Many eyewitnesses (nearly 150) in the states of Washington and Oregon reported seeing a fireball last night at 10:18 PM Pacific Daylight Time (2022 October 13 5:18 UTC). An analysis of their accounts indicates that the meteor was first sighted 58 miles above the Pacific Ocean due west of Oil City, moving to the southeast at 76,000 miles per hour. It traveled some 57 miles through the atmosphere before disintegrating at an altitude of 41 miles above Lake Quinault in the state of Washington. This fireball, which is not a member of the currently active Taurid meteor shower, was moving too fast to produce meteorites.
Event ID | 20221013-051730 |
Date (UTC) | Oct. 13, 2022 |
Time (UTC) | 05:17:30 |
AMS Event | 6949-2022 |
Chicken Little Start Lat/Lon | +47.789, -124.982 |
Chicken Little End Lat/Lon | +47.478, -123.914 |
Chicken Little Altitude | 93.8 km → 66.1 km ( 58.3 miles→ 41.1 miles) |
Chicken Little Speed | 33.9 km/s (75,700 mph) |