RICHMOND, Va. — Hundreds of people reported seeing a bright streak in the sky over Virginia Saturday night. The fire ball sighting, at about 6:15 p.m., prompted many people to report what they saw on social media.
“Meteor sighting last night over the Richmond area, this one was a monster in which blew apart as it passed over,” Ed Bessette posted on the WTVR CBS 6 News Facebook page.
“Did anyone see something in the sky tonight?” Marie Santiago-Hodges asked. “It was green and yellow streaks in the town of West Point.”
A driver in Falls Church recorded the fire ball on a dashboard camera and posted the clip on YouTube.
A driver in Ohio posted a similar video.
The American Meteor Society is investigating more than 200 reports from Saturday night’s incident.
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