A rare burning green fireball was spotted shooting across the Pacific Northwest sky in Cornelius, Oregon, on Monday night, shocking residents.
It’s always eerie to witness an unidentified flying object of glowing light, but don’t worry—it’s not the aliens this time. According to Jim Todd, the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry’s director of space science education, a fireball is essentially a burning space rock that’s made up of ice, stone, metal, or all three.
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“Based on the video, it appears as a typical fireball—quick and bright,” Todd said. “Fireballs are caused by space rocks that enter the Earth’s atmosphere and are slowed down and heated by friction. Objects that cause fireballs can be larger than one meter in size.”
Todd received many reports from all over Oregon and Washington of people who have…
