Reports of fireball in sky above Maryland, Virginia Wednesday afternoon likely disintegrating meteor

If you saw something strange in the skies above Maryland and Virginia Wednesday afternoon? It may have been fragments of a falling meteor!

An afternoon boom and fireball — that was seen, heard and felt in several states across the U.S. East Coast and as far north as Ontario — was likely a disintegrating meteor.

The American Meteor Society says reports from witnesses began coming in shortly after noon on Wednesday. The AMS says 150 reports were made regarding the sighting by Thursday morning. It was mainly seen in the New York and Ontario areas but say they also received reports from Maryland, Virginia, Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania.