Daylight fireball produces sonic boom over Salt Lake City, Utah

A bright daylight meteor produced a sonic boom over northern Utah at 14:31 UTC (08:31 LT) on Saturday, August 13, 2022.

The object was first confirmed by GOES-17 Lightning Mapper over Davis and Morgan counties and later by visual recordings submitted by residents.

The American Meteor Society (AMS) received 14 reports from Idaho, Wyoming and Utah.

Residents described the sound as loud and deep, followed by 3 – 4 seconds of rumbling.

Preliminary analysis, based on reports submitted to the AMS, places the object’s entry just north of Salt Lake City. The object traveled NNW and ended somewhere over the Great Salt Lake.

It’s possible some pieces survived the entry. Unfortunately, most of them would be scattered over the NW Great Salt Lake.

Did you hear that loud boom this morning? Our web cams captured this meteor flying over Snowbasin! ☄️ pic.twitter.com/Dgv0W2Vd4H

— Snowbasin Resort (@SnowbasinResort) August 13, 2022

It was a meteor. A lady from Roy got this on her camera. A bluish fireball then a minute later was a boom. Watch left to right pic.twitter.com/KXAEqj8PAv

— Heather Beers Watts (@hwatts1990) August 13, 2022

Bolstering the meteor theory for this morning's #boom in #Utah, the two reddish pixels shown over Davis and Morgan counties are from the GOES-17 Lightning Mapper, but not associated with evidence of thunderstorm activity in satellite or radar. Likely the meteor trail/flash #utwx pic.twitter.com/qRO2Rsfca7

— NWS Salt Lake City (@NWSSaltLakeCity) August 13, 2022

Another great capture of what appears to be our meteor over the Wasatch Front from this morning. Thanks Dallin! #meteor #utwx https://t.co/8UM6YI0RCH

— NWS Salt Lake City (@NWSSaltLakeCity) August 13, 2022

Featured image: Daylight fireball over Salt Lake City, Utah on August 13, 2022. credit: Snowbasin Resort