The International Meteor Organization received over 50 reports so far about a fireball event over the Netherlands on March 25th 2016 around 23:00 GMT. The fireball was seen primarily from Belgium and from the Netherlands but witnesses from France, Luxembourg and the UK also reported the event.

If you saw this fireball, please report it here.

Below is the ground trajectory of the fireball’s entry plotted by the IMO using data from the witness sightings. This map shows also the location of the witnesses.

IMO #1157-2016IMO Event #1157-2016 – Ground trajectory and Witnesses location

This event has been caught on tape by Klaas Jobse from Oostkapelle (the Netherlands):

The fireball has also been captured by the French Network FRIPON (Fireball Recovery and InterPlanetary Observation Network) from Lille, Arras et Cappelle la Grande (North of France).

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IMO Event #1157-2016 – Image by FRIPON

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