Network detects 15 fireballs in a day

Note: For the next two weeks, IMO is down due to a cyberattack.

2026, September 9. USA, across Southern Maryland. Fireball. Time: around 2:38 a.m. Reports coming in from Prince Frederick, Accokeek and communities well beyond the region. Seen in Northern Virginia, Washington D.C, Bristow, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York. Colour: bright green or green-and-white. Sonic boom: Described as an explosion, gunshot or boom. Residents reported hearing the shockwave at around 2:40 a.m., shortly after the flash was seen. Spaceweather.com reported that NASA’s network detected 15 fireballs nationwide on September. 8.

2026, September 8. Queensland SW, Quilpie, Cooper Corner. Fireball. Lit up the entire sky and the ground like daylight. Sonic Boom: Light rumble heard after half a minute. Time: 20:02:47. Seen in locations over 1000km apart. Emerald 534 km NE of Quilpie and at Winton 480km north of Quilpie. Colour: green/ orange. Seen at Charleville Cosmos Centre, Longreach and Birdsville.  

Fourth fireball reported in New Zealand in as many days

2026, July 30. New Zealand, North Island, East Coast of Northland. Fireball. Time: 07:45:03. Duration: 4secs. Travelling SW north of Great Barrier Island.

Update: 20260805. The MAD issued in the post below for the July 28th meteor has been downgraded to a watch due to new trajectory components showing the meteor exploded over land. Meteorites have been recovered. The sonic boom was contained within landfall regions, and the one report from the South Island was false; therefore, Cook Strait was not affected by a marine disturbance. 

Images and data courtesy of National Geographic, Fireballs Aotearoa and AMS.

Fireball seen as orca rescue underway in Uruguay

2026, April 26. Uruguay, Playa Mansa, Punta del Este. An orca(killer whale) calf stranded on a beach. After failed rescue attempts, the whale was euthanised. A team continued efforts to save the animal under difficult weather conditions. The animal had stayed close to the shore, showing signs of weakness.

2026, April 27. Uruguay, Playa Mansa. Fireball. Time: around 01:54 UT or 22:51LT. The event was recorded by security cameras and widely observed in Argentina and Uruguay. Duration 6+ seconds. Fragmented over Maldonado. No reports of sonic boom. Seen in Punta del Este, Buenos Aires Province, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Maldonado Department, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Santa Fe. This is the first report of a fireball in Uruguay this year.  

Also: New Zealand, North Island. It had a flurry of activity on the 26th, 27th and 28th across the North Island. One meteor detected on camera was over 10 seconds in duration, low and slow. Overall, about half a dozen were detected over water on both sides of the Island down to Cook Strait, with three stretching over a region of sky south of Auckland (Pacific/Tasman Sea). No NASA airbursts or AMS were logged or reported within the time frame, so it's a wait-and-see scenario. The atmosphere (globally) has been quiet, with the risk of a mass stranding (as I see it) regarded as low. Spyhopping whales on the 24th is a strong indicator that something is annoying them, but hopefully, like the past Chatham Island whales, they will settle. Just a reminder, if meteors are being picked up on camera of a night that restricted time frame allows for added objects not detected during daylight hours so the flux could be much higher than observed.

Fireballs and whale strandings on the east coast of the USA

Since the May 15th Airburst on the east coast of the America, fireball after fireball was seen, even a daylight meteor over New York that created a sonic boom causing a tremor. See the posts below for events and further information. Note: These are just animal strandings in Massachusetts and do not include surrounding states, which is concerning.

6/28/2024: 146 live dolphins stranded, 37 died, 7 euthanized, 102 survived.

7/05/2024: 4 dead dolphins.

7/06/2024: Dead dolphin.

7/10/2014: Dead Loggerhead turtle this summer.

7/10/2024: Dead Minke Whale.

7/12/2024: Dead Humpback whale, last was seen healthy had the name ‘Lollipop.

7/14/2024: Dead Humpback Whale.

7/18/2024: Dead dolphin (in oil soot by offshore wind vessel). It is not known if this was the cause of the whale's death.

7/19/2024: Unidentified dolphin or small whale found today.

9 stranded, deceased marine wildlife events in Massachusetts in less than a month – New Bedford Guide

Above are the events witnessed and catalogued by the AMS in Massachusetts in June and July. None were recorded in the state in the month before, apart from the event to the top right, a large meteor/airburst on May 15th, out of the activity zone. There have been strandings in the area to the north from Massachusetts into Nova Scotia, which is south of Newfoundland.