Overview
- Witnesses across Texas and in Colorado, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Kansas reported the fireball Tuesday evening around 6:45–7 p.m. CT.
- The American Meteor Society recorded the event as 9570-2025 and is consolidating nearly 200 submissions from observers.
- Dashcam video obtained by KXAN appears to show the object over Leander, a suburb north of Austin.
- No ground impacts or related damage have been confirmed as reporting and basic analysis continue.
- AMS and NASA describe fireballs as very bright meteors produced by meteoroids burning up, and AMS asks witnesses to include brightness, length, color, and duration in their reports.