Multiple reports from people in Massachusetts and Maine, posted on the American Meteor Society website, described a large, bright object traveling slowly across the sky between 9 and 10 p.m., leaving a trail behind it before abruptly vanishing.
The observers described the meteor as a brightly colored object. Such meteors - also known as fireballs - can vary in color, depending on the different elements, like sodium and magnesium, vaporizing within them, said Mike Hankey, operations manager of the meteor society, in an e-mail .... http://www.sott.net
