Fireball quickly lights up Texas ‘like daylight’ before disappearing

A spectacular green fireball streaked across the late evening skies recently, leaving residents in awe across Texas and neighboring states.

According to NASA’s Meteor Watch, the meteor was first spotted 54 miles above Malakoff, Texas, traveling at a staggering speed of 58,000 mph.

It covered 61 miles in the upper atmosphere in just 3.8 seconds before disintegrating over Everglade Park near Dallas.

NASA confirmed that the meteor likely left no remnants, as it was too small and fast to produce meteorites, CHRON has reported.

Nearly 100 witnesses across southeast Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma reported seeing the fireball, noting its long tail and orange glow upon explosion.

Written by B.C. Begley