Over 400 reports of large fireball over U.S. Midwest on September 26 [1]
Earthsky.org - 9/27/13, Deborah Byrd
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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