Fireball Streaks Across Virginia Sky (Video)

Several East Coast states got a show, but Virginia at center of sightings. Did you spot it?

Posted Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 11:16 am ET|Updated Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 11:18 am ET

A fireball traveling across the sky over six East Coast states gave a lot of people a unique show late Thursday.

The Weather Channel notes roughly 95 reports to the American Meteor Society, primarily in the Virginia area at around 10:15 p.m.

See the The American Meteor Society's map of Thursday's fireball reports.

YouTube user Dan Perjar caught the fireball on video over Raleigh. His video had been seen more than 16,000 times by mid-morning Friday.

If you saw the fireball, the AMS has an official fireball report form.

According to the AMS, "a fireball is another term for a very bright meteor, generally brighter than magnitude -4, which is about the same magnitude of the planet Venus as seen in the morning or evening sky."

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