Event: 20260203-023717

Well over a hundred eyewitnesses in the state of Florida have filed reports on the American Meteor Society website of a bright fireball seen on February 2, 2026, at 9:37 PM Eastern Standard Time; the event was also detected by two NASA meteor cameras and numerous publicly accessible cameras in the region. An analysis of the available data indicates that the meteor was first spotted at an altitude of 56 miles above a point in the Gulf due west of Bonita Springs, Florida. The fireball, caused by a small fragment of an asteroid moving at 72,100 miles per hour, traveled northwest for 60 miles before disintegrating 28 miles above the ocean. At its brightest, the meteor rivaled the Full Moon in intensity and exhibited a bluish-green color to both observers and cameras.

This event was not part of any active meteor shower.

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