Caught on Camera: Streaking Meteor Lights Up New England Sky

A Maine police sergeant captured the meteor resembling a giant fireball on his dashboard camera.

The bright flash visible from several states was apparently left by a meteor burning up as it passed through the Earth’s atmosphere. (Photo: AP screengrab)

A Maine police sergeant looking for speeders captured on Tuesday a fireball streaking across the sky on his dashboard camera.

The bright flash visible from several states early on Tuesday was apparently left by a meteor burning up as it passed through the Earth’s atmosphere.

The American Meteor Society reported sightings across the Northeast and in parts of Canada.

(With inputs from AP)