Southern California residents have reported seeing a "fireball" in the night sky.
Reports starting coming in from people in San Diego and Santa Barbara around 8 p.m. on Wednesday. The National Weather Service have said this was more than likely a meteor associated with the South Taurids meteor shower which is active in early November.
Sky News report that astronomers say the Taurids doesn't produce a lot of visible meteors, but a higher number of extremely bright ones – which is more than likely what was seen last night.
People obviously took to Twitter to discuss what they saw:
Search "meteor" on Twitter right now. Something just happened over us and I'm not gonna freak out.
kelly oxford
@kellyoxford
Search "meteor" on Twitter right now. Something just happened over us and I'm not gonna freak out.
I saw the entire sky turn white tonight in Carlsbad California.. I have never seen any such thing ! #sandiego #meteor
Brock
@Quasimotos
I saw the entire sky turn white tonight in Carlsbad California.. I have never seen any such thing ! #sandiego #meteor
Sightings of a #fireball #meteor in the sky, followed by a #flash in Southern California minutes ago..
reneeroman300
@reneeroman300
Sightings of a #fireball #meteor in the sky, followed by a #flash in Southern California minutes ago..
Local news stations had footage of what happened:
NEW: Screengrab from video (http://t.co/Ef9K3rXKqU) shows flash of blue light from #meteor http://t.co/ZkhnZNIxbA
Zachary Stieber
@ZackStieber
NEW: Screengrab from video (http://t.co/Ef9K3rXKqU) shows flash of blue light from #meteor http://t.co/ZkhnZNIxbA
Although that didn't stop people from creating their own versions of what the meteor looked like:
Exclusive shot of #meteor over #LosAngeles. cc: @KTLANewsDesk @NBCLA #fireball #California #LA
Dan Rollmanâš¡ï¸
@snerko
Exclusive shot of #meteor over #LosAngeles. cc: @KTLANewsDesk @NBCLA #fireball #California #LA
Including this inevitable shot:
Wow. My friend I'm California just send me this pic he took of a huge meteor over Los Angeles!
Brad Gorman
@BradGorman
Wow.
My friend I'm California just send me this pic he took of a huge meteor over Los Angeles!
People in Arizona, Nevada and Utah also reportedly saw the meteor.