A meteor that caused an earthshaking boom over suburban Pittsburgh on New Year's Day exploded in the atmosphere with an energy blast equivalent to an estimated 30 tonnes (27,200kg) of TNT, officials said.
The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh initially responded, suggesting the most likely explanation was a "meteor explosion" as people took to social media in search of answers.
We received 17 reports about a fireball seen over Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Kärnten, Piemonte, Tessin, Tirol, Trentino-Alto Adige, Trentino-Südtirol, Tyrol, Valle d'Aosta and Veneto on Monday, January 3rd 2022 around 18:03 UT.
For this event, we received one video and 2 photos.
We received 21 reports about a fireball seen over Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Bayern, Hlavní město Praha, Kamnik, Nitriansky kraj, Sachsen, Salzburg, Schwyz, Thüringen and Upper Austria on Saturday, January 1st 2022 around 21:12 UT.
For this event, we received one video and 17 photos.
Occurred on December 21, 2021 / Billings, Montana, USA
Being an amateur astronomer who dabbles with astrophotography, I was thrilled to see my Ring camera overlooking my backyard had captured what appears to be a large fireball traveling through the skies. This event took place on December 21, 2021, at 3:30 am. Not sure if it was a large meteor or maybe a piece of space junk entering the atmosphere north of Billings, Montana. I am still researching to see if I can find out just what it was.