{"id":791754,"date":"2024-12-05T07:39:07","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T12:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=791754"},"modified":"2024-12-05T07:39:07","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T12:39:07","slug":"daylight-fireball-over-kansas-and-oklahoma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=791754","title":{"rendered":"Daylight fireball over Kansas and Oklahoma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>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.<\/strong><\/p>\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 #7432-2024 caught from Bixby US\" width=\"1110\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_wfjwV_rq8Q?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><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Daylight fireball over Kansas and Oklahoma on December 2, 2024. Credit: AMS\/Braxton Banks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The American Meteor Society (AMS) received 37 reports and one video of the event.<\/p>\n<p>People reporting to AMS described the fireball as having a red\/orange head and a white tail, lasting between 1 and 3 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>One user from Bronson, KS described it as bright white, changing to orange and then to green and blue.<\/p>\n<p>Another user from Hutchinson, KS said the fireball \u2018looked 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.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was driving so I could not take photo or film,\u201d a user from Sapulpa, OK said. \u201cI was so awestruck I could not speak or think, just stare, really.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A person from Tulsa, OK said he was able to spot it while driving in broad daylight. \u201cIt was the brightest I\u2019ve ever personally seen. It looked like a flame being lit in the sky.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt seemed to have a tail behind it. I really only lost view of it because of the buildings in the skyline,\u201d another user from Enid, OK said.<\/p>\n<p>Most observers reported the fireball fragmented into several pieces, describing them as yellow, orange, and even gray\/black.<\/p>\n<p>There was no sound associated with it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Daylight fireball over Kansas and Oklahoma on December 2, 2024 \u2013 heatmap and trajectory. Image credit: AMS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Reference:<\/p>\n<p><sup>1<\/sup> Fireball event 7432-2024 \u2013 AMS \u2013 Accessed on December 5, 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\/12\/05\/daylight-fireball-kansas-oklahoma\/?rand=772151\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A daylight fireball was observed over Kansas and Oklahoma at around 13:15 CST (19:15 UTC) on December 2, 2024. 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