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Giant Fireball: What the (HECK) Was That?
Reports of sightings come in from Virginia, DC and around the region.
By Todd Richissin
If you were outside last night at about 8:30 or so, maybe you saw it:Ā A giant fireball hurtling across the region.
The American Meteor Society has received more than 60 reports of the fireball, which appears to have been over Lancaster County in Maryland, but plenty visible from Virginia and Washington, DC.Ā
If you were outside last night at about 8:30 or so, maybe you saw it:Ā A giant fireball hurtling across the region.
The American Meteor Society has received more than 60 reports of the fireball, which appears to have been over Lancaster County in Maryland, but plenty visible from Virginia and Washington, DC.Ā
WTOP reported that multipleĀ reports of a giant fireballĀ came in to itsĀ newsroom, including from oneĀ listener traveling eastbound on Interstate 66 toward the Route 7 exit.
Greg Redfern, WTOP's space expert, said he and another person saw the fireball aboutĀ 8:25 p.m.
Reports of sightings also came from New Jersey, New York, ConnecticutĀ and Pennsylvania.
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