Overview
- A bright fireball over the Midwest, which NASA detected Monday night first above Hope, Michigan, moved northeast at about 29,000 mph and broke up 23 miles above Saginaw Bay after blazing about 40 times brighter than Venus.
- The California event Sunday night began about 49 miles above Chowchilla and traveled roughly 58 miles before disintegrating near 29 miles above Colfax, with more than 300 AMS reports and many noting a green hue.
- Houston’s daylight bolide Saturday became visible near Stagecoach, fragmented about 29 miles above Bammel with energy equal to about 26 tons of TNT, and a resident reported a suspected meteorite through her roof as radar showed a likely fall zone between Willowbrook and Northgate Crossing.
- Dashcam video in the Pacific Northwest captured a bright green fireball early Monday near Portland, and agencies are combining eyewitness accounts, all‑sky cameras, satellites and Doppler radar to trace paths and estimate any surviving fragments.
- Experts say these sightings involve unrelated objects and fit a vernal‑equinox bump in very bright meteors, while longer‑term records show 1,924 verified U.S. meteorites since 1807 and only about nine new falls nationwide in a typical year.