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'Bright Fireball' Seen From CT Confirmed To Be Meteor: NASA 'Bright Fireball' Seen From CT Confirmed To Be Meteor: NASA
'Bright Fireball' Seen From CT Confirmed To Be Meteor: NASA A fireball that appeared in the skies off the coast of Long Island has been confirmed to have been a meteor that was seen in several states, including New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts.  The meteor was seen in several East Coast states on Thursday, Nov. 2 just after 7 p.m., according to an announcement by NASA.  According to the agency, the meteor first appeared 65 miles above a point in the Atlantic Ocean 81 miles off the coast of Smith Point County Park on Fire Island in Suffolk County, New York. Fire Island is part of the towns of Babylon, Islip, and Brookhaven.  The "bright fir…

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Loud Boom Heard In New England May Have Been Meteor, Scientists Say Loud Boom Heard In New England May Have Been Meteor, Scientists Say
Loud Boom Heard In New England May Have Been Meteor, Scientists Say A loud boom heard in parts of New England over the weekend may have been caused by a meteor entering the atmosphere, according to a new report. New Hampshire TV station WMUR reported that some residents across parts of Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine reported hearing the sound around 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 10. The news station said scientists reported that the sound may have been a sonic boom from a meteor that burned up after entering the atmosphere at supersonic speed. WMUR said the only way to prove the sound was caused by a meteor would be if someone saw it. WCVB, a news st…

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by Nicole Valinote
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Video: See It? Fireball Dazzles East Coast Video: See It? Fireball Dazzles East Coast
Video: See It? Fireball Dazzles East Coast Several people in New York reported seeing a fireball that tore across the area Wednesday The American Meteor Society received more than 190 reports from Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland and North Carolina between 6:35 a.m. and 6:45 a.m. The fireball was traveling from northeast to southwest and ended its flight somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Norfolk, V.A., the AMS said. News12's assistant news director, Jeremy Settle, posted a video of the alleged meteor darting across the sky in West New York. "A fireball is another term for a very bright meteor, gen…

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by Cecilia Levine