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.
If you have any photos of video, send to news@wokv.com or on Twitter @WOKVNews.
#firstalertwx another view from NC of early morning meteor - appears to have broken up before contacting ground @WOKVNews https://t.co/QXBnlNmTq4
— Mike Buresh (@MikeFirstAlert) April 4, 2019
#Fireball over South & North Carolina this morning around 6:50am.
— AMSMETEORS (@amsmeteors) April 4, 2019
If you saw this event or/and if you have photos & videos: https://t.co/N0EuOVkOgj
Event page: https://t.co/aK1DKBz8qp
- we are still investigating this event - pic.twitter.com/aYhOlMsE91
Here's some more video of the meteor from this morning near Charleston. @wsbtv https://t.co/SHwfUOQL6h
— Brian Monahan, WSB (@BMonahanWSB) April 4, 2019
#firstalertwx this morning's meteor visible in #JacksonvilleFL as seen from a tower cam in the Carolina's @WOKVNews https://t.co/C3DpvEurkq
— Mike Buresh (@MikeFirstAlert) April 4, 2019
American Meteor Society has gotten more than 100 fireball reports in the southeast over the last hour. Did you see it?https://t.co/7ERVdHc3F0
— Brian Monahan, WSB (@BMonahanWSB) April 4, 2019
