Ardoise - Laura Jean Clements was driving to her Nova Scotia home after playing cards with friends when she saw a bright fireball zip through the sky, trailed by a colourful green and orange tail.
She says she didn't know what it was, but chatter on social media sites led her to believe it was a meteor streak or fireball.
Clements says she spotted a round white ball with a tail as she travelled on Highway 101 near Ardoise, Hants County, late Tuesday.
She says her son told her there was talk on social media sites about a meteor being tracked across the sky on the eastern seaboard of the United States shortly before Clements' sighting at 11:10 p.m.
Boston meteorologist Matt Noyes reported there were sightings of a meteor-like greenish streak with orange tail all the way from Plymouth, Massachusetts, to Nova Scotia.
Sightings were also reported from Long Island, New York, Boston and Bar Harbor, Maine.
SOTT
SIGNS
OF THE
TIMES
OF THE
TIMES
Welcome to Sott.net
The World for People who Think
Comment: Contrary to what the author of the article writes, these sightings are these days very common.
See: How many falling fireballs and sun-grazing comets will it take to wake people up?