In Signs 112 – Q1 2026 Concerns, we stated, “The concern is that we are entering a new phase and that many more large bolides will light up our skies in the months ahead.” Our concerns were well-founded.
June is statistically the lowest month of the year for fireball activity, yet the numbers are unexpected. This includes not only fireballs but also earthquakes for this month. Ergo, June 2026 has proved to be a very surprising month indeed.
Part of this surprise goes back to April of this year, when we announced a new fireball dataset we call the “Huge Event Travel Distance.” The question then became, is this new dataset a passing trend or will it continue? With the June 2026 fireball data, we can now see that this concern has materialized as a multi-month trend at the very least.
As of June 2026, this evolving trend showed a significant uptick for what has historically been a low-activity month, especially with “Huge Event Travel Distance” fireballs. These surprises bring a simple question to the forefront. Where are these space rocks coming from? With that question in mind, let’s dive into the numbers.
June 2026 Fireballs
Fireballs are reported worldwide, and the American Meteor Society is the primary source for this dataset in North America.
AMS Multistate / Country Fireballs
Multistate/country fireballs cross the borders of multiple states and countries. This is a critical category in the dataset because these fireballs must travel long distances to receive reports from across large geographic areas. We refer to these types of fireballs as “skimmers” because they exhibit flat trajectories.
June 2026 reached first place for this period, ahead of January, February, and May of this year as well. It will be interesting to see whether this uptrend continues.
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AMS Huge Event Fireballs
It’s common for Multistate/Country Fireballs to be reported as major events because a fireball is considered major when 100 or more eyewitnesses report it. We call them “plungers” because of their steep trajectory.
June 2026 set an all-time record for this month and, to our surprise, it is also the second-highest month from January 2022 to the present, including our new trend “Huge Event Travel Distance.”
Huge Event Travel Distance
What we are seeing now is a new trend. Previously, Huge Event fireballs were limited to a narrower reporting area due to their steep trajectories. However, in June 2026, the numbers revealed a new trend for this data subset, which essentially combines Huge Event fireballs with multistate/country fireballs. To illustrate the point, we will show the raw AMS data reporting we use to create our Signs articles for January, March, and April of this year. Note the red bounding boxes for the key data.
As you can see in the June reporting, four Huge Event fireballs showed lengthy, multi-country travel distances. Let’s put this in the context of huge events from January 2009 to present.
In June, we saw four major events with long-distance travel across multiple countries. What we are seeing now is a significant uptick in the number of huge events. It will be interesting to see how the year ends for this dataset.
AMS Monthly Total Fireballs
The monthly total fireballs are the most critical category in this dataset; June 2026 evidenced a significant uptick.
This is a significant statistical increase, and it is concerning because it shows Earth is passing through a dense region of the Nemesis Cloud. The question then becomes the size and duration of this Nemesis Cloud region.
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Yearly AMS Fireball Totals
The total number of fireballs in June 2026 exceeds 2011 to 2015. Yet, just short of topping 2016 and 2017.
Now that we’re in Q3 2026, we’re concerned that the statistical increases across all datasets seen in the Q2 2026 reporting will continue in this new quarter. If so, the risk of a serious impact in the second half of this year will increase.
USGS vs. VOLCANO DISCOVERY 2026 YTD
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June 2026 is historically the lowest month of the year, yet this year it’s in second place, just behind January. This year is remarkable, especially compared with the USGS.
According to Volcano Discovery data, June 2026 came in second for 2026 today. Meanwhile, the USGS numbers remain consistent with their data-capping strategy and stay inside their artificial reporting range.
In June 2026, there were 45,866 earthquakes. Of interest is that there are three earthquakes with magnitudes exceeding 7.o, and 18 with magnitudes between 6.0 and 7.0. What caught our attention was that there were two 7+ values in Venezuela, topped by a 7.8 in the Philippines.
For a month that is historically a low point for fireballs and earthquakes, June 2026 set new records across all datasets. We are anxious to see how the numbers come in for July and August.
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