Just before 10:30 p.m. Tuesday night, numerous tweets from people in the Boston area referenced a “flash” in the sky. Universal Hub picked up on some of the the Twitter activity and posted it on their website.
Did anyone else see the bright flash in the sky over the Seaport area? #boston @universalhub
— H. Vahalia (@vahalia) September 18, 2013
@vahalia @universalhub I saw the light from West Roxbury, east towards the city, very bright and at a downward 25 degree angle.
— Karl Stier (@karlstier) September 18, 2013
@vahalia @universalhub saw the same. at the Sox game. what was that? I saw green streak. thought it was a shooting star it wasn’t. firwrk?
— Ejam7789 (@Ejm7789) September 18, 2013
A meteorology student, however, suggested that reports indicated the flash was likely a meteor. Pete Bouchchard of Channel 7 News seems to agree.
@Ejm7789 @universalhub @vahalia Most reports suggest a meteor, sighted NW to SE from ME to Long Island! — Ryan Breton (@RyanBretonWX) September 18, 2013
Chime in if you saw a meteor streaking across the sky just b4 10pm tonight! — Pete Bouchard (@pbouchardon7) September 18, 2013
No official word, but Universal Hub did tweet a link to a “Fireball” report by amsmeteors.org. The spreadsheet indicates that 35 different people along the east coast reported seeing the flash of light between 9:44 p.m. EDT and 10:30 p.m. EDT. The first reported sighting came from Solon, Maine, and the last came from West Bridgewater, Mass. One observer reported that he saw the flash over Boston at 11:40 p.m. EDT.
Amsmeteors.org has yet to positively I.D. the reported flash.
Did any of you see this?
