A sonic boom. An object streaking across the sky.
Atlantic County was not alone in the sighting of a daytime fireball around 2:30 p.m. Tuesday.
NASA confirmed the fireball, which is one of many the first quarter of the year.
The first visibility of the meteor was at 48 miles above the Atlantic Ocean, off the shore of Mastic Beach on Long Island.
It moved to the southwest at 30,000 miles-per-hour, traveling 117 miles through the upper atmosphere before disintegrating 27 miles above Galloway Township.
Fireballs “are caused by particles that are larger than the ones producing ‘normal’ meteors,” according to NASA.
Below, The Science Studio discusses the "most active fireball sky of the season" that is coming.
