{"id":789612,"date":"2024-09-26T08:40:51","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T13:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=789612"},"modified":"2024-09-26T08:40:51","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T13:40:51","slug":"very-bright-fireball-lights-up-sky-over-mexico-texas-border-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=789612","title":{"rendered":"Very bright fireball lights up sky over Mexico-Texas border region"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>A very bright fireball streaked through the night sky over the Mexico \u2013 Texas, U.S. border region at 02:13 UTC on September 25, 2024 (21:13 LT, September 24). The event lasted about 4 seconds before disintegrating.<br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>A very bright fireball was recorded streaking through the night sky over the Mexico \u2013 Texas border region on September 25.<\/p>\n<p>The American Meteor Society (AMS) received 26 reports from the Mexican states of Nuevo Le\u00f3n, Quer\u00e9taro, Tamaulipas, and Texas, U.S.<\/p>\n<p>The reports mention a very bright object that turned the sky and clouds into a bright blue color before disintegrating into at least 3 pieces. Users reported different colors, from white, purple and green to orange and blue.<\/p>\n<p>One of the witnesses, from McAllen, Texas said the fireball grew in brightness before it disappeared, followed by a boom as he lost sight of it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fireball over Mexico \u2013 Texas border region on September 25, 2024 \u2013 heatmap and trajectory. Credit: AMS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"AMS event #5464-2024 caught from San Benito US\" width=\"1110\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PVFckNehdvk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"AMS event #5464-2024 caught from Ciudad Victoria MX\" width=\"1110\" height=\"833\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2qUpaSoy7Hg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>References:<\/p>\n<p><sup>1<\/sup> Fireball event #5464-2024 \u2013 AMS \u2013 September 25, 2024<\/p>\n<p><!-- MOLONGUI AUTHORSHIP PLUGIN 4.9.7 --><br \/>\n<!-- https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/wordpress-plugin-post-authors --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/watchers.news\/2024\/09\/26\/very-bright-fireball-lights-up-sky-over-mexico-texas-border-region\/?rand=772151\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A very bright fireball streaked through the night sky over the Mexico \u2013 Texas, U.S. border region at 02:13 UTC on September 25, 2024 (21:13 LT, September 24). 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