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Meteor fireball over Colorado and Utah on August 24

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We received 33 reports about a fireball seen over CO and UT on Wednesday, August 24th 2022 around 02:31 UT.

For this event, we received one video.


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Meteor fireball spotted streaking across Saudi Arabia's sky on August 21

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A suspected meteor streaking across the sky in Saudi Arabia was caught on camera.

Clips of a light streaking across the sky were shared by social media users on Twitter in the early hours of Sunday.

Several comments on the social media platform suggested that it had been spotted from several regions in the Kingdom.

Saudi astronomer, Mulham Hindi, also shared photos and videos on his official Twitter page of the suspected meteor.


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Meteor fireball falls into the Mediterranean Sea (Aug.17)

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This stunning bolide was spotted over Spain on August 17, at 23:18 local time (equivalent to 21:18 universal time). It was almost as bright as the full Moon and was seen by a wide number of eyewitnesses that reported the event on social networks. The bolide was generated by a rock (a meteoroid) from an asteroid that hit the atmosphere at about 55,000 km/h. The fireball overflew the Mediterranean Sea. It began at an altitude of about 83 km over the Mediterranean between the coasts of Spain and Morocco, moved northeast, and ended at a height of around 23 km over the sea.

The preliminary analysis of this event shows that the rock was not fully destroyed: a part of the meteoroid survived and fell into the sea as a meteorite. So, the meteorite cannot be recovered.

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, CAHA, OSN, La Sagra, Sevilla, and El Aljarafe. 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 Texas on August 16

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We received 7 reports about a fireball seen over TX on Tuesday, August 16th 2022 around 09:13 UT.

For this event, we received one video.


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Meteor fireball over Utah and other states on August 13

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We received 38 reports about a fireball seen over CO, ID, UT and WY on Saturday, August 13th 2022 around 14:31 UT.

For this event, we received 3 videos and 2 photos.


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Meteor fireball over France on August 11

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We received 12 reports about a fireball seen over Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Île-de-France, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Grand Est and Nouvelle-Aquitaine on Thursday, August 11th 2022 around 20:24 UT.

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


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Meteor fireball over Missouri and other states on August 11

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We received 8 reports about a fireball seen over AR, IL, IN, MO and OK on Thursday, August 11th 2022 around 04:13 UT.

For this event, we received one video.


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Meteor fireball over California on August 8

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We received 12 reports about a fireball seen over CA on Monday, August 8th 2022 around 05:44 UT.

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


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Meteor fireball over Slovakia and nearby countries on August 4

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We received 10 reports about a fireball seen over Bayern, Bratislavský kraj, Kassai kerület, Niederösterreich, Opolskie, Pardubický kraj, Trnavský kraj and Wien on Thursday, August 4th 2022 around 19:29 UT.

For this event, we received one video.


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Meteor fireball over Connecticut and adjacent states on August 4

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We received 7 reports about a fireball seen over CT, ME, NJ, NY and VT on Thursday, August 4th 2022 around 03:59 UT.

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