Many people in New England spotted a fireball overhead Sunday night, with some even reporting a boom or a rumble.An airport security video camera in Burlington, Vermont, caught the meteor streaking through the sky at about 5:38 p.m. More than 100 reports were made to the American Meteor Society from New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts and Canada.NASA researchers said the rock was traveling about 42,000 mph when it entered the sky about 52 miles above Mount Mansfield State Forest in northern Vermont. It traveled 33 miles before fragmenting overhead with the force of more than 400 pounds of TNT, resulting in a pressure wave that created the sounds heard by some people in northern Vermont.The pressure wave was recorded by infrasound stations, which capture low-frequency sound that can travel for great distances. Based on the information from those stations, researchers were able to calculate that the meteor was probably 6 inches in diameter and weighed 10 pounds.Researchers said the meteor was probably a fragment of an asteroid.Did you see it? If you have images or videos, you are welcome to email them to storyideas@wmur.com or upload them to u local (via our upload button or the u local New Hampshire Facebook group).
Many people in New England spotted a fireball overhead Sunday night, with some even reporting a boom or a rumble.
An airport security video camera in Burlington, Vermont, caught the meteor streaking through the sky at about 5:38 p.m. More than 100 reports were made to the American Meteor Society from New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts and Canada.
NASA researchers said the rock was traveling about 42,000 mph when it entered the sky about 52 miles above Mount Mansfield State Forest in northern Vermont. It traveled 33 miles before fragmenting overhead with the force of more than 400 pounds of TNT, resulting in a pressure wave that created the sounds heard by some people in northern Vermont.
The pressure wave was recorded by infrasound stations, which capture low-frequency sound that can travel for great distances. Based on the information from those stations, researchers were able to calculate that the meteor was probably 6 inches in diameter and weighed 10 pounds.
Researchers said the meteor was probably a fragment of an asteroid.
Did you see it? If you have images or videos, you are welcome to email them to storyideas@wmur.com or upload them to u local (via our upload button or the u local New Hampshire Facebook group).