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Meteor fireball over Irkutsk Oblast, Russia on August 29

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In Angarsk , Irkutsk region, an intercom camera captured video footage of a meteorite flying over the region. They are published by IrkutskMedia on its page on VKontakte .

The footage shows a celestial body that flies over a house in the Russian region and disappears behind it. This is accompanied by a light flash.

Director of the ISU Astronomical Laboratory Sergey Yazev , whose words are reported by RIA Novosti , considered that the celestial body was unlikely to have reached the earth - it most likely burned up in the atmosphere.

Prior to this, on April 7, an unknown object flew in the sky over the Ust-Kutsky district of the Irkutsk region and got on the video of outdoor surveillance cameras. City authorities suggested that it was a meteorite or a fragment from it. The fall of the meteorite was accompanied by a bright flash, some residents confused it with a rocket, which caused a little panic.


(Translated by Google)

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Meteor fireball over California, Arizona and Nevada on August 28

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We received 57 reports about a fireball seen over AZ, CA and NV on Monday, August 28th 2023 around 04:26 UT.

For this event, we received one video and one photo.


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Meteor fireball over Colorado and nearby states on August 27

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We received 81 reports about a fireball seen over CO, NE, NM, UT and WY on Sunday, August 27th 2023 around 09:30 UT.

For this event, we received 8 videos and one photo.


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Meteor fireball over Montana, Wyoming and Saskatchewan on August 24

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We received 15 reports about a fireball seen over MT, Saskatchewan and WY on Thursday, August 24th 2023 around 04:34 UT.

For this event, we received one video and 2 photos.


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Amazing meteor fireball over Morocco on August 20

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The superb fireball in this video was recorded from Spain on August 20, at 3:56 local time (equivalent to 1:56 universal time). It was brighter than the full Moon. The event was generated by a rock (a meteoroid) from an asteroid that hit the atmosphere at about 61,000 km/h. The fireball overflew Morocco. It began at an altitude of about 97 km over the locality of Ibouhjarene, moved southeast, and ended at a height of around 31 km over the locality of Beni Oukil.

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 Huelva, La Hita (Toledo), Calar Alto, Sierra Nevada, La Sagra (Granada), and Sevilla. 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).


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Meteor fireball over Colorado and nearby states on August 15

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We received 54 reports about a fireball seen over CO, KS, NE, NM and TX on Tuesday, August 15th 2023 around 02:54 UT.

For this event, we received one video and one photo.


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Meteor fireball over England and Wales on August 11

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We received 16 reports about a fireball seen over England and Wales on Friday, August 11th 2023 around 22:25 UT.

For this event, we received one video.


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Meteor fireball over France and nearby countries on August 9

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We received 185 reports about a fireball seen over Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Île-de-France, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Bretagne, Centre-Val de Loire, England, Fribourg, Genève, Grand Est, Hauts-de-France, Normandie, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Occitanie, Pays de la Loire, Vlaams Gewest and Zeeland on Wednesday, August 9th 2023 around 20:39 UT.

For this event, we received one video and 2 photos.

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Meteor fireball over England on August 7

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We received 16 reports about a fireball seen over England on Monday, August 7th 2023 around 21:44 UT.

For this event, we received one video and one photo.


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Meteor fireball over 3 states of Brazil on August 7

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We received 19 reports about a fireball seen over Paraná, Santa Catarina and São Paulo on Monday, August 7th 2023 around 00:05 UT.

For this event, we received 3 videos.