Author Archives: Mike Hankey

There are numerous reports and videos about a large fireball that made landfall in Russia on February 15th, 2013. Information and videos are still being collected: We will continue to update this page as more information becomes available. For basic… Read More >

The American Meteor Society has received nearly 250 reports about a large fireball seen from the coast of California on October 17th, at approximately 7:44 PM Pacific time. Numerous witnesses reported hearing a series of loud booms. John in Larkspur, CA writes:… Read More >

We just got this email from Bill Cooke, the directory of the NASA Meteoroid Environment Office. Great work Bill! We have spent the last few days analyzing the Sandia camera videos kindly provided by James Beauchamp and Kevin Palivec (also… Read More >

Over 54 fireball witness reports have been logged with the AMS regarding a large fireball seen from New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware & Virginia on Friday night at 10:20 PM. From Washington VA It was very intensely bright and large and appeared to be… Read More >

The American Meteor Society has received over 125 witness reports about a large fireball spotted over central texas. Click the map below for an interactive witness map for this event. After the map loads, click the icons for the people to see… Read More >

The American Meteor Society is pleased to accept a commemorative plaque celebrating our centennial from the American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO) . Special thanks from the AMS to AAVSO director Arne Henden and all AAVSO members. Here is a… Read More >

The American Meteor Society has received over 100 fireball reports so far regarding a large fireball seen last night in the south west United States. Here is a video of the fireball that was submitted to the AMS website: Here’s a map… Read More >

Bill Cooke of the NASA Meteoroid Environments Office sent the AMS an alert today about a recent fireball event in Ohio. This event was captured on the University of Western Ontario’s fireball network and might have also been caught on doppler… Read More >

Here’s an interesting composite image and video of a large fireball captured by Steve Farmer of Ty Ty, Georgia. Almost the entire atmospheric flight is captured in the Sandia Sentinel All Sky Camera video. So far 9 witness reports have been submitted… Read More >

A large fireball was reported to the AMS by multiple witnesses surrounding Atlanta Georgia, on Friday 5/20/11 at 22:45 EDT. Over 17 witness reports for this event were submitted to the AMS. Kimberly from Cumming GA reports: This came in… Read More >

We are recieving reports about a large fireball seen at 20:30 CDT from AL, TN, KY, MD, OH and AR. Here is a map of the plots from the reports recieved so far. Based on current reports it looks like the… Read More >

The AMS has received over 30 witness reports for a large fireball seen March 23, 2011 at 21:17 CDT. Witness reports have come in from Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, Arkansas and New Mexico. From Brenda in Piedmont OK: It was huge!… Read More >