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A meteorite may have crashed through the roof of a New Jersey home on May 8, police say

Chris Sheldon
nj.com
Mon, 08 May 2023 11:24 UTC
A metallic object believed to be a meteorite crashed through the roof a home on Old Washington Crossing Pennington Road in Hopewell Township on Monday, May 8, 2023.
© Hopewell Township PoliceA metallic object believed to be a meteorite crashed through the roof a home on Old Washington Crossing Pennington Road in Hopewell Township on Monday, May 8, 2023.
Officials were trying to determine if a metallic object that smashed through the roof of a Hopewell Township house Monday was a meteorite.

The oblong, 4-inch-by-6-inch object penetrated the the roof of Old Washington Crossing Pennington Road ranch-style home, then crashed through the ceiling and stopped after it hit the hardwood floor, according to a statement from the Hopewell Township Police Department.

The house was occupied at the time but no injuries were reported, police said.

The department said it has contacted several other agencies to aid in identifying the object and safeguarding the residents.
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Meteor fireball over England, Ireland and Belgium on May 6


American Meteor Society
Sat, 06 May 2023 07:36 UTC
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We received 9 reports about a fireball seen over County Dublin, England and Vlaams Gewest on Saturday, May 6th 2023 around 04:00 UT.

For this event, we received one video.

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Meteor fireball over Florida and Georgia on May 3


American Meteor Society
Thu, 04 May 2023 11:12 UTC
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We received 5 reports about a fireball seen over FL and GA on Wednesday, May 3rd 2023 around 09:40 UT.

For this event, we received 2 videos.

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Fireball crossing Western Australian sky on May 2 likely a 10cm meteor, astronomer says

Olivia Di Iorio and Peter Barr
abc.net.au
Tue, 02 May 2023 17:42 UTC
The meteor appeared in the sky above Western Australia just after 5am.
© Perth ObservatoryThe meteor appeared in the sky above Western Australia just after 5am.
Western Australia's southern sky lit up early this morning as a fireball entered the earth's atmosphere and streaked across the sky to end south of Rottnest Island in Perth.

Early risers spotted the meteor at 5:03am and it lasted about 15 seconds as it travelled from east to west.

Planet astronomer Dr Hadrien Devillepoix dismissed claims it was space junk and said it was a natural object that entered the atmosphere.

"People would have had a really good show of it," he said.

"It was a very shallow entry, so a very slow, long fireball — basically crossing the entire Wheatbelt."
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Meteor fireball over Florida and the Carolinas on May 1


American Meteor Society
Tue, 02 May 2023 08:32 UTC
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We received 16 reports about a fireball seen over FL, NC and SC on Monday, May 1st 2023 around 00:35 UT.

For this event, we received 2 videos and 4 photos.

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Meteor fireball spotted in Mexico skies on April 28


Türkiye Newspaper
Sun, 30 Apr 2023 10:38 UTC
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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)


Meteoroides.net
Mon, 24 Apr 2023 11:18 UTC
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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

Meredith Deliso
abcnews.go.com
Sat, 22 Apr 2023 12:25 UTC
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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


American Meteor Society
Fri, 21 Apr 2023 09:31 UTC
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© Mark Kirschner
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

Clyde Hughes
UPI
Thu, 20 Apr 2023 21:41 UTC
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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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