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RE: North Texas meteor

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Bright lights that were caught on camera bolting across the sky Tuesday night have a lot of Central Texans asking: What were they?

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The fireball that was seen streaking across the Texas sky Tuesday night was captured on a Lakeway PD dashcam.
As soon as the Central Texas skies lit up, the phone lines in the KXAN newsroom lit up as well. Inquisitive minds from the Hill Country to Buda wanted to know just one thing, 'What was it?'

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The Channel 8 switchboard was bombarded with calls overnight from viewers who said they saw a strange, bright light in the North Texas sky after 11 p.m. Tuesday.
Callers described it as a bright orange oval with a blue lightning coming from it.

"I was out moving my trash cans and noted a flash in the sky similar to someone taking my picture with a flash camera" - John Harwood of Plano.

"Around 11:04 p.m. there was a large blue streak that lit up a portion of the dark sky. I had never seen anything like it before, but I soon came to realise that I had just witnessed my first meteorite sighting. It was beautiful" - Tom Wilson from Colleyville.

Fort Worth police dispatchers reported similar calls from concerned citizens.
Air traffic controllers at Dallas Love Field confirmed that they spotted a meteor at 11:30 p.m.
The McDonald Observatory says the Delta Aquarid meteor shower is near its peak, and observations are helped by an early-setting moon.
Other reports of meteor sightings are appearing in online publications in Western India.

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