One Patrick M. Shober has reported a cluster of meteors. He argues the same clustering-effect happens with the Geminids. The Geminids have a source: 3200 Phaéthon. So a different - but similar - nearEarth asteroid has delivered this set of meteors.
This sort of rock behaves more like a comet. Shober's parent body is probably a C like Phaéthon, or Bennu.
The next project, Shober leaves to others: to get 'scope time for the hunt for this now-invisible asteroid.
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