NY NJ MD VA DC Big Bright Green Meteor? Fireball and Loud Noise 26JAN2011 27JAN2011

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Final Update:  Most likely it WAS not a meteor. All indications from weather maps and reports indicate lightning from the severe winter storm in the area.  The US National Weather Service indicates that there was a severe storm with freezing rain and  lightning at the time indicated for the event.  Thank you to all that wrote and read about this event!


New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, Washington, D.C. - Big Bright Flash White, Blue, Green and Loud Boom; Meteor?  Minutes Ago!  ~7:25 pm EST 26JAN2011


Now confirmed a meteor? NOT 
from eye witness:
Blue Green Lights
yes I saw blue green lights in front of my window at 7:25pm location Elizabeth NJ 07206/ by the seaport..no sound very scary this was not thunder no way..the light was so strong it was in the living room..pls send any info.. Thanks Abe Campos from NJ


Info on lights that lit up the sky just now

Im here in my house (elizabeth,nj) and notice my friends on facebook saying its the end of the world and that there were lights in the sky. They say blackout happend and i checked outside and nothing. Later i go upstairs to ask my friend what happend. The wife was on the second floor and was chatting on msn (camera). The friend said what is that? The wife looks outside and sees the sky lit up. The 2 year old child go's to her mom from their bedroom and says "mommy, look up". The husband was in the attic fixing the floor. They both said that it was as if the sky had a light switch. For like 5-10 seconds the sky was "WHITE" then back to normal, then it went back to white then normal. My friends say they saw blue light's in the sky and green lights. One of my friends mom is panicing since she saw the event and her lights whent out. I heard no booming sound whats so ever. I noticed people talking about the event and posted news about 2-5 mins ago (when i looked at the post's). There is lightning and thunder but nothing comes close to what ive heard. ( It's snowing here and there was hail during the event). When i whent putside, all i heard was police, ambulence, and fire truck sirens. I cant beleive i missed this.

Leandro G., elizabeth,nj


(all timestamps are in Tokyo Local Time)
Jan 27 2011, 12:54 PM 

Guest721 (guest) Angela Rizzo wrote: I live in Rockville Centre, Long Island and saw a flash of light and heard a loud sonic boom at 7:25 PM tonight - people from the surrounding towns heard and saw the same thing ; they told us lightning had struck the cathedral in my town!

Jan 27 2011, 1:57 PM

Saul Junior wrote:

Elizabeth,NJ i was helping my sister in math and i saw a blue green light in the sky we at first thought its was a fire but then i saw a light in the sky

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UPDATE:
A second report of 3 bright green flashes at 11:00 pm EST in Hicksville, NY (lightning?):
 http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/2011/01/hicksville-ny-meteor-or-lightning.html