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Bright fireball captured over Florida, over 240 reports received

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Featured image: Florida fireball March 31, 2019. Credit: Jeffrey Cardona, AMS

A bright fireball was seen and recorded streaking through the night sky over Florida at 03:52 UTC on March 31, 2019. The event lasted several seconds before the object disintegrated.

The American Meteor Society (AMS) received 248 eyewitness reports by 10:00 UTC on April 1. Most of the reports came in from Tampa, Orlando, Jacksonville and Tallahassee, Florida but reports were also received from southern Georgia and Montgomery, Alabama.

Florida fireball March 31, 2019 – heatmap. Credit: AMS

The organization received 4 videos and one photo of the event.

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3 Comments

  1. Draw in close NOW nations, GOD HAS SAID THAT AT THIS TIME ALL OF THE STARS THAT YOU HAVE WORSHIPPED WILL indeed FALL out of the sky! Just like overrripe,rotting fruit in the orchard, And the sky itself will be folded up like a blanket and put away in a closet. YES! All that army of stars, ( Angels ) shriveled to nothing, like leaves and fruit in autumn dropping and rotting!

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