Possible Meteor Lights Sky Across 2 States

Dozens of residents in the Pacific Northwest reported seeing a bright streak of light flashing across the sky, startling witnesses from southern Oregon to the Seattle area, according to officials.

Scientists said the flaming object was probably a meteor, and that it probably disintegrated before any fragments fell into the Pacific Ocean.

Michael O’Connor, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration’s regional office in Renton, Wash., said police, pilots and some air traffic controllers described the streak across the sky as a “green ball of fire with a long tail.”