Nearly 600 fireball reports from 9 states

The AMS has received nearly 600 reports so far about of a fireball event seen above Iowa and Michigan on July 8th, 2018 around 8:40pm CDT (July 9th 01:40 Universal Time). The fireball was seen primarily from Iowa and Illinois but was also seen from Minnesota, Indiana, Kansas, Nebraska, Ohio, Michigan and Wisconsin.

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The estimated 3D trajectory computed from the witness reports shows an shallow entry angle, one that could be associated with an Earth grazing fireball. But many witnesses reported a fragmentation – it could mean the meteoroid actually went through the Earth atmosphere.

2 Videos

Witness Patricia K. (report 2307fd-2018) shared a security cam video of the flash produced by the event from West Farmington, OH.

Daniel Bush from Albany, MO (report 2307ew-2018) didn’t witness the event himself but caught it on two overlapping cameras and was kind enough to share his video with us:

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