A meteor is the most probable cause of a bright, colourful fireball witnessed by thousands of people in a wide swath of the southwestern United States on Wednesday night, according to NASA. Residents from Southern California to Arizona to Las Vegas reported seeing a streak of light move rapidly from west to east around 7:45 p.m. PDT on Wednesday, Sept. 14. Don Yeomans, manager of NASA’s Near-Earth Object Program Office at JPL commented: “We’re virtually certain this bright display was caused by a meteor, probably the size of a baseball or basketball, that burned up in Earth’s atmosphere. It appeared much larger because of the heated and glowing atmosphere along its path.” Read more: http://www.irishweatheronline.com/n...s-witness-southwestern-us-fireball/37884.html
