American Meteor Society
Mid February Fireballs – Three different meteorite falls recovered in three days
10 years after the Chelyabinsk event, 3 meteorite dropper fireballs occurred within 3 days in France, Italy and Texas
Archive: Fireball Videos
Fireball seen over Ohio and West Virginia on Dec 1st, 2022
The AMS received 1102 reports so far and some videos displaying a fireball event that occurred over Ohio and West Virginia on Thursday December 1st 2022, 7:34 PM Eastern Standard Time (Dec 2nd, 2022 0:34 Universal Time).
Fireball over Northern California on Friday November 4th
110 reports and 6 videos from 3 states The AMS received 110 reports so far and some spectacular videos displaying…
Fireball spotted over Arizona and Nevada on October 24th, 2022
We received over 130 reports and 6 videos from 4 states about a bright fireball over northern Arizona/southern Nevada
Fireball seen over Seattle, WA on Oct. 12th, 10:15 pm PDT
The AMS received nearly 280 reports so far and many spectacular videos displaying a fireball event that occurred West of Seattle on Wednesday October 12, 2022, at 10:15 pm PDT (2022-10-13 05:15 UT).
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.
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...
Brilliant Fireball Over Manitoba
100+ reports from 3 provinces and North Dakota
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...
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.
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.