The American Meteor Society received 120 reports of a "fireball" in the sky over several ... above New Orleans before traveling north over Mississippi, Arkansas and Missouri.

"The Taurids are rich in fireballs, so if you see a Taurid it can be very brilliant and it'll knock your eyes out, but their rates absolutely suck," NASA meteor expert Bill Cooke told Space.com.

according to the American Meteor Society. One witness in Havre de Grace, Maryland, recorded video of the eerie glow, showing the fireball resembled a silent explosion that lit the early morning as ...