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A meteor fireball was seen over Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania on Tuesday, April 7. NASA says the fireball traveled 117 miles before breaking up above Galloway, New Jersey. The American Meteor Society received 186 reports, including 28 from New Jersey, with some witnesses seeing green fragments.
The fireball was first spotted over the Atlantic Ocean before heading southwest at 30,000 miles per hour.
MACON, Ga. — If it feels like meteors have been everywhere lately, you’re not imagining it. Across the U.S., social media has been flooded with videos of bright streaks—often called “fireballs”—lighting up the night sky throughout March.