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Fireball lights up night sky across Florida By Fox 13 News staff Published  (Video courtesy: Crystal Doss) TAMPA, Fla. - What appeared to be a fireball streaked across the sky in Florida on Monday night, stunning viewers. Social media users posted videos showing the bright fireball across Florida and the Bahamas. Some experts said the fireball could be the asteroid "2021 GW4" that was expected to skim past Earth within about 12,000 miles this week.  However, Jonathan McDowell, an astronomer at the Center for Astrophysics, said the object spotted in the sky had nothing to do with GW4. An ast...

If you weren't outside around 10:15 p.m. last night, you may want to check your security cameras. If they're facing east, they may have captured footage of a rare fireball soaring — and dramatically exploding — in the sky along the east coast of Florida and the Bahamas. Late Monday evening, witnesses from Jacksonville to Miami reported seeing a fiery explosion illuminating the sky. Some heard a sonic boom. The fireball prompted calls to the National Weather Service and nearly 200 reports to the American Meteor Society. The fireball was likely a piece of an asteroid, technically cal...