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Initial Meteor Sighting Reports

27 February 2013 - Lucas, Wilmington, North Carolina 20:30
4- 5 seconds duration. South to north direction. Light green and yellow color. Brighter than Venus. I didn't see any fragmentation, but the tail was quite long.
27 February 2013 - Nick, Charlotte, NC 20:12
2-3 seconds duration. It travelled straight up to the horizon. Northwest to southeast direction. Blue colour, as bright as a car light. No tail and was about 1/4 the size of the moon.
27 February 2013 - Jayne Knight, Benson, NC 20:00
Approx. 7 seconds duration. West to East, from my left to right. I was facing north. It was a red fireball with a reddish-orange tail. It was very bright - like the sun. It looked as though the whole thing burnt out at some point. I don't know what it was that I saw. I've never seen anything like this before and it looked as if it was directly in front of me and not very high up at all. Please let me know from my description what it was that I saw.
27 February 2013 - Brenda, Fredericksburg, Virginia 08:15 approx.
Observed on my 30 min drive to work. Southeast direction. Sun was white but clouds below were brighter than the sun. I couldn't help but thinking it peculiar. It appeared as if the sun was the moon and something hidden in the cloudiness was much brighter.