Fireball lights up Texas sky

AUSTIN (KXAN) - A bright green fireball streaked across the Texas and Oklahoma skies on Wednesday night.

Viewers from all over the Austin area said they saw the fireball just before 8 p.m.

Christina Murrey, a digital video specialist for Texas State University, was taking photos for a time-lapse project at the University's observatory when her team was able to catch the fleeting fireball in a few frames. KXAN News pieced together the pictures to create the time lapse. 

Residents across the viewing area said they saw a bright green light streak across the sky on Wednesday night.

On the KXAN News Twitter page , the following people posted:

@FinalF137: Yes, from Round Rock, low in north east sky, bright blueish green, broke up in few fragments before it disappeared.

@Tbalinas: It was gorgeous! Glowing a hot yellow/orange green!

@cheapchris: Whatever it was, it was bright green, moved at a slow/mod speed, much bigger than a shooting star & beautiful!

@unionofthestars caught a quick glimpse of the fireball through his dash camera

No official word that it was a meteor, but as of right now, that seems to be the case.

According to Lynn Lunsford with the Federal Aviation Administration, the fireball was visible from Oklahoma City to Houston.

"A meteor is the most likely candidate. The only thing I can say for sure is that it was not an airplane," said Lunsford.

On the website, lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com, a quick video was posted by an Kevin Palivec of the fireball.