NASA Space Alerts(@NASASpaceAlerts):#MeteorSighting: Eyewitnesses in Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania reported a daytime fireball on Tuesday, April 7, at 2:34 p.m. EDT. First visibility of the meteor was at 48 miles above the Atlantic Ocean, off the shore of Mastic Beach on Long Island. Moving to the southwest at 30,000 mph, the fireball traveled 117 miles through the upper atmosphere before disintegrating 27 miles above the town of Galloway, north of Atlantic City. Meteor questions? Check here: https://t.co/dXj0dr7JA4 More on this fireball: https://t.co/LoH0ToTwUc Eyewitness accounts supplied by the American Meteor Society

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#MeteorSighting#: Eyewitnesses in Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania reported a daytime fireball on Tuesday, April 7, at 2:34 p.m. EDT. First visibility of the meteor was at 48 miles above the Atlantic Ocean, off the shore of Mastic Beach on Long Island. Moving to the southwest at 30,000 mph, the fireball traveled 117 miles through the upper atmosphere before disintegrating 27 miles above the town of Galloway, north of Atlantic City. Meteor questions? Check here: More on this fireball: Eyewitness accounts supplied by the American Meteor Society