Event: 20240414-010824

Well over one hundred eyewitnesses in the states of Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New Hampshire, North Carolina, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia have filed reports with the American Meteor Society of a bright meteor seen on the night of April 13 (Saturday) at 9:08 pm Eastern Daylight Time. An analysis of these reports indicates that the fireball first became visible 50 miles above the New York City suburb of Mamaroneck, moving at bit east of north at 38,000 miles per hour. It disintegrated at an altitude of 30 miles above Norven Green State Forest, after traveling some 37 miles through the upper atmosphere. This meteor was not associated with any currently active meteor shower.

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