Jet, Fireball, Meteor, space junk, or UFO?

Several Polk County viewers called yesterday evening to report something in the sky over Tampa Bay, Florida.

The callers believed the object may have been a meteor or other object entering Earth's atmosphere.

Photos sent by one viewer showed the bright object with some sort of vapour or smoke trail behind it. They were taken at around 5:45 pm.

It's not clear if the object was a passenger jet with its exhaust trail illuminated by the setting sun, or if it was a meteor or piece of space junk being burned up as it entered the atmosphere.


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