Friday Night's Fireball: Did You See It?

Reports of a fireball streaking across the northeastern sky at about 8:50 p.m. Friday have been flooding into news outlets, social media, and the American Meteor Society (AMS).

As of this posting there have been at least 353 reports submitted to the AMS, and three of them are from Brooklyn.

Andrew N. reported:

"There was an airplane visible in the sky at the same time as this phenomenon. The fireball (or whatever it was) was moving at least 5-10 times the speed. It covered about a third of the visible sky in no more than 4 seconds...this thing was moving faaaaast."

He also wrote, "Most of the fireball/trail was a bluish hue, but at the point where it sort of exploded there was a bright flash of yellow, I witnessed at least 3 different visible parts break away from the primary meteor, and for the last half second or so the bluish tint turned to green before it fizzled and faded from sight."

Jorge N. wrote that it was, "so low I thought it was a missile!!!"

Tenisha O. described it as "A glowing train thats fades" with colors of "Oranges, yellows, blues," and that it split into two parts.

Did you see it? Let us know in the comments below!