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.  

Meteor Airburst in USA

The size, energy yield, altitude and sonic boom data will be incredibly valuable to my whale stranding research.

2026, March 17. USA, Ohio, Cleveland, Lake Erie. Airburst. Coordinates: (41.2N, 82.0W). Time: around 08:56 AM local time. Diameter: roughly 6 feet in diameter and weighing about 7 tons. Altitude: 45km. Velocity: 14.91 km/s. Energy: e = 12.6e10, -e = 0.37 or 370,000 kg/TNT. Fourth airburst of the year recorded by NASA. The meteor was first visible at an altitude of 50 miles above Lake Erie, off the beaches of Lorain in northern Ohio, the agency said. Trajectory: SSE at 53,693 km/h. Seen in Canada, Pennsylvania, Virginia. It was seen as far south as North Carolina, north in St. Ignace, Minnesota, west in Freeport, Illinois. Sonic Boom heard over a wide region. Concurrent and delayed sound. The initial explosion was followed by echos that lasted 12+ seconds. At Sandusky, Ohio, 93km to the origin it was seen at 8:56:41 and heard at 9:01:25 am. This calculates to 4 minutes and 44 seconds. Rough estimate based on -5 Degrees Celsius, average temp and ameteur speed of sound calculations. A witness from 182 km to the east: “I heard an initial boom, and a secondary "boom/woosh" about 3 seconds later”. “It sounded like a sonic boom from a jet. Louder than I’d imagine”. “The sonic boom came first then the whole house shook violently”. There are reports the explosion was heard as far way as New York 650 km to the east. Meteorite Recovery: The debris area where a search for meteorites will likely commence is between Medina, OH and Wadsworth, Ohio along Wadsworth Rd.near River Styx Park. Also could be some fragments between Chippewa Lake and Ganger... all in Medina County, Ohio.