Did you see it ??? Click here to report a meteor / fireball
Relax — the sky is not falling.
A spokesman with the Federal Aviation Administration said late tonight that the flying fireball in the sky was most likely a meteor.
“Given that it was seen by a large number of people across so many miles makes it likely it was a meteor or a piece of space junk, but most likely a meteor,” said spokesman Lynn Lunsford with the FAA’s Southwest region office.
The administration has received reports from as far north as Oklahoma to as far south as Houston, Lunsford said.
Earlier: Possible meteor sightings have been reported in Texas and Oklahoma this evening, according to news reports.
Multiple reports of sightings have come in to officials from across Travis County, including Pflugerville, Manor and Bee Cave, but so far deputies have not found any damage, according to the Travis County sheriff’s office.
One caller from Manor reported seeing an object with flying sparks fall from the sky for about eight seconds, the office reported.
TV stations in Waco and Oklahoma City both quoted the Federal Aviation Administration as saying the object was a meteor.
In Austin, KVUE meteorologist Mark Murray noted on Twitter that “These fireballs look a lot closer than they really are.”
OKC Sandia Sentinel Allsky / James Beauchamp
