured by a CCTV from Megadata, an internet service provider company in Indonesia. Specifically, the CCTV footage was recorded from a Megadata facility in Kalitengah Kidul, Jogjakarta which is where Mount Merapi is located.
    You can see the footage of the meteor lighting up the skies above the Mount Merapi volcano here:
    When interviewed by Indonesian news portal kumparan, Gunarto said that he took the photos from a location in Batu Alien in the Kaliadem Cangkringan district at around 11.07pm last Thursday. He has been trying to snatch photos of the Merapi volcano's lava with sunrise and sunset views since February this year. On that particular day however, he was trying to snap a photo of Merapi volcano with a full moon backdrop.
  - Meteor fireball recorded over Germany on May 30th - 04 Jun 2021
    We received 12 reports about a fireball seen over Bayern, Brandenburg, Hessen, Hlavn� mesto Praha, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Sachsen, Schleswig-Holstein and Th�ringen on Sunday, May 30th 2021 around 22:55 UT.
  - https://www.sott.net/article/453578-Meteor-fireball-over-Cordoba-Spain- June-2nd - 02 Jun 2021
    This bolide was spotted over Spain on 2 June 2021, at about 4:12 local time (equivalent to 2:12 universal time). The event was generated by a rock from a comet that hit the atmosphere at about 183,000 km/h. The fireball overflew the province of C�rdoba. It began at an altitude of about 111 km, and ended at a height of around 83 km.
    This bright meteor was recorded in the framework of the SMART project, operated by the Southwestern Europe Meteor Network (SWEMN) from the meteor-observing stations located at Sevilla, La Hita (Toledo), La Sagra (Granada), Calar Alto and Madrid (Universidad Complutense). The event has been analyzed by the principal investigator of the SMART project: Dr. Jose M. Madiedo, from the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA- CSIC).
  - Large meteor fireball recorded in Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina, Brazil - 03 Jun 2021
    Live Weather Cameras and our partner Bramon (Brazilian Meteor Observatory) recorded a meteor in Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina in the early hours of this Thursday (3rd).
  - Mystery 'explosion' baffles residents in York, UK - 05 Jun 2021
    Residents in a York neighbourhood have been baffled by a loud 'explosion' which brought them out on to the streets.
    Jonathan Tyler contacted The Press to say the 'explosion' happened at about 9.10pm last Sunday evening in the Fishergate area, and it was enough to bring many people in Sandringham Street out into the road.
  - LARGE METEOR FIREBALL RECORDED OVER ALMER�A, SPAIN - 07 Jun 2021
    Last June 5th at 23h29 UT a impressive fireball was registered to the Southwest of Calar Alto Observatory in Almer�a.
    Unfortunately, most Spain was covered with clouds, so no other stations could detect this object. Due to this, triangulation was impossible and no more data is available concerning this phenomena.
  - BRIGHT METEOR FIREBALL OVER SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA - 06 Jun 2021
    A very bright meteor captured early this morning. Sony IMX291 sensor. The final image is a stack of all the captures, created by summing the maxima of the images. The camera is very sensitive and the image stack is saturated so the meteor appears white. There is a very faint green trail seen on an averaged stack (not shown).
  - LARGE METEOR FIREBALL RECORDED OVER ALMER�A, SPAIN - 07 Jun 2021
    Last June 5th at 23h29 UT a impressive fireball was registered to the Southwest of Calar Alto Observatory in Almer�a.
    Unfortunately, most Spain was covered with clouds, so no other stations could detect this object. Due to this, triangulation was impossible and no more data is available concerning this phenomena.
    However, Calar Alto Observatory enjoyed clear skies and one of the external surveillance cameras could register the impressive fireball.
    Below is the video registered with the external surveillance camera at Calar Alto Observatory in Almer�a.
  - With Quake Ruled Out, San Diego's 'Mystery Boom' Was Likely Sonic - 09 Jun 2021
    A day after a "mystery boom" shook San Diego County, the strange sensation remains talk of the town � but so far there's still no clear explanation for the phenomenon.
    From the South Bay through the city of San Diego and in to North County, residents reported a loud "boom" accompanied by the rattling of windows around 8:15 p.m. Tuesday (8 June).
    "We do know that incoming meteorites, something the size of a basketball or larger, can hit the atmosphere at the right angle that it effectively sends a shockwave a sonic boom to the earth," he told FOX 5.
