Event: 20190227-020100


A fireball was observed by over 50 eyewitnesses in the states of North and South Carolina at 9:01 PM Eastern Standard Time (2019 February 27 2:01 UTC). Analysis of the reports show that the meteor appeared 45 miles above the North Carolina town of Morven, moving to the southeast at 55,000 miles per hour. The object travelled 35 miles through the atmosphere before ablating at an altitude of 23 miles above Blenheim, in South Carolina.


Event Data

Event ID 20190227-020100
Date (UTC) Feb. 27, 2019
Time (UTC) 02:01:00
AMS Event 940-2019
Chicken Little Start Lat/Lon +34.894, -79.985
Chicken Little End Lat/Lon +34.466, -79.662
Chicken Little Altitude 72.4 km → 36.6 km ( 45.0 miles→ 22.7 miles)
Chicken Little Speed 24.8 km/s (55,500 mph)