(meteorobs) Fireball Meteor over New Jersey

[Robert Lunsford]

Joe and All,

The AMS has only received one report of this fireball, #671 for 2011. A night earlier around 10:15pm EDT, there were eight reports of a fireball from the same general area. The typical report had the peak brightness at slightly inferior to that of the full moon. Most witnesses stated that it was white and fragmented. 

Summaries of these reports may be viewed on the AMS website at: http://www.amsmeteors.org/fireball2/public.php?start_date=2011-01-01&end_date=2011-12-31

Refer to fireball #669 for 2011.

Clear Skies!

Robert Lunsford 
American Meteor Society


---- Skywayinc at aol.com wrote: 
> Received this from a colleague of mine from  our
> sister station in NJ (I work at News 12  Westchester).
> -- joe rao
> -----------------------------------------------
>  
> I was just wondering if you had heard any chatter about  a bright ball of 
> fire in the southern sky tonight? I was heading southbound,  making my way 
> down the shore on the Garden state Parkway, around mile marker 121  around 
> 11:30 p.m. EDT tonight when up in the sky I noticed this bright  ball, 
> seemingly fall from the sky heading out over the Raritan Bay into the  ocean off 
> Sandy Hook. At first I thought it might be some errant firework. It  lasted 
> about 4-5 sec and it was bright. What was truly amazing, it was almost as  
> bright as the moon. It was located about maybe "4 fists" eastward of the  moon.
> 
> Just thought I would share. Very cool to see. BTW I don't believe I  made a 
> wish yet.
> Talk to you soon
> 
> Dave  Curren
> Meteorologist
> News12 New Jersey
> _dlcurren at news12.com_ (mailto:dlcurren at news12.com)