Fireball over Norway

2026, March 1. Norway. Fireball. Time: 20:31. Duration: 9 seconds. It was seen as far south as Goslar in Germany to Ålesund on the central west coast of Norway 1200 km apart. Burned up 58 km above ground. It was clearly captured on cameras in Oslo, Larvik, Moss, and Trondheim, allowing scientists to determine its trajectory precisely. It appeared over the Swedish west coast near Lysekil, crossed the Skagerrak, entered over the Norwegian coast between Risør and Tvedestrand, continued over Agder and Bygland, and then burned up completely. This is a second fireball in the region after the February 22nd event over Sweden. It remains to be seen if this activity translates to cetacean strandings after the cluster of fireballs over Denmark, the surrounding waters, and the resulting sperm whale deaths. Without any satellite data in the North Sea or lower Arctic Ocean, there is a large data blind. See posts below. 

Norsk meteornettverk  

Pulse Strandings in Germany after Meteor Activity

2025, May 12. Germany, Schleswig-Holstein, St. Peter-Ording. A Humpback whale 10 meters long, and the cause of its death is still unknown. This is the third stranding in the region. A 14-meter cachalot (sperm whale) was found on the island of Sylt, and then a younger and emaciated humpback whale was found on the island of Minzener-Oog. In February 2024 there was a pulse of strandings that came after fireball activity. This has played out the same way as in Denmark and Norway.

Cetacean strandings, Meteor events and Alge blooms

 2025, April 26. Scotland, Aberdeenshire. Harbour porpoise. Slight decomposition.

2025, April 27. Crete, Rethymno. A mutilated dead dolphin, missing the lower half of its body, was washed ashore.

2025, April 27. Norway, harbor in Kjøllefjord in Lebesby municipality. Dead juvenile humpback whale.

2025, April 27. Scotland, North Ayrshire. Harbour porpoise. Freshly dead on beach.

2025, April 28. Southern Ocean/South Indian Ocean, 400 km NNW of French Southern and Antarctic Lands. Airburst. Coordinates: (45.1S, 67.3E). Altitude: 31km. E = 3.4. -e – 0.12kt or 120,000 kg/TNT. Airburst Ratio 2024-2025 4:17.

2025, April 28. Senegal, near Kayar (Cayar ). Dead immature Bryde's whale.

2025, April 28. USA, California, Ventura Pier. Dead dolphin.

2025, April 28. Scotland, North Ayrshire. Harbour porpoise. Moderate-advanced decomposition.

2025, April 29. USA, Oregon, Smith River. Stranded whale on sandbar.

2025, April 29. USA, Massuchusetts, Nantucket. Bottlenose Dolphin.

2025, April 29. Scotland, Highland. Short-beaked common dolphin/striped dolphin (indeterminate species).

2025, April 29. USA, Massuchusetts, Black Point Beach in Chilmark. A mature 27-foot, male Minke whale.

2025, April 29. USA, Florida, North Atlantic. Fireball. Time: around 02:49 UT. Traveling NE.

2025, April 30. Philippines, Pangil beach. A dolphin stranded and died. BFAR records showed that four marine animals had been stranded or beached in the Navotas and Caaoacan coastal villages in Laoag City and Pangil, Currimao, since March.

2025, May 1. Philippines, Cabaian Bay, BuLahan Beach, Bacabac, Liloan, Southern Leyte. Dead dolphin.

2025, May 1. Galapagos Islands. A pygmy or dwarf whale washed ashore dead.

2025, May 2. Philippines, Barangay Pangil, Currimao, Ilocos Norte. A dead juvenile dolphin was found on the beach.

2025, May 2. USA, Massachusetts, Quincy. Stillborn dolphin.

2025, May 2. Bangladesh, Payra River, near the Sagar estuary in Taltoli Upazila, Barguna. Dead Irrawaddy Dolphin.

2025, May 3. USA, New York, Rockaway Beach, 97th Street. Beached Humpback whale.

2025, May 3. USA, South Carolina, Hilton Head Island, located near the Marriott Grand Ocean resort, near Coligny Beach Park. A cachalot (sperm whale).

Add Ins: There have been over a dozen cetacean deaths in Scotland and one in Hong Kong. 

Also, the Temp Rise/Meteor/Alge Bloom event in California has ended. This has been the third event after the one in Florida and Australia. Looking back at Australian records, this rise in temperature, along with meteor activity, that creates algal proliferation, is rather common. Meteor activity does give rise to plankton activity in the Southern Ocean, so it is understandable that, given the right conditions, this would spin up the process elsewhere. 

Other Western Australian Meteor on the 30th of April. Detected at great distance. Comes after April 27th meteors. See previous post.

Further cetacean strandings

Added whale strandings, with others catalogued at a later date.

2025, March 22. Philippines, Babuyan Islands, Calayan, Sitio Katanapan, Barangay Dibay. A Cuvier’s beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris) was found stranded. The whale, a male measuring 5.18 meters, was already in a decomposed state when reported by local residents.

2025, April 2 (Date sometime in last week). Norway, Dverberg on the island of Andoya. Cachalot (sperm whale). The sperm whale washed ashore in the town in a moderate state of decomposition. It was a male animal about 15.7 meters long.