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A noon­time boom that was heard and felt from south­ern Ontario to Vir­ginia was like­ly caused by a dis­in­te­grat­ing mete­or, accord­ing to an orga­ni­za­tion in west­ern New York that keeps track of such phe­nom­e­na. Wit­ness­es across the area report­ed hear­ing the boom or see­ing a fire­ball in the sky short­ly after noon on Wednes­day, said Robert Lunsford of the Amer­i­can Mete­or Soci­ety in Geneseo.

By ear­ly Thurs­day, the orga­ni­za­tion had record­ed more than 150 reports of the fire­ball seen in sev­en states. The group said the fire­ball was main­ly seen in New York and Ontario but it also received reports from Mary­land, Michi­gan, Ohio, Penn­syl­va­nia and Virginia.

A mas­sive #fire­ball lit up the sky over parts of the Unit­ed States and Cana­da ear­li­er today. Check out this footage that was caught from our #Earth­Cam’s in Toron­to. Could it be a mete­or?? 👀☄️ @TourCNTower pic.twitter.com/Qxdz168p0I

— Earth­Cam (@EarthCam) Decem­ber 2, 2020