According to the American Meteorological Society, the fireball, which is a type of meteor, was spotted in Florida, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee and Kentucky.
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Credit: Usukhbayar Gankhuyag/Unsplash
The organization posted several user-submitted videos of the sightings on YouTube. According to the nonprofit organization, there have been more than 375 reports about the slow and bright fireball.
This is the second large meteor sighting over the East Coast this week, with one reported on Sunday in Florida.
According to Popular Science, around 60 tons of space dust -- coming from meteors, comets and the like -- falls to Earth every day, but it's generally incredibly small.
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