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Fireball Lights NJ Skies: Hundreds Report Streaking Object
A bright fireball streaked across the sky Tuesday, April 7, triggering more than 180 reports from residents across several states, according to the American Meteor Society.
The sightings were reported between about 2:33 p.m. and 2:45 p.m., with most occurring around 2:34 to 2:35 p.m., according to the data.
Reports came from four states: New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut. Video of the object was shared to X.
New Jersey recorded the highest number of sightings, with more than 90 reports submitted from towns including Paramus, Toms River, Parsippany-Troy Hills, Edison, How…
Bright Fireball Above East Coast Was Meteor: NASA
Did you see it?
A bright fireball that bolted across East Coast skies on Thursday, Nov. 2 was, in fact, a meteor, NASA confirmed.
The meteor was spotted in Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Hampshire, around 7:10 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 2, NASA said.
"An analysis of their accounts, combined with information from the World Trade Center and Onset EarthCams, indicates that the meteor first appeared 65 miles above a point in the Atlantic Ocean 81 miles from Smith Point on Long Island," according to a release from NASA.
"Moving south of e…