  - Meteor Fireball Over The South Of Spain (June 9) - 09 Jun 2021
    On 9 June 2021, at about 5:09h local time (3:09 universal time), a fireball was spotted over Spain. This bolide was generated by a rock from a comet that hit the atmosphere at about 155,000 km/h. The fireball, that could be seen over the whole Iberian Peninsula because of its luminosity, overflew the provinces of Ciudad Real and C�rdoba. It began over Ciudad Real at an altitude of about 105 km, and ended over C�rdoba at a height of around 82 km. The event is associated with the Daytime Arietids meteor shower.
  - Green meteor fireball streaks across the skies of Jacksonville, Florida - 10 Jun 2021
    Green meteor streaks across the skies of Jacksonville
    It took place about 9:50 p.m. and crossed from southwestern to southeastern skies as it broke up. Typically breaking up between 30 and 70 miles up in the atmosphere and traveling at tens of thousands of mph, these rocks heat up rapidly and this causes them to explode. You can see that in the video.
    What you can't see is that it was greenish in color. This implies it was made of nickel, which burns green.
    The exact track appears to have come across the state of Florida probably across Tampa to Daytona.
  - Meteorite? Earthquake? Sonic boom? Mystery noise wakes up North-West coast of Australia - 12 Jun 2021
    A post on Facebook asked whether anyone had heard an explosion at 2am.
    People from Waratah, Wynyard, Burnie and Somerset replied to a post.
    "Saw a bright flash which lit up the sky around 2am in Wynyard," Richard Middap posted.
    "Cracked my bedroom window in West Mooreville," Nett Richards replied.
    "Gone over Waratah. It broke a window," Judith Summers wrote.
    Waratah resident Val Flemming said her window was left cracked after hearing and waking up to rumbling, shaking windows and a loud sound.
    Tasmania Police said there was one report of a loud bang from Wynyard about 2am.
    "It was believed to be a meteorite and believed there was a four-second explosion from Burnie way," the Tasmania Police spokesman said.
  - Daytime Meteor Fireball Over Rosario, Argentina - 13 Jun 2021
    A camera from the Rosario Meteorological and Climate Monitoring Center captured the exact moment when the object crossed to the southeast.
  - Bolide Over The Mediterranean Sea (June 13) - 13 Jun 2021
    This bright meteor was recorded form Spain on 2021 June 13 at 3:45 local time (equivalent to 1:45 universal time). It overflew the Mediterranean Sea. The bolide was generated by a rock from a comet that hit the atmosphere at about 145,000 km/h. It began at an altitude of about 106 km over the Mediterranean Sea, and ended at a height of around 70 km after traveling about 38 km in the Earth's atmosphere.
  - 'Flaming Stone' Falls From The Sky In Bacolod, Philippines - 13 Jun 2021
    A flaming stone that reportedly fell from the sky landed at the Negros Occidental High School (NOHS) campus in this city on Friday (13 June), Cebu Daily News (CDN) Digital reported.
    According to NOHS principal Mario Amaca, he and other persons in the school heard a loud explosion at about 4pm.
    Janette Sarcillo, the wife of one of the school's security guards, later reported that she found the "space stone" that fell near the guards' barracks.
    "I saw the flaming object fall from the sky. It grew bigger and bigger as it approached the ground and made a loud explosion as it landed," she said.
    A geologist of the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office will visit the NOHS campus on Monday to identify the stone.
    Amaca said the fireball turned out to be a shiny black stone that is about two and a half inches thick and three inches long.
    "It is almost as big as my fist and looks like a meteorite," he said.
    "It is very hard. If you scratch it against a sharp object, it turns white and goes back to its original colour," he added.
  - BOLIDE OVER THE SOUTH OF SPAIN (June 14) - 15 Jun 2021
    This stunning fireball was spotted over the south of Spain on 14 June 2021, at about 23:33 local time (equivalent to 21:33universal time). The event was generated by a rock from the potentially hazardous asteroid 2004HW. The rock hit the atmosphere at about 50,000 km / h and generated a fireball that began at an altitude of about 83 km over the southwest of the province of M�laga, and ended at a height of around 38 km over the east of the province of Sevilla .
  - Cameras record meteor fireball over northeast Brazil - 17 Jun 2021
    Live Weather Cameras and our partner Bramon (Brazilian Meteor Observatory) recorded a meteor in the Northeast this Wednesday night (16). (16 Jun 2021)
  - Meteor Fireball Over The Southwest Of Bohemia, Czech Republic - 20 Jun 2021
    The meteoroid entered the Earth's atmosphere on Thursday (17 Jun 2021) shortly before 10:00 pm in the area around the German city of Deggendorf. "At that time, the body was moving at a speed of 11.7 kilometers per second, and along a runway sloping to the earth's surface of less than 25 degrees, it continued to fly in an east-southeast direction and gradually brightened," said Spurn�.
