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Sky and Social Media Light Up as Meteor Flashes Through East Coast Skies

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Jeff Bohen

Twitter and Facebook came alive last night with reports of strange lights in the sky across the eastern skies.

Below is a YouTube video of the event.

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In a Philly.com post,  Bill Cooke of NASA’s Meteoroid Environmental Office said the flash appears to be “a single meteor event.” He said it “looks to be a fireball that moved roughly toward the southeast, going on visual reports.”

Did you see sky light up?  Have additional video or photo’s? Please share them with us.

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Jeff Bohen

Jeff Bohen

Jeff Bohen is a former member of LevittownNow.com’s staff. Jeff was born and raised on the streets of Brooklyn, New York. He is an avid New York sports fan who studied and worked in the Mental Health system of four different states. Jeff came to journalism late in life initially desiring to be a sports broadcaster. Mentors at Temple University Dept of Journalism pointed Jeff towards broadcasting and covering news which he’s been doing since 2009. Jeff loves heavy metal, signs and is the best air guitarist he knows. Jeff spends his free time stalking out stories throughout the nooks and crannies of Lower Bucks.