Possible meteor visible in sky over NE Florida

Jacksonville, FL — We have received numerous reports of what appeared to be a meteor in the sky over Northeast Florida around 6:50am Thursday.  The American Meteor Society reports it received hundreds of similar reports from Jacksonville north into Kentucky. The Society says the event was mostly seen in North and South Carolina and based on the reports they’ve received the fireball went from west to east and ended its flight east of Ivanhoe N.C.

Action News Jax Chief Meteorologist Mike Buresh says it appeared to him to be a meteor.

“It does not appear as though it made contact with the ground. That’s the second one in the last few days.  Sometimes you will get these in bursts. They’re left over debris from generally the formation of the universe”, said Buresh.

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