NASA Reports Daylight Fireball Meteor Over East Coast States on April 7

NASA issued an advisory on a daylight fireball observed by multiple eyewitnesses in Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. m. Eastern Daylight Time. Reports were filed on the American Meteor Society website.

The fireball moved southwest at 30,000 miles per hour and covered 117 miles through the upper atmosphere. It disintegrated 27 miles above Galloway, north of Atlantic City, New Jersey. NASA credited the American Meteor Society for the eyewitness accounts.

The American Meteor Society received 274 reports about the fireball over Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania on April 7. Eyewitnesses described varying observations. One report from a New Jersey resident noted the brightness during daytime.

A New Jersey woman identified as Coleen H.

wrote in her report to the society that the event was very bright for a daytime occurrence. , a New York resident, described a bright green glow against a clear blue sky, with no sound and hypersonic speed, suggesting it might be metal space debris. , from Pennsylvania, reported seeing it at high altitude above the tree line before it disappeared behind trees.

, a New York resident, observed a fast-moving object with a light blue tail, lasting longer than three seconds around noon, and questioned if it was a UFO or fireball. No sound or trail was reported. These accounts highlight the visibility and speed noted by observers.

Joe Martucci shared a 44-second video from a doorbell camera in North Bergen, New Jersey, showing the fireball.

The video captured the streak across the sky on April 7 afternoon. Martucci attributed the event to NASA’s description of a daytime fireball starting in Long Island and ending above Galloway in Atlantic County. m.