A meteor sighting is reported in California, other states. See video.
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Key Points:
- A bright fireball meteor was widely observed and recorded by over 300 people, mainly in California, Nevada, and Arizona, on the evening of March 22, according to the American Meteor Society.
- This event marked at least the third notable meteor sighting in the U.S. within a week, including a loud boom in Ohio on March 17 and a meteorite that damaged a home in Texas on March 21.
- Experts explain that meteors, or "shooting stars," are space rocks entering Earth's atmosphere at high speed, burning up to create visible streaks of light; if they reach the ground, they are called meteorites.
- Such meteor phenomena occur frequently worldwide but are rarely seen in populated areas, with the next major meteor shower, the Lyrids, expected in April.
