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Bright Fireball Streaks Over Texas, Drawing Nearly 200 Reports

The sighting coincides with heightened Geminid meteor shower activity.

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.