Meteor lights up night sky in Pacific Northwest
Oct 13, 2022, 4:45 PM | Updated: Oct 14, 2022, 9:13 am
Raw footage of meteor spotted over Oak Harbor (KIRO 7)
(KIRO 7)
A meteor lit up the sky with a bright bluish-green flash over the Pacific Northwest on Wednesday night, according to multiple accounts and videos.
Witnesses told KIRO 7 News the meteor fell at about 10:18 p.m. on Wednesday night.
According to Don Brownlee of the Department of Astronomy at the University of Washington, the “fireball” was likely a rock from an asteroid or comet that broke up during its high-velocity entry to earth.
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Brownlee told KIRO 7 News that if large chunks of rock survived, there would usually be reports of sonic booms and since no booms were reported, perhaps only dust survived.
Sam Kim of Redmond said he was driving, facing west toward Seattle, when his dashcam caught the meteor flash.
Caught the #meteor in Redmond facing west towards #Seattle on my dash cam. Also, the music was perfectly synced #excision pic.twitter.com/wCO9TXVDsE
— Sam Kim (@semkimm) October 13, 2022
Liliana Hasija of Issaquah saw the meteor on a security camera.
Last night’s meteorite as seen from Issaquah! #seattle #meteorite pic.twitter.com/DyhZeZ0Vfw
— Liliana Hasija (@lilianahasija) October 13, 2022
The meteor was even spotted in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada.
Last nights #Meteorite was also seen in #Nanaimo #theskyisfalling #BC pic.twitter.com/TvIe89SgeP
— Vanessa Raven (@vanessaravenn) October 13, 2022
Alan Hensley of Bonney Lake saw the meteor in Bonney Lake.
Ok, that was insane. Dead center screen, there had to be others that saw that monster #Meteorite #Washington #Seattle #Fireball 10:18pm looking west from Normandy Park, WA #Space pic.twitter.com/Mp8vKjsquD
— Michael Snyder (@SeattleWXGuy) October 13, 2022
Sgt. Liden with the Lincoln City Police Department caught a meteor with his dash cam last night at about 10:16 p.m.
Did you see it? ☄️ pic.twitter.com/NAAHXnscbY
— FOX 12 Oregon (@fox12oregon) October 13, 2022
This flash in the Seattle sky at 10:18pm woke me right up. Meteor? Satellite? That Astros homer finally returning to Earth? (Sorry)
Any ideas @NWSSeattle ?
(Located in West Queen Anne. Ignore the camera light’s blue reflection on my window glass.)
#meteor pic.twitter.com/0Rq8DBmVTn
— Jack Clemens (@jack_clemens) October 13, 2022
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