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Meteor fireball over Kansas and other states on February 24

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We received 24 reports about a fireball seen over Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma on Monday, February 24th 2025 around 02:59 UT.

For this event, we received 2 videos.


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Meteor fireball over Arkansas and other states on February 23

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We received 12 reports about a fireball seen over Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri and Oklahoma on Sunday, February 23rd 2025 around 02:50 UT.

For this event, we received one video.


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Meteor fireball over North Carolina and other states on February 23

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We received 18 reports about a fireball seen over Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia on Sunday, February 23rd 2025 around 05:33 UT.

For this event, we received 2 videos and one photo.


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Meteor fireball over Tennessee and other states on February 22

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We received 42 reports about a fireball seen over AL, GA, KY, MS, Tennessee and TN on Saturday, February 22nd 2025 around 02:40 UT.

For this event, we received one video.


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Meteor fireball over Germany on February 22

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We received 8 reports about a fireball seen over Bayern, Niedersachsen, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt and Thüringen on Saturday, February 22nd 2025 around 20:04 UT.

For this event, we received one video.


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Meteor fireball over California on February 18

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We received 29 reports about a fireball seen over California on Tuesday, February 18th 2025 around 04:39 UT.

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


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Stunning meteor fireball over northern Spain (Feb. 16)

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This stunning bolide was spotted from Spain on February 16, at 2:11 local time (equivalent to 1:11 universal time). It was brighter than the full Moon. The fireball was observed by some casual eyewitnesses, who reported it on social networks.

The event was generated by a rock (a meteoroid) from a comet that hit the atmosphere at about 135,000 km/h. The fireball overflew the province of Huesca (Spain). It began at an altitude of about 94 km over the locality of Loporzano (province of Huesca), moved northeast, and ended at a height of around 33 km over the locality of Sobás (province of Huesca).

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 La Hita (Toledo), Calar Alto, Sierra Nevada, La Sagra (Granada), Olocau (Valencia), Faro de Cullera (Valencia), Sant Celoni, and Breda. 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). Its code in the SWEMN database is: SWEMN20250216_011130.


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Meteor fireball over Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada on February 16

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We received 44 reports about a fireball seen over Alberta and Saskatchewan on Sunday, February 16th 2025 around 02:43 UT.

For this event, we received 3 videos.


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Spectacular meteor fireball lights up the night sky over Chile on February 10

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A camera captured what appears to be a meteor crossing the night sky over Viña del Mar, Valparaíso, in the early hours of Monday, February 10.


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Mysterious morning flash over Attica, Greece caused by meteor fireball on February 10

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The director of the Hellenic National Meteorological Service (EMY), Theodoros Kolydas, explained that the mysterious morning glow observed by some in the Attic sky on early Monday was caused by a meteor entering Earth's atmosphere.

A video captured by a camera mounted on a meteorological station in Acharnes shows a sudden flash of light that does not appear to originate from cloud formations.

Kolydas confirmed that the phenomenon was indeed a meteor, with its glow visible across central Greece.

"For an observer on Earth, meteors that enter the atmosphere in the early morning hours travel at higher speeds and are more difficult to spot, whereas those appearing in the early evening move more slowly," he noted.