Spectacular Meteor Disintegrated Over Milford: NASA

Sky watchers throughout the Northeast reported seeing a meteor that NASA scientists say broke up over Milford Saturday night. MILFORD, CT — Were yo...

March 19, 2023
5:00 AM

Sky watchers throughout the Northeast reported seeing a meteor that NASA scientists say broke up over Milford Saturday night. MILFORD, CT — Were you one of the 70 Northeast residents who saw a fireball streak across Connecticut skies this weekend? The American Meteor Society turned the reports over to NASA, whose analysts determined the unexpected light show was a meteor that disintegrated 34 miles above Milford. …but not before 70 sky watchers in Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont took note of it at 8:02 on Saturday night.

Rich Kirby