Shooting Stars Over Texas - from Fort Worth to Houston

• When: October 16th, 2014
• Where: Godley (Fort Worth area) & Fulshear (Houston area)
• What: Possible meteor

November 2nd, 2014 Update: Many meteors have been reported since.

AMSMeteors.org has been receiving a steady stream of "fireball" reports over the past several days, with a definite peak on the dates of the 15th and 16th. Although none originated from Texas, I'm pretty sure the Lone Star State got a good show, too. Here are a few reports to share.

Check out this anonymous testimony submitted to Texas UFO Sightings:

Not sure of the exact time that I saw the tube like plane, I would guess between 2:30
-4:00pm. Hardly any clouds in the sky. Was out on the front porch talking with my girlfriend when I saw it way up in the sky. Now normally when I see stuff like this im alone and dont have contacts in or glasses on. Well This time I was not alone and had my contacts in. Asked my gf if she could see it and she didnt know what it was either. We both agreed it was not a plane that we have ever seen, could not see any wings or lights. It looked like a oversized rocket no jet stream behind it. Looked like it was headed towards Fort Worth area. For some reason I didnt get any video or pictures of it cause I was more worred about the arguement I was having. Mostly I just want to know if anyone else saw this today in the area.

As well as another report submitted to the site by Nick Alwin:

Appeared to be a meteorite. Fireball with orange tail falling to the south toward Richmond-Rosenberg area.

It looks like residents of the Great Lakes got most of the fireballs, but Texans clearly caught a glimpse of some pretty hectic space weather, too.

And we know space is quite active right now - remember the comet that barely missed Mars on the 19th, just days after these sightings? The sun's been wonky as ever, to boot!

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If you saw a shooting star in Texas recently, report it!