[kellyhound]

A New Jersey police officer accidentally captured something quite spectacular on his: a fireball blazing across the sky.

Sgt. Michael Virga was on patrol when the camera recorded the bright meteor, at 3:09 am on December 2, according to a statement by the Township of Hamilton Police Department.

“It kind of took me by surprise,” Virga told. “I just saw a little blip -- it lit up the entire sky like a lime green streak.”

The American Meteor Society (AMS) took to Twitter on December 7 to confirm that what he saw was in fact, a meteor.

AMS received reports from 146 people about the fireball event. The society noted it was primarily visible from Pennsylvania, but eyewitness accounts were also reported from twelve other states: New York, Maryland, Virginia, Ohio, Delaware, Connecticut, New Jersey, Rhode Island, West Virginia, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Washington, DC.

Based on the witness reports, AMS estimates the fireball was traveling from the Northeast to Southwest, and ultimately stopped being visible near New Buffalo, PA.

[spudigitti]

Wow

[zin0]

so cool

[Ninjavandal]

That's awesome! Huge, too!