The meteor passed over the city's iconic Statue of Liberty before disintegrating high above Manhattan, NASA's Meteor Watch said.
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The meteor passed over the city's iconic Statue of Liberty before disintegrating high above Manhattan, NASA's Meteor Watch said.
Residents of the city flooded the internet with reports of a fireball in the sky, with some describing the feeling of an earthquake and others recounting the sound of a thunderstorm.
"At a speed of 34,000 miles per hour, the meteor descended at a steep angle of just 18 degrees from the vertical, passing over the Statue of Liberty before disintegrating 29 miles above midtown Manhattan," the US space agency NASA wrote.
Bell camera footage uploaded to the American Meteor Society (AMS) shows a bright flash in the sky above Wayne, a city in the state of New Jersey that neighbors New York.
According to the AMS website, it has received a total of 43 reports from witnesses related to the meteorite.
In its update, NASA emphasized that “this trajectory is very rough and uncertain; it is based on several eyewitness accounts, and there is currently no camera or satellite data available to refine the decision". | BGNES
