Sky Fall Citizen Network
A community app where amateur skywatchers and doorbell-camera owners can upload sightings, video, and sound of bolides in real time so scientists can triangulate trajectories and recover fresh meteorites within hours instead of weeks.
amateur astronomers, doorbell-camera owners, and astronomy clubs across North America and Europe
- One-tap bolide sighting report with auto-captured GPS, time, and sky direction
- Trajectory triangulation map that aggregates user reports to predict fall zones
- Doorbell and dashcam clip upload with automated frame-stitching
- Reward notifications when your footage contributed to a recovered meteorite
The Hillsborough fall was reconstructed using a doorbell camera in Wayne, NJ — proving that everyday home security cameras are now an untapped scientific instrument waiting to be networked.
Hillsborough 2024 meteorite generated major coverage (ABC, CBS, Smithsonian) but AMS itself describes fireballs as 'once in a lifetime,' meaning report frequency is inherently low and casual user engagement is thin.This Meteorite Crashed Into a New Jersey Home in 2024. Now, Scientists Say It Contains Some of the Building Blocks of Life ↗Report a Fireball ↗
AMS form-based reporting and the AllSkyCams/CAMS hardware networks already serve the scientific triangulation niche, but no app yet aggregates ordinary doorbell/Ring footage into a real-time triangulated feed — moderate whitespace at the consumer layer.AllSkyCams ↗Cameras for All-Sky Meteor Surveillance — Grokipedia ↗
Leading citizen-science apps (iNaturalist, eBird, Zooniverse) are all free; doorbell owners are unlikely to pay subscriptions for rare events, and the AllSkyCams model only works with dedicated hardware buyers — a slim B2C monetization path.12 Best Citizen Science Apps in 2026 (Full Guide) ↗Buy AllSky7 ↗
Meteor science is an enduring field and doorbell-camera density (Ring/Nest/Google) is still rising, but public interest is event-driven and spikes then fades, making sustained user retention a real risk.Here's how you can report the fireballs and meteors you see ↗
A mobile upload app is straightforward, but accurate trajectory triangulation from heterogeneous doorbell footage requires synchronized timestamps, known camera coordinates, and reliable CV — technically ambitious versus the promised 'hours-not-weeks' recovery.