    The meteoroid crossed the border over the �umava Trojmez� and then faded near the Lipno dam at a height of 32 kilometers. He covered his entire 111-kilometer track in 11 seconds.
  - Cameras record meteor fireball over northeast Brazil Residents In Maghull, England Perplexed As Loud 'Explosions' Reverberate Throughout The Region - 22 Jun 2021
    People in Maghull were perplexed as loud explosions were heard.
    Residents in Maghull were left perplexed when huge explosions reverberated throughout the region.
    The bangs are thought to have originated near Ashworth Hospital in Maghull's east end.
    According to residents, they were initially heard around 9 p.m. last night (21 Jun 2021).
  - Loud Bang Heard, Green Light Seen In Northern Thailand Could Be A Bolide - 23 Jun 2021
    The mysterious explosive sound and turquoise glow seen and photographed in northern Thailand on Tuesday evening (Jun 22, 2021)could be a bolide, a kind of very bright meteor, said the National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand (NARIT).
    The loud bang was heard in Chiang Mai, Lamphun, Phayao, Mae Hong Son and Lampang provinces, while several netizens posted images of the light moving from west to east last night.
  - Bright Meteor Fireball Captured Over Switzerland - 29 Jun 2021
    The American Meteor Society (AMS) received 20 reports (event 3552-2021) about a meteor fireball seen over Auvergne-Rh�ne-Alpes, Emilia-Romagna, Ljubljana, Lombardia, Marche, Piemonte, Provence-Alpes-C�te d'Azur, Schwyz, Ticino, Toscana, Trentino-Alto Adige, Veneto and Wallis on Sunday, June 27th 2021 around 21:01 UT.
    Two videos were uploaded to the AMS website.
  - Secondary Data
    - INCREASED FIREBALL SIGHTINGS COINCIDE WITH THE SPIKE IN NEAR-EARTH ASTEROIDS - 2021
      Interestingly enough, the number of fireballs has been ramping up over the past decade. In 2010, for example, there were a total of 18 reported fireball sightings. Compare that to 386 in 2020. The contrast is concerning.
    - Signs the next little ice age has just started! - Jan 5, 2021
      The temperature of the Global Lower Atmosphere has plunged by almost half a degree Celsius from February 2020 high of 0.76�C to just 0.27�C above baseline in December 2020.
    - Asteroid Bigger Than Statue Of Liberty Set For Earth Flyby, But BIG ONE Of 2021 To Come In March, NASA warns - 10 Feb 2021
      On February 10 alone, at least four Near Earth Objects (NEOs) are due to buzz the Earth.
      The nine-meter asteroid 2021 CX has already passed the planet at a safe distance of 1.9 million kilometers.
      Space rocks including the Statue of Liberty-sized, 119-meter long 2019 YP5 and the 5-meter 2008 DB will follow shortly after at a distance of 3.1 million km and 5 million km respectively.
      Bringing up the rear on Wednesday will be 2021 CE3, with a diameter of 16m, which will pass the planet at a distance of 7.3 million km.
      Less than 24 hours later, proving that size doesn't always matter when it comes to the threat posed by space rocks, the six-meter asteroid 2021 CU1 will pass the planet at 605,113 km.
      Soon after, not to be outdone in scaring the hell out of stargazing earthlings, asteroid 2021 CO, measuring 32 metres in length, will come between us and the moon at a distance of 345,885 km and a speed of 41,000 kilometers per hour.
      Lest anyone get too comfy, in March NASA is warning of the Golden Gate Bridge-sized asteroid 2001 FO32, with an estimated diameter of somewhere between 769m to 1.6km, which is expected to pass within 2 million km of our planet.
    - An asteroid the size of the Seattle Space Needle will pass near Earth on Tuesday - 01 Jun 2021
    - COMET THE SIZE OF STAR WARS' DEATH STAR SPOTTED HEADING TOWARDS OUR SOLAR SYSTEM - 25/06/2021
      Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein - named after the astronomers who found it - is currently beyond the orbit of Neptune, the furthest planet from the sun. It was found by Pedro Bernardinelli and Gary Bernstein, who did a deep-dive into data collected by the Dark Energy Survey's massive telescope in the Chilean Andes.
      At first they weren't sure what it was, until another astronomer pointed a telescope in Namibia in its direction and saw it developing a coma, confirming it's a comet.
      Its estimated size is 160km across, making it easily the biggest comet ever seen in modern times - nearly three times wider than Comet Hale-Bopp and 29 times wider than Halley's Comet. The biggest comet ever recorded was Sarabat in 1729 at 100km wide.