SUMMARY

SUMMARY

This is a widely reported event occurring after 1AM local time (Eastern). Multiple videos of the event show a long-lasting, bright bolide with a relatively flat trajectory. This event is visible in data from the NOAA GOES East Geostationary Lightning Mapper.

Weather radar imagery from the NOAA NEXRAD network show an apparent meteorite fall in and southeast of the small town of Ingalls, NC. The KFCX, KGSP, KJKL, and KMRX radars detected the event at altitudes ranging from 15.5 km above sea level (ASL) down to 4.3 km ASL. Using the Jormungandr dark flight model, all of these signatures are estimated to be less than small meteorites, with calculated masses ranging from dust to 3.5g. Detection of small masses is typical for meteorite falls due to the radar sensitivity range and slow fall speed of small meteorites.

Eyewitness accounts of the event were recorded by the American Meteor Society in event #4759 in year 2024.

At the time of this writing (09 Sep 2024) no meteorites had been recovered from this event. The fall site is heavily wooded.