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Meteor fireball spotted in Mexico skies on April 28

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A blue light was seen shining in the skies of Mexico on Friday evening. The blue light stunned those who saw it. Local residents recorded those moments with their phone cameras. In the statement made by the authorities, it was reported that the blue light was a meteorite.

At around 7:30 p.m. local time on Friday evening, an occasional glowing blue light was observed in residential areas in the northern and western parts of Nuevo Leon state in northern Mexico.

The locals could not observe their amazement at the observed blue light. Many people recorded the footage of the event with their cell phone camera and shared it on social media.


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Meteor fireball over south of Spain (April 23)

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The bright fireball in this video was recorded over Spain on April 23, at 6:10 local time (equivalent to 4:10 universal time). The event was generated by a rock (a meteoroid) from Comet 1P/Halley that hit the atmosphere at about 240,000 km/h. The fireball overflew the provinces of Córdoba and Badajoz. It began at an altitude of about 122 km over Villaviciosa de Córdoba (province of Córdoba), moved northwest, and ended at a height of around 84 km over Hinojosa del Valle (province of Badajoz).

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), Sevilla, and Valencia del Ventoso. 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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Suspected meteor fireball behind loud boom heard in Central Indiana on April 21, officials say

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A loud boom heard across Central Indiana Friday night reportedly shook some homes and left residents wondering what exactly just happened.

There were also reports of a light streaking across the sky and a "possible explosion," the Hamilton County Emergency Management said, as the source of the activity was under investigation.

"It may have been a sonic boom," Hamilton County Emergency Management tweeted Friday night. "Police and fire continue to investigate."


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Meteor fireball over Connecticut and adjacent states on April 20

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We received 46 reports about a fireball seen over CT, MA, NJ, NY, Ontario, PA, RI, VA and VT on Thursday, April 20th 2023 around 04:00 UT.

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


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Flash of flight seen above Kyiv likely meteorite, not Russian attack or NASA satellite

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© BBCThe bright glow was observed in the sky over Kiev, Ukraine around 22:00 local time on April 19, 2023
Ukrainian space officials said on Thursday that a bright flash that lit up the sky over Kyiv late Wednesday probably came from a meteorite entering the atmosphere and not a NASA satellite or a Russian military attack.

Ukraine has been under an invasion by the Russian military since February 2022 but the country's space officials said the bright glow observed over its capital was more related to a cosmic body entering Earth's atmosphere.

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Meteor fireball over British Columbia and Washington on April 19

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We received 38 reports about a fireball seen over British Columbia and WA on Wednesday, April 19th 2023 around 04:51 UT.

For this event, we received one video.


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Meteor fireball illuminates night sky in Port St. Lucie, Florida on April 7

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Blink and you might miss it.

While delivering food for Doordash, driver Steve Salmasian was on East Torino Parkway about 8:30 p.m. April 7 when his dashcam caught a bright blue-green meteor illuminating the evening sky.

Meteors — also called fireballs, falling stars or shooting stars — are common occurrences in the Earth's atmosphere. Every day, there are several thousand meteors of "fireball" magnitude, meaning -4, which is about as bright as the planet Venus in the morning or evening sky, according to the American Meteor Society.


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Meteor fireball over Toledo, Spain (April 17)

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This gorgeous bolide was spotted over Spain on April 17, at 5:59 local time (equivalent to 3:59 universal time). It was almost as bright as the full Moon. The event was generated by a rock (a meteoroid) from Comet C/1861 G1 (Thatcher) that hit the atmosphere at about 178,000 km/h. The fireball overflew the province of Toledo (Spain). It began at an altitude of about 96 km over the locality of Pulgar (province of Toledo), moved along an almost vertical trajectory, and ended at a height of around 59 km.

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), Sevilla, and Faro de Cullera (Valencia). 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 northwest Europe on April 18

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We received 96 reports about a fireball seen over Bremen, Drenthe, Friesland, Gelderland, Groningen, Nedersaksen, Niedersachsen, Noord-Brabant, Noord-Holland, Overijssel, Région Wallonne, Rheinland-Pfalz, Schleswig-Holsten, Utrecht and Zuid-Holland on Tuesday, April 18th 2023 around 19:57 UT.

For this event, we received one video.


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Meteor fireball over northwest Europe on April 17

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We received 287 reports about a fireball seen over Brussel, Drenthe, England, Flevoland, Friesland, Gelderland, Groningen, Hauts-de-France, Limburg, Noord-Brabant, Noord-Holland, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Overijssel, Région Wallonne, Utrecht, Vlaams Gewest, Waals Gewest, Wallonia, Zeeland and Zuid-Holland on Monday, April 17th 2023 around 19:31 UT.

For this event, we received 2 videos.