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Here's What Locals Are Saying About The DC Meteor

A large meteor lit up the sky Tuesday night over the D.C. area, and it was captured on many videos. Here's what locals are saying about it.

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A large meteor lit up the sky Tuesday night over the D.C. area, and it was captured on many videos.
A large meteor lit up the sky Tuesday night over the D.C. area, and it was captured on many videos. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Did you see it? A giant meteor streaked through the sky over the entire D.C. region, and many people were able to capture it on video (several embedded below).

Reports came in all over social media of the meteor, which was reported at around 11 p.m. Tuesday night. The meteor reportedly was seen over the skies of D.C. and 12 states. It flew North to South and fizzled out over the Atlantic Ocean near Bethany Beach, Delaware.

Here's how people reacted on Twitter to the spectacular sight:

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@capitalweather: "Fireball that exploded over DC skies last night was so bright it was detected by weather satellite (GOES16 Geostationary Lightning Mapper)"

@ShannenMax: "Was that a comet? A meteor? A satellite? UFO? #dc"

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@meeshbabs21: "I swear I just saw a meteor fall in DC..."

@bryan_in_dc: "Whoa! Was that a meteor?? Almost due east?"

@znairn16: "Did anyone else just see that MASSIVE #meteor fall out of the sky over the DC area?! Bright green"

@bellwetherevent: "Did anyone else see the rocket/missle/meteor/shooting star over dc just now"

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