NASA Space Alerts(@NASASpaceAlerts):#MeteorSighting: Eyewitnesses in Oregon and Washington and the Canadian province of British Columbia reported a bright fireball on Wednesday, April 29, at 12:12 a.m. PDT. The meteor was first visible over Oktwanch Peak on Vancouver Island. It moved southwest at 66,000 mph before fragmenting above the Pacific Ocean, about 20 miles west of the town of Yuquot. More on this fireball: https://t.co/qk2BlNLxU9 Eyewitness accounts supplied by the American Meteor Society

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#MeteorSighting#: Eyewitnesses in Oregon and Washington and the Canadian province of British Columbia reported a bright fireball on Wednesday, April 29, at 12:12 a.m. PDT. The meteor was first visible over Oktwanch Peak on Vancouver Island. It moved southwest at 66,000 mph before fragmenting above the Pacific Ocean, about 20 miles west of the town of Yuquot. More on this fireball: Eyewitness accounts supplied by the American Meteor Society