Can you, please, also quote how this sightings are tallied? Is that an astronomical observation by same people or is that based on self-reporting citizens?

"People see more stuff in the sky" is a common sign for people getting more anxious about attacks from the sky. To my knowledge, first UFO reporting waves happened during cold war when people started to get paranoid about soviet spying.

Homestuck is finally happening?

> The frequency of fireballs in our planet’s skies seemed to grow in recent months.

It feels reductive to point out that this has coincided with a massive increase in the number of small satellites with limited lifespans up there.

(And yes, you'd expect NASA and the AMS to have thought of that but I honestly wouldn't put it past them to be deliberately ignoring Starlink satellites given Musk's political power and petulance to people who cross him.)

The scientists are being killed by space fireballs!? This is conspiracy bigger than I thought!