Daylight Green Fireball Crosses Mid-Atlantic as NASA Confirms Breakup Over New Jersey

Overview

• NASA, which verified Tuesday’s event, said the meteor first appeared off Long Island and broke apart high above Galloway, New Jersey.
• The American Meteor Society logged roughly 186 to 200 eyewitness reports from Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.
• Many witnesses described bright green fragments and a brief breakup, and some New Jersey residents reported loud booms that shook homes.
• Bob Lunsford of the American Meteor Society said this was the first reported green fireball seen in daylight in their records.
• A fireball is an unusually bright meteor, yet daylight cases are hard to capture on video, and no meteorites or damage have been confirmed as analysis continues.