I live in Havre de Grace Maryland and was walking my dog at 9:30PM and out of my pheriphal vision I saw a big ball of fire streaking through the skies. I thought it was a plane on fire. I went to get a better look and it was gone. It was the most amazing sight I have ever seen. I didn't read about it or see anything on the news, so I called the sun papers and a Frank I'm sorry I don't remember his last name told me that it was a meteor. It was simply amazing....debby markow

I also saw the object while I was outside my home in Darlington. It was bright, blue-green in color, and moving from south to west approximately 20-25 degrees above the horizon. I would estimate the duration to be in the 2-3 second range.

I saw this fireball also on Tuesday at approx. 9:25 to 9:30 pm. I am in the Owings Mills area. It began at almost 45 degrees above horizon, persisted at least 5 seconds, but unfortunately for me I did not see it end, it simply disappeared behind a row of houses across the street from me. The location was roughly Southwest.

This object was extremely bright: a huge fireball and at first I thought "fireworks" then I realized it was simply the brightest meteor I had ever seen. With Jupiter in the sky nearby, I would say if you lined up 2 Jupiters high, and 2 wide (a grid of 4 Jupiters touching) -- THAT was the size of this fireball ... and maybe a bit larger than that.

This fireball appears to have been very high and well to the south of Baltimore. Here is a comment from a reader in North Carolina:

" I wanted to let you know that we saw the meteor down here in Goldsboro NC Tuesday night as well. Was heading roughly SE to NW. It was a definable ‘fiery ball’ with a trailing tail."

That sounds like the meteor was much higher in the sky as seen in North Carolina than it appeared from Baltimore - maybe even directly over head. And the fact that this reader noted a persistent train suggests he was much closer than the Maryland observers. It seems quite possible that the meteor entered the atmosphere somewhere over North Carolina, traveling toward the northwest. From Maryland, that was perceived as left to right over the southern horizon.

My husband and I saw the fireball streaking east to west about 9:30 Tuesday when we were driving south on 83 in Baltimore City. It was very bright and greenish and quite thrilling. He saw a smokey trail. I turned to see if there was an explosion in Pikesville to the west!

Robert Lunsford of the American Meteor Society wrote me this the following day via email:
"A very bright fireball occurred over the mid-Atlantic states last night. So far I have five reports of this object with no doubt, many more to arrive. From the data provided it appears this object was a member of the Antihelion
meteor shower, currently located in the constellation of Sagittarius. This shower is active year-round from a source opposite the sun. It usually only produces 1-2 meteors per hour but as you witnessed, some of them can be quite bright."

Thanks for sharing your sightings on this site!
Ann Rubino

i think i saw it too. i was in Frisco, NC and to the south a bright meteor fell, very low to the horizon, it was visible for a long time, had quite a long tail and had a greenish tint

I saw it as well in Washington, DC. Green, 4-5 second visibility before it went behind the city skyline. You can imagine how bright it must have been to be visible with the city glare.

While I watched, and before it disappeared behind the city block, it broke into three pieces. It was enough to make your hair stand on end!

I know the thread is about recent fireballs and meteor activity but I think most will be interested in a fireball I saw about two years ago. While reading comments here what I notice most is everyone who sees one feels they have seen an amazing sight. That is exactly what I felt. I am in Maryland and was drivng route 100 E nearing Coca Cola Drive. It was late at night and almost no one was on the highway. From the sky (on my right) what appeared to be a ball of fire dropping straight down caught my view. It was falling so fast and so large (from my distance it appeared to be the size of a basket ball) but must have been much bigger actually. The ball broke-sort of crackled-apart as it was falling. Although I have been told that it was probably miles away-maybe even in another state, this ball appeared to be dropping right into the woods near Coca Cola drive. What amazed me was my reaction. I was so afraid at first because this is not something usual, I put on my brakes hard. Thank God the road was bare. I could have had an accident. Once I realized what it was-this took about half a second-I composed myself and felt amazed and fortunate. At home, I began seeking info on the web to see what this was. I actually reported it on a meteor data base but never heard more about it. I was certain somone in MD would find it or have seen it. Later I heard sky debrea had been heavy that month and meteors had been spotted in PA. What is most strange is this fire ball was dropping straight down. At least from my perspective it was not at all moving at an angel. This is why I thought surely it must have hit the ground and must have been close. Anyway, I feel fortunate to have seen it.

Shealy

I know this is going to sound weird, but just a few nights ago I saw something similar to what is being described above, it was like a large fire ball. It came from the sky traveling from south to north. I was in Rockville, MD and the fire ball appeared to fall in to the Germantown area. I never heard a sound from a landing or explosion. There was nothing in the news about it. So I just said so what! Now that I see that others have seen similar object I decided to chime in. The date was something like Sept 25th or 26th 2007.

I magically seen a huge fireball which filled up my massive living room window. I thought my life was over. It then disappeared within 7 seconds. I discovered this a long time ago. Has anyone have any clue to what it is that i had seen