Each year since 2005, the American Meteor Society receives hundreds of fireball reports. Browse the articles below and take a look at all the fireball reports. Pending Reports — these are reports that have been submitted, but not yet reviewed, approved or linked to a particular Fireball.

The International Meteor Organization’s Fireball Data Center (FIDAC) collects fireball reports from around the world for distribution and study. Online Resources. For more information about bolides and fireballs visit these resources. Fireball Reporting Form, report a fireball to the AMS.

Our affiliates observe, monitor, collect data on, study, and report on meteors, meteor showers, fireballs, and related meteoric phenomena. Please note that the AMS does not deal in meteorites. Comments and Questions may be directed to the AMS Operations Manager Mike Hankey.

The following chart shows reported fireball events for which geographic location data are provided. Each event's calculated total impact energy is indicated by its relative size and by a color. Hover over an event to see its details.

Meteors, or “shooting stars,” are the visible paths of meteoroids that have entered the Earth’s atmosphere at high velocities. A fireball is an unusually bright meteor that reaches a visual magnitude of -3 or brighter when seen at the observer’s zenith.

Feb 22, 2024 · A glittering fireball ignited evening skies over vast sections of the eastern United States and parts of Canada on Wednesday night, as it entered earth's atmosphere and promptly burned up.

Nov 14, 2024 · Cameras and NOAA weather satellites captured the moment when a meteor exploded into a brilliant fireball over the U.S. Midwest and parts of western Canada.

May 12, 2021 · Homepage of the Global Fireball Observatory network in California and Nevada. A NASA/SETI Institute automated surveillance of the night sky for recovery of meteorites from observed trajectories.

Oct 23, 2023 · The NASA All sky Fireball Network is a network of cameras set up by the NASA Meteoroid Environment Office (MEO) with the goal of observing meteors brighter than the planet Venus, which are called fireballs.

An Earth-grazing fireball (or Earth grazer) [2] is a fireball, a very bright meteor that enters Earth’s atmosphere and leaves again. Some fragments may impact Earth as meteorites, if the meteor starts to break up or explodes in mid-air. These phenomena are then called Earth-grazing meteor processions and bolides. [1]