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NASA Says a Meteor Might Have Just Passed Over the Statue of Liberty
SIGN OF THE TIMES
AJ McDougall
Breaking News Reporter
Published Jul. 16, 2024 9:19PM EDT
An aerial view of Statue of Liberty and New York Harbor in New York
City, United States
Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images
NASA is estimating that a meteor passed above parts of New York City on Tuesday morning, accounting for glimpses of a rCLfireballrCY in the sky reported by some residents. Entering the atmosphere at 34,000 miles per
hour, the meteor is believed to have passed over the Statue of Liberty
before disintegrating around 29 miles above ManhattanrCOs Midtown
district. The website of the American Meteor Society, which collects
reports by hobbyists, showed more than a dozen fireball sightings across
New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut just after 11 a.m. local time.
Bill Cooke, lead of NASArCOs Meteoroid Environments Office, told local
station PIX11 that it appeared no meteorites had been produced by the
event. As for the loud rCLboomrCY other residents reported hearing in parts
of Brooklyn, Queens, and New Jersey, NASA tentatively attributed it to military activity being conducted in the area around the time the meteor passed overhead, according to WNBC.
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