Colorado sky meteor lights up night sky as fireball sparks panic
- A bright meteor was seen crossing the night sky in Colorado on Sunday
- The fireball passed through the sky at about 3:30 a.m. over Broomfield, north of Denver
- Images show a bright flash in the sky as the meteor breaks into smaller pieces
- One onlooker said it moved quickly through the sky, lighting up its neighborhood
A bright meteor seen through the night sky in Colorado caused a brief moment of panic among residents.
Footage shows the fireball moving through the sky around 3:30 a.m. Sunday morning in Broomfield, about 25 minutes north of Denver.
The clip shows the meteor flashing brightly across the sky before breaking into smaller pieces as it fades from view.
At least 30 people saw the meteor as it flew overhead, according to the American Meteor Society.
A bright meteor was seen crossing the night sky in Colorado on Sunday
One onlooker said it moved quickly through the sky, lighting up its neighborhood
One onlooker said it moved quickly through the sky, lighting up his entire neighborhood. KTL reported.
Local residents shared a series of videos on Reddit, with one person saying it was “incredible” to witness.
“Absolutely the most incredible meteor I’ve ever seen. Huge, bright, giant sparks came out. Unbelievable,” they said.
Others were a little confused at first while trying to figure out what it could have been.
“I thought I was going crazy, it was beautiful,” said one.
“Thought it was thunder, but nothing on the radar!” shared another.
“I’ve never seen anything like it!” someone else wrote.
A nurse who worked the night shift said she stepped out at just the right time during recess.
The meteor passed through the sky around 3:30 a.m. over Broomfield, north of Denver
“It literally lit up the whole area with a blue light and was huge in the sky,” they said.
“In the few seconds I saw it cast these long shadows from the tree and other nearby objects that moved as the object passed through the air — you could see the tail and the fluctuation of color on the surface as different elements burned out .
“I waited for the thump of the impact, but it never happened lol.”
It comes after a massive fireball lit up the sky over the south. More than 50 sightings in Texas, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana and Florida of a massive fireball flying through the sky were recorded by the American Meteor Society.
Witnesses said they saw a bright falling object “like fireworks” lighting up the sky at around 4:30 am on July 24.
Multiple shots of the bright burst of falling light show flashes of green, blue, orange and yellow light.
One person from Frankston, Texas, said they had seen shooting stars, but nothing like it.
“It was very clear and very lively. I saw the heat coming from the front circle in a flame and leave a trail of fire behind,” they said.
Earlier this month, an amateur astronomer captured images of the supermoon over West Virginia Wednesday morning when a giant fireball exploded in midair as it fell from space.
Bill Stewart, of Ceredo, was on his roof capturing the brilliant moon when he saw a flaming streak in the sky that “made two audible bangs.”