{"id":160345,"date":"2026-04-08T10:59:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T10:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/160345\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T10:59:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T10:59:18","slug":"meteor-fireball-streaks-across-sky-over-new-jersey-pennsylvania-and-new-york-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/160345\/","title":{"rendered":"Meteor fireball streaks across sky over New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Brief<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A meteor fireball was seen over Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania on Tuesday, April 7.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">NASA says the fireball traveled 117 miles before breaking up above Galloway, New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The American Meteor Society received 186 reports, including 28 from New Jersey, with some witnesses seeing green fragments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">PHILADELPHIA &#8211; A meteor fireball streaked across the sky Tuesday afternoon, with eyewitnesses in five states reporting a bright daytime flash, according to NASA and the American Meteor Society.<\/p>\n<p>Meteor fireball reported over the Northeast<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">What we know<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">NASA confirmed the meteor first became visible at 2:34 p.m. Tuesday, April 7, about 48 miles above the Atlantic Ocean off the shore of Mastic Beach on Long Island.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The fireball traveled southwest at 30,000 mph, covering 117 miles through the upper atmosphere before disintegrating 27 miles above Galloway, north of Atlantic City.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The American Meteor Society said, &#8220;186 fireballs were reported by four this afternoon &#8212; including 28 from New Jersey.&#8221; Some people described seeing &#8220;green-colored fragments streaking across the sky for several seconds,&#8221; according to the society.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Eyewitnesses in Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania reported seeing the fireball.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">NASA also confirmed the meteor sighting earlier Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Reports and reactions from across the region<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Local perspective<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The meteor was first seen over the Atlantic Ocean near Long Island and ended its visible path above Galloway, New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"&lt;div&gt;Nick Brucato captured the fireball while in Whiting, New Jersey, Ocean County Tuesday.&lt;\/div&gt;\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/19904789112c37078865aa199e46de5f.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Nick Brucato captured the fireball while in Whiting, New Jersey, Ocean County Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The sighting was visible in broad daylight, making it a rare event for many residents in the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">What we don&#8217;t know<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It is not yet clear if any meteorite fragments reached the ground or if there was any impact damage reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Source<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Information from NASA Space Alerts, the American Meteor Society, and Nick Brucato.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief A meteor fireball was seen over Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania on Tuesday,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":160346,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[64528,64486,72430,72431,30949,915,28,30,29],"class_list":{"0":"post-160345","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pennsylvania","8":"tag-american-meteor-society","9":"tag-fireball","10":"tag-galloway","11":"tag-meteor-sighting","12":"tag-nasa","13":"tag-new-jersey","14":"tag-pennsylvania","15":"tag-pennsylvania-headlines","16":"tag-pennsylvania-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}