Earlier this week the East Coast and Midwest area of the United States experienced a rare event of FOUR great balls of fire light up the sky within a 5 hour period. The fireballs, all occurring within one and a half hours of each other, were spotted by over 500 witnesses.
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American Meteor Society reports from the events:
- Event #2305-2014 was seen at approximately 1:11 local time (EDT) in FL and GA.
- Event #2306-2014 – Over 420 witnesses from IL, IN, MI, OH and WI reported a bright fireball over Michigan around 21:55 local time.
- Event #2307-2014 – 30 witnesses from TN, AR, AL, IL, MS, MO and KY reported seeing a fireball over Tennessee at approximately 20:30 local time
- Event #2308-2014 – 42 witnesses in CT, PA, NY, NJ, MA and MD reported seeing a bright fireball in North Easter Pennsylvania near 20:47 local time.
Multiple fireball events in single evenings are not very common, and some have speculated that the four pieces could have broken off a parent body. The American Meteor Society disagrees with this theory, and suggests that based analysis of time, proximity and pointing data gathered, the fireballs are each an unrelated, unique event.
