Event: 20230811-011800

Over 50 eyewitnesses in the states of Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana have filed reports on the American Meteor Society website of a bright fireball seen on August 10 at 8:17 PM Central Daylight Time. An analysis of these reports indicates that the meteor first became visible at an altitude of 48 miles above a point just north of Grand Bay on the Alabama/Mississippi state line, moving north of east at 31,000 miles per hour. It travelled some 129 miles through Earth’s atmosphere before disintegrating 28 miles above the town of Paxton.
At this time, it appears that this fireball was caused by a natural object, not a reentering piece of junk or rocket body. However, the uncertainty in the available information is such that we cannot conclusively rule out a reentry.
We thank the American Meteor Society for providing the eyewitness reports.

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