This fireball is a “random event” and is not associated with any meteor shower.
A spectacular fireball was seen moving over several US states on Friday, including Indiana and Wisconsin. The American Meteor Society (AMS) shared a video of the sighting and said it had received about 150 reports of the fireball.
According to Newsweek, Robert Lunsford, coordinator of fireball reports for AMS, reported that the flight of the fireball, which headed northeast, lasted between three and five seconds. The fireball entered the atmosphere over the town of Advance, Indiana, and broke up over the Burlington, Indiana area, according to AMS.
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Additionally, the meteor society said sightings were reported from Indiana, Alabama, Iowa, Wisconsin, Ohio, Missouri, Illinois and Kentucky. Mr Lunsford is reported to have said that this fireball was most likely a “random event” and not linked to a specific meteor shower.
“I’ve seen a lot of fireballs in this part of the sky, but this was the biggest yet,” one person who spotted the fireball in Ohio told AMS. Another eyewitness stated: “I have never seen anything like what I just saw. It was beautiful, exciting, and prompted me to do some quick research and see who else might have seen it too.” “All I know is that it was huge and amazing to watch, even if it was just for a few seconds. Breathtaking!” added a third.
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Fireball is another term for a bright meteor. They are brighter than the average meteor because the pieces of space debris that cause them are larger.
Meteors, also known as shooting stars, are streaks of light we see in the sky when asteroids or meteoroids enter Earth’s atmosphere at high speed and burn up in the process.
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