NASA Says a Meteor Might Have Just Passed Over the Statue of Liberty

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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
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NASA is estimating that a meteor passed above parts of New York City on 
Tuesday morning, accounting for glimpses of a “fireball” 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 Manhattan’s 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 NASA’s Meteoroid Environments Office, told local 
station PIX11 that it appeared no meteorites had been produced by the 
event. As for the loud “boom” 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.