On March 20, 2021, around 14h 53min UT, a very bright fireball was observed in daylight from North-Western France and Southern Great Britain. Some sonic booms were also heard from Souther Brittany regions.
As this fireball occured in daylight, few meteor observing video stations were active: your visual reports and any information regarding this meteor are thus of prime importance! If you observed it, please fill in an Online Fireball Report Form.
![Figure 1- Visual reports and heat map of the witnesses of the March 20, 2021, ~14h 53min UT fireball over the Channel. Credit: IMO/AMS.](https://www.imo.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/reports2_fireball_200321_1453UT-1024x671.jpg)
A few pictures have been received yet, but one, from Emma O. (Figure 2) shows the fireball on a blue sky, giving an idea of the luminosity of this event, which may have been brighter than a Full Moon.
![Figure 2- Cropped image of the March 20,2021, ~14h 53min UT fireball captured from Jersey island. Credit: Emma O.](https://www.imo.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/fireball_20032021_1453TU_cropped.png)
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Last updated: 21/03/2021, 10h 23min UT