Apparently the bright object that people reported seeing shooting over the East Coast of the United States last night -- and that left a glittery trail across Twitter -- may well have been a meteor.
Bill Cooke of NASA's Meteoroid Environmental Office told the Associated Press that, "going on visual reports," the flash was "a single meteor event."
"The thing is probably a yard across. We basically have (had) a boulder enter the atmosphere over the northeast," he added.
The object lit up Twitter last night at about 8 p.m. East Coast time, with numerous people registering their surprise and excitement. And of course, a bogus photo or two appeared as well, triggering hasty retweets and retractions, as well as at least one amusing parody shot featuring an astro cat.
Was that a meteor over New York (and zipping across Twitter)? | Cutting Edge - CNET News
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