(meteorobs) Huge Fireball Meteor Over Northeast U.S. early this morning

[Robert Lunsford]

Joe and All,

Too bad it did not occur while the students and their families were still there. It would have made quite an impression on them and perhaps swayed a few into a more permanent interest in astronomy. Still, it is amazing that the AMS has received over 500 reports on an event that occurred on a work night near 1am. That is a lot of folks that were still awake at such a late hour! Reports are still being submitted so the final total could be several hundred more...

Robert Lunsford
 
---- skywayinc at aol.com wrote: 
> I was at O'Neill High School on Monday night in Highland Falls (Orange  County) holding a star identification party for students and their  families.  Less than four hours later -- long after we all called it a  night -- a stupendously brilliant fireball meteor lit up the skies over  parts of the Northeast U.S. and New England.
> 
> http://www.amsmeteors.org/2016/05/huge-fireball-over-northeastern-us/
> -- joe rao