Meteor lights up sky over Pennsylvania, Ohio
Meteor lights up sky over Pennsylvania, Ohio
Social media users near Pittsburgh reported seeing a streaking fireball around 4 a.m. on Wednesday.
An expert says the flash that lit up the skies over parts of Pennsylvania and Ohio in the early morning hours was most likely a random meteor.
The flash of light occurred just before 6:30 a.m. A trucker driving along I-76 in Pennsylvania was able to capture video of the flash from their dashcam.
The American Meteor Society, a nonprofit group, said it received more than 200 reports of a bright fireball over eastern Ohio.
Robert Lunsford, a society official, said the fireball was most likely a random meteor not associated with any known meteor shower.
It takes an object only the size of a softball to create a flash as bright as the full moon, Lunsford said.
This object was probably a bit larger, Lunsford said, but more analysis would be needed to determine its size.
The American Meteor society said preliminary reports show the fireball traveled from southeast to northwest and ended its flight somewhere over North Benton, Ohio — about 77 miles from Pittsburgh.
Source:
https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2020/10/01/flash-of-light-in-the-sky/
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