The fireball, defined as a very bright meteor, entered the region from the north according to reports. It was seen all over the Northeast U.S. and even southeast Canada. Specifically, Capital Weather Gang obtained reports from Baltimore, New Jersey, New York, Michigan, and Ontario via Twitter.
Observers described it as "huge" and "very bright" but then noted it fizzled, disintegrating into fragments.
@capitalweather was that a meteor that just shot across the West Springfield sky? Bright green white flash and streak and then it was gone.โ WTFravel (@WTFravel) January 30, 2016
"It looked like the closest and brightest shooting star I have ever seen," added Michelle Calabro in Centreville, Va.
Alex Salvador caught the fireball on his dashcam while driving through Skyline area on Rt. 7 in Alexandria, Va. The camera was facing west. "This looks like something burning up, falling down around the D.C.," he posted to Twitter.
The American Meteor Society, which tracks fireballs, encourages eyewitnesses to log a report with a description on its website.
Comment: Two planes also got it on tape: