People in Connecticut, New York, Philadelphia and Delaware Monday afternoon reported seeing an object they said resembled a fiery meteor crossing the sky.
Chris O'Connell, a reporter for Philadelphia's FOX 29, said he saw the object as he was driving on Route 95 near the city's airport south of the Navy Yard and the sports complex. O'Connell described it as "majestic" and "beautiful."
Meteorites are pieces of space rock that look like balls of fire streaking across the sky when they enter the Earth's atmosphere. The majority are remnants of asteroids or possibly comets and their visibility depends on their size – many of them are only a few centimeters in length, and most vaporize before they hit the ground.
As of Monday evening, there were no sighting reports in New Jersey.– TOM HESTER SR., NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM
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