Bright green fireball flashes across Portland area skies around 6:06 a.m.
KATU • • general
Key Points:
- A bright green fireball was reported over the Pacific Northwest around 6:06 a.m., seen by people from Portland to Snohomish, Washington.
- Jim Todd from OMSI explained that a fireball is a particularly bright meteor visible from about 60 to 80 miles above the Earth.
- The American Meteor Society confirmed multiple sightings of the meteor across the region.
- The bright flash results from the meteor traveling at high speeds through the atmosphere, creating friction that heats and vaporizes it.
- Viewers who captured photos or videos of the meteor are encouraged to submit them to KATU via their ChimeIn page.
