'It literally shook the whole house!' Meteor enters Earth's atmosphere over New York creating sonic boom and a bright flash seen as far away as Toronto and Virginia

- Residents of Central New York and southern Ontario reported seeing bright flash and hearing loud boom
- Satellite image shows meteor entering Earth's atmosphere between Rochester and Syracuse on Wednesday
- NASA meteor expert says it was traveling west at 56,000mph and entered atmosphere at 12:08pm Eastern
- It then broke into pieces some 22 miles above the surface of the Earth over the Central New York region
- Dramatic EarthCam video shows a bright flash of light engulf the skies over the Greater Toronto Area
- More than 150 sightings were reported to American Meteor Society from as far away as Michigan and Virginia
- On Sunday, residents of western Japan reported seeing a meteor light up the night skies

A large meteor was seen in parts of the northeastern United States and southern Ontario as dramatic images captured on social media show an intense flash that lit up the afternoon sky and created a loud boom that shook the ground.
The American Meteor Society reported some 150 sightings from residents who saw the fireball over parts of Maryland; Washington, DC; Virginia, Pennsylvania; New York; Ontario; and Michigan on Wednesday.
NASA officials released satellite imagery showing the meteor entering the Earth’s atmosphere over central New York State in the region that lies between Rochester and Syracuse.
- Bill Cooke, the head of NASA’s Meteoroid Environment Office, told NBC News that the meteor was traveling west at 56,000mph at around 12:08pm Eastern time when it entered our atmosphere.
  
  Bekka Gunner was out dog sledding in Royalton, a town in Niagara County just east of Buffalo, New York, on Wednesday
  
  Gunner says she took out her phone to try and capture images of nearby swans when she noticed a strange object in the sky (circled)
  
  ‘What I thought I saw was a kite, it looked like someone had let their kite go,’ she said. ‘It kind of looked angular, purple and greenish just like shiny looking thing and then before you blink an eye it’s gone.’
  
  A motorist in the southwestern Ontario town of St. Thomas captured video of the meteor from a dashcam on Wednesday
  
  A satellite image released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows the meteor entering the Earth's atmosphere between Rochester and Syracuse, New York, on Wednesday just after noon Eastern time
A map released by NASA Meteor Watch shows the precise points above the Earth's surface where the meteor entered the planet's atmosphere

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Comment by Gabriel Ceballos on December 7, 2020 at 6:43am: Interesting and terrifying at the same time! I have never deen such a thing happen. By the way, if you ever decide to order an essay, make sure to read a custom writings review beforehand.