Many eyewitnesses have filed reports on the American Meteor Society website concerning a bright meteor seen on March 11 at 12:01 AM Eastern Daylight Time (2026 March 11 at 04:01 UTC). The information contained in these accounts has been combined with data from EarthCams and other publicly accessible cameras in the region to compute a trajectory. This analysis places first visibility of the fireball 52 miles above the town of Rathbone in southern New York. Moving northwest at 46,000 miles per hour, the meteor travelled over 38 miles in just under 3 seconds, disintegrating at an altitude of 32 miles over the town of West Almond on Interstate 86. This fireball was not associated with any currently active meteor shower.
We thank the American Meteor Society for providing the eyewitness reports.
| Event ID | 20260311-040116 |
| Date (UTC) | March 11, 2026 |
| Time (UTC) | 04:01:16 |
| AMS Event | 1650-2026 |
| Chicken Little Start Lat/Lon | +42.121, -77.308 |
| Chicken Little End Lat/Lon | +42.320, -77.897 |
| Chicken Little Altitude | 83.1 km → 52.4 km ( 51.7 miles→ 32.5 miles) |
| Chicken Little Speed | 20.5 km/s (45,900 mph) |