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Sunday Night Fireball Visible In Tuscaloosa County
A bright blue fireball lit up the sky shortly before 6 p.m. Sunday night, which was visible across a wide part of the southeast.
TUSCALOOSA, AL. — If you were in Alabama gazing at the sky shortly before 6 p.m. Sunday night, you might have been greeted by a bright blue flash that was even visible in Tuscaloosa County.
Patch can independently verify that a fireball streaked across the sky at approximately 5:53 p.m., with numerous reports filed with the American Meteor Society (AMS). The highest concentration of reports came primarily from central Alabama. One AMS observer in Brookwood filed the only formal report from Tuscaloosa County.
Fireball over Hoover, AL. NOV 1st, 5:53pm @spann pic.twitter.com/do0CMkFsRt
— Pippye (@HollyeJ2) November 2, 2020
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The eyewitnesses reports made with AMS were consistent, with it being described as light blue in color and flying across the sky in a downward streak with some slight fragmentation.
Here’s another fireball video @spann pic.twitter.com/a19rg8KaGx
— Jason Sears (@jason_sears) November 2, 2020
Observer reports of the Sunday night celestial event were also filed in Kentucky and Tennessee.
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