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Over 400 reports of large fireball over U.S. Midwest on September 26 [1]

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Earthsky.org - 9/27/13, Deborah Byrd

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This is a “heat map,” created by the number of sightings reported to the American Meteor Society. Map via AMS and Mike Hankey. [2]

The American Meteor Society (AMS) reports [2] that it has received over 400 reports of a large fireball (bright meteor) over the U.S. Midwest today (September 26, 2013). People in Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri and Wisconsin spotted the meteor around 7:05 a.m. CDT; that was local time for the sighting. Witnesses from reported a bright light moving across the morning sky. The estimated trajectory for the fireball took it nearly over Indianapolis.

September has been a busy month for sightings of bright fireballs, according to the AMS [3]. This morning’s event marks the 13th fireball sighting with at least 25 witnesses, the most ever since the AMS started recording sightings online, they say.

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[1] //soundofheart.org/galacticfreepress/content/over-400-reports-large-fireball-over-us-midwest-september-26
[2] http://www.amsmeteors.org/2013/09/large-fireball-spotted-in-midwest/
[3] http://www.amsmeteors.org/fireball_event/2013/?num_report=25
[4] http://earthsky.org/space/over-400-reports-of-large-fireball-over-u-s-midwest-on-september-26-3013
[5] //soundofheart.org/galacticfreepress/tags/space
[6] //soundofheart.org/galacticfreepress/tags/fireballs
[7] //soundofheart.org/galacticfreepress/tags/meteors
[8] //soundofheart.org/galacticfreepress/tags/midwest
[9] //soundofheart.org/galacticfreepress/type-post/earth-space-weather