In April of this year, 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? Based on the August 2026 fireball data, this concern clearly portends a darker future.
When Yowusa.com researcher JP Jones sent me the August data, he added a sobering note. “August, as you will see, was a very busy month for fireballs. We have either peaked, or we are entering a period of pain; time will tell.”
Based on the increasing size of Nemesis evidenced in our updated Nemesis Awareness Collection No. 11, we’re past any hopes for a peak, because the numbers for August 2026 are truly disturbing.