Event: 20211113-213200


Many eyewitnesses in the states of Maryland, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania are filing reports with the American Meteor Society of a daylight fireball seen the afternoon of November 13th, 2021 at approximately 4:32 PM Eastern Standard Time (2021 November 13 21:32 UTC). It is difficult to get a precise trajectory without video data, but an analysis of the sightings shows that the meteor's direction of motion is consistent with it being a member of the currently active north Taurid meteor shower. At the time of first appearance, the fireball was out over the Atlantic, roughly 50 miles from Stafford Township at an altitude of 60 miles. The fragment of Comet Encke moved to the southwest at 65,000 miles per hour, traveling 90 miles before disintegrating 42 miles above the ocean, just off Sea Isle City Beach.


Event Data

Event ID 20211113-213200
Date (UTC) Nov. 13, 2021
Time (UTC) 21:32:00
AMS Event 7611-2021
Origin Comet Encke
Chicken Little Start Lat/Lon +39.479, -73.017
Chicken Little End Lat/Lon +39.145, -74.613
Chicken Little Altitude 95.8 km → 68.5 km ( 59.5 miles→ 42.6 miles)
Chicken Little Speed 29.0 km/s (64,900 mph)