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This very bright fireball occurred over southeast Colorado's at about 8:43 PM MST. I have received over 60 witness reports (shown as green dots on the map at left), as well as inquiries from Denver news providers. Unfortunately, a winter storm was just clearing from the region, and both of the cameras best situated to record the meteor were still under cloudy skies.
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9NEWS viewers say the greenish light streaked over the southeastern part of the sky around 8:35 p.m., moving west to east.

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Reports are coming in from all around Colorado about a bright object in the sky on Thursday night.
Chris Peterson, astronomer at Cloudbait Observatory in Guffey, Colorado, said he is receiving credible reports of the object pointing to a spectacular meteor display.
The celestial spectacle occurred at around 8:43 p.m. Peterson said is happened about 60 to 70 degrees above the horizon, going from a west to east direction. By the trajectory and perceived proximity, Peterson estimated the meteor landed in the eastern part of the state

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