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Video: Fireball streaks across the night sky in more than a dozen states
FOX Weather • • general
Key Points:
- A bright fireball meteor was witnessed by hundreds across more than a dozen states on Sunday evening, traveling at 56,000 mph and captured by NASA meteor cameras.
- The meteor entered the atmosphere above Tupelo, Mississippi, and streaked 300 miles northwest before disintegrating 34 miles above Mark Twain National Forest in Missouri.
- The meteor was visible across multiple states including Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Minnesota, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas.
- NASA confirmed the meteor was too small and fast to produce meteorites, burning up entirely as it entered Earth's atmosphere.
- The event was also recorded by a traveler in Brentwood, Tennessee, who captured the fireball on dashcam during its rapid passage.
