Numerous eyewitnesses in the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania have filed reports on the American Meteor Society website of a bright meteor seen Friday night just past 9:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time (01:36 UT July 20, 2024). An analysis of these accounts, constrained by a few publicly accessible videos, shows that the fireball appeared at an altitude of 54 miles above the town of Arnoldville in northwestern Massachusetts. Moving northwest at 55,000 miles per hour, the fireball passed over the tristate intersection into New York, where it disintegrated 35 miles above Schuylerville after having traveled 46 miles through the upper atmosphere.
This meteor was not a member of the Southern delta Aquariid or Perseid meteor showers.
| Event ID | 20240720-013600 |
| Date (UTC) | July 20, 2024 |
| Time (UTC) | 01:36:00 |
| AMS Event | 3551-2024 |
| Chicken Little Start Lat/Lon | +42.584, -73.121 |
| Chicken Little End Lat/Lon | +43.082, -73.584 |
| Chicken Little Altitude | 86.6 km → 56.8 km ( 53.8 miles→ 35.3 miles) |
| Chicken Little Speed | 24.4 km/s (54,600 mph) |