Wednesday morning meteor lights up skies over Western Montana [Video]

MISSOULA — Did you see it?

Lots of people across Western Montana saw a bright light streaking across the sky on Wednesday morning.

The National Weather Service office in Missoula reports a sensor detected what appears to be a meteor at around 6:30 a.m.

The meteor was first detected over southwest Alberta.

The American Meteor Society shows reports have come in from Montana, Alberta, British Columbia, Idaho, Nevada, North Dakota, Saskatchewan, Utah and Wyoming.

Meteor streaks across Western Montana skies

According to the AMS, a fireball is another term for a very bright meteor, generally brighter than magnitude -4, which is about the same magnitude of the planet Venus in the morning or evening sky.

Meteor streaks across Western Montana skies

According to the AMS, a fireball is another term for a very bright meteor, generally brighter than magnitude -4, which is about the same magnitude of the planet Venus in the morning or evening sky.

A bolide is a special type of fireball which …