While all eyes were on Hurricane Dorian spinning through the Bahamas, last night saw a meteorite explode over NY State.
People living in Central New York who reported hearing a loud, fearful boom on Monday night can rest relatively easily -- it was likely just a fiery rock from the far flung reaches of outer space.
The American Meteor Society said on Tuesday that witness reports of a "boom," which was accompanied by a bright streak of light across the sky, was likely a large fireball entering the Earth's atmosphere over Lake Ontario.
To read more on CNN:
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/09/03/us/central-new-york-fireball-scn-trnd/index.html
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