A large fireball was spotted streaking across the Southern California sky, and researchers can't confirm whether or not it was a meteor.
"I saw it while I was driving," NBC 4 viewer AnnMarie told the news stations via Twitter. "I thought it was a firework!"
The North American Aerospace Defense Command weather department believes the bright object in the sky may have been part of a larger meteor shower, CNN reported. A fireball was also spotted not to long ago on labor day in New Jersey.
"We've gotten numerous phone calls of people reporting seeing something bright-consistent with a meteor shower---over the eastern desert communities of San Diego," Lt. Michael Munsey of the San Diego Sheriff's Department, told CNN.
The range of sightings stretched to "Arizona, Utah and Las Vegas."
"I saw this big, greenish flash like, light up the sky. It was headed pretty sideways from like, east to west. I thought, 'Is that a firework?' And then I realized, that couldn't be that big. It's just in the middle of nowhere in a totally dark area where there's no houses or anything where anyone would shoot fireworks. I thought, 'Man, it must have been a meteor,'" Matthew Isaacs, from Mission Viejo, who was also driving at the time, told CNN affiliate KCBS.
The object may have been part of the South Taurids meteor showers, which are generally visible at this time of year.
"I saw the meteor. It was huge and broke into three large pieces," NBC viewer Jonathan told the outlet.
The meteor was generally agreed upon as having a green hue.
"I saw two prominent blue green flashes about a half second apart, and remember thinking, 'Lightning? In San Diego?' When I looked up by reflex, to the east I saw the remnants of the fireball. I reported it as travelling east, but thinking back, and after reading on here it was moving west, I cannot recall if I actually saw enough of it to say how it was heading. It was blue green in color, however, and I did not hear any booms," a resident commented on the American Meteor Society website.
A video was uploaded to Youtube which claims to have captured the supposed meteor.
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