A daylight fireball was observed over Kansas and Oklahoma at around 13:15 CST (19:15 UTC) on December 2, 2024. The meteor fragmented into multiple pieces, with hues of orange, green, and blue reported. Witnesses noted its vivid visibility despite the broad daylight.
The American Meteor Society (AMS) received 37 reports and one video of the event.
People reporting to AMS described the fireball as having a red/orange head and a white tail, lasting between 1 and 3 seconds.
One user from Bronson, KS described it as bright white, changing to orange and then to green and blue.
Another user from Hutchinson, KS said the fireball ‘looked almost like 2 small momentary streaks in the sky heading towards the ground with a slight arc. Quickly dissipated and was far off in the distance, just caught my eye moving about a parking lot in broad daylight.’
“I was driving so I could not take photo or film,” a user from Sapulpa, OK said. “I was so awestruck I could not speak or think, just stare, really.”
A person from Tulsa, OK said he was able to spot it while driving in broad daylight. “It was the brightest I’ve ever personally seen. It looked like a flame being lit in the sky.”
“It seemed to have a tail behind it. I really only lost view of it because of the buildings in the skyline,” another user from Enid, OK said.
Most observers reported the fireball fragmented into several pieces, describing them as yellow, orange, and even gray/black.
There was no sound associated with it.
Reference:
1 Fireball event 7432-2024 – AMS – Accessed on December 5, 2024