Fireball Over San Antonio & Other TExas Cities - Did you SEe It?

• When: July 18th, 20th, 23rd, and 24th
• Where: Primary event on the 23rd occurred in Central Texas - mainly San Antonio, with other events occurring in other parts of Texas (including Houston)
• What: Blue, green, and red meteors (likely)

AMSmeteors.org, Texas UFO Sightings, and even local news outlets saw many reports of a bright fireball over Central Texas on the 23rd, but maybe the Delta Aquarids? are giving us an early show, because there were reports of a meteor or meteor-like object the nights before and after as well.

As always, Texas UFO Sightings readers have a different take on this "meteor" - its silent nature, especially bright appearance, and movement gave them reason to report it as a UFO instead. Saying that, you're always welcome to report about any amazing thing you see in the sky - whether it's a cool cloud or meteor.

First, a report submitted to Texas UFO Sightings from the 18th:

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what kind of like a falling star but it was the blue circular light it was gone in a few seconds but really I guess my view kind of got blocked out by a tree but it was there and it was gone... I need to know what this was... it was beautiful
-Alief area in Houston

And here are reports from the biggest event on July 23rd, as reported by 20+ witnesses between Texas UFO Sightings and AMSMeteors.org alone:

Bright red light which seemed to be falling to the ground. Caught it out of the corner of my eye and within about 3 seconds it changed from red to green with a yellow tail. Guessing it to be 8-10 ft in diameter by 12-14 ft in length. Oval shaped. It disappeared into the horizon traveling at a very high speed. my wife witnessed it as well. seen in the direction of the corner of 1464 and Old Richmond rd in Sugar Land TX yesterday 7-22-15 at about 8:45pm. Did not have a camera to get photo or video.
-Anonymous in Sugar Land, as reported to Texas UFO Sightings

Green light streaking and smoking similar to a meteor with a jet in obvious pursuit at a very low altitude (the streaking object, not the jet) time was about 9pm... No pic or video from me but somebody else had to have captured it...the smoke trail lingered for a while but by time I thought to capture it,... It was too dark... Light out when it occurred tho.... North side of Austin..... Traveling in the sky from east to west
-"DAD" in North Austin, as reported to Texas UFO Sightings

Appeared very large - the largest I've ever witnessed - and much larger than the typical streaks from the Perseids, for example. 
-Donna S in Austin, as reported to AMSMeteors.org

It was the brightest rapidly moving object I've ever seen in the night sky in my life, including meteor showers and comets I've stargazed. It would have filled me with wonder had I not immediately worried it was an airplane from the military base on fire. It slightly faded and then came back powerful again. There is a theme park nearby, but in the exact opposite direction from where I was looking. There was no glass obscuring my view after I stuck my head out the (already open) window of my car
-Kyle in San Antonio, as reported to AMSMeteors.org

And the 24th:

Green ball of light moving very fast from west to east. Saw the same exact thing a week ago at about 3:30am from a near by location. Made no sound. Almost wrote it off as a meteor but had never seen one like that. Now seeing it again, it has peaked curiosity.
-Chris in Cedar Hill

Supposedly, an observatory got the 23rd event on camera, but I can't confirm the origin just yet:

Did you see a fireball - or UFO - in Texas this month? Report your sighting or discuss it on Facebook! Seems to be a pretty active time right now.

Map/image from AMSMeteors.org