Hundreds capture spectacular fireball passing uncomfortably close to Earth Richard Luscombe in Miami © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Paul Fleet/Alamy To the American Meteor Society it was simply Event 2281-2021, an unremarkable name for a spectacular fireball that made an uncomfortably close pass to Earth on Monday. A fiery trail and apparent space-rock explosion was captured on doorbell cameras and dashcams and was visible to stargazers from Florida to the Bahamas as it passed an estimated 9,300 miles above the planet at about 10.19pm ET. A TV crew in West Palm Beac...