Video capture on between house IP camera. Fireball seen in 8 states. This view is from Northwest Indiana.
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NASA confirmed that a 3-foot-wide meteor streaked across the sky, triggering a spectacular fireball that released an energy burst equivalent to roughly 20-300 tons of TNT
Following a bright fireball and rumbling noises reported on the night of June 1 across parts of the Midwest, including Indiana and Ohio, NASA confirmed that natural space fragments were observed entering the atmosphere. NASA all-sky cameras tracked these cometary and asteroidal fragments, which usually completely ablate in the upper atmosphere without producing meteorites on the ground.
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NASA confirmed that a 3-foot-wide meteor streaked across the sky, triggering a spectacular fireball that released an energy burst equivalent to roughly 20-300 tons of TNT
Following a bright fireball and rumbling noises reported on the night of June 1 across parts of the Midwest, including Indiana and Ohio, NASA confirmed that natural space fragments were observed entering the atmosphere. NASA all-sky cameras tracked these cometary and asteroidal fragments, which usually completely ablate in the upper atmosphere without producing meteorites on the ground.
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mph down the freeway in the right lane with the West sun to our right but not blaring, closer to the horizon, so yes, heading South, when I caught in my right peripheral vision what looked like a meteor coming down at about a 45 degree angle into a pasture, guessing about 200-300+ yards from the freeway. It was...