Fireball 'Brighter Than Full Moon' Blazes Across Kentucky Sky

A massive fireball shot across the Kentucky sky around 10 p.m. on Tuesday night (November 8). The Ledger-Inquirer reported that the bright flash could be seen in more than a dozen states.

According to experts, the fireball was caused by a broken off piece of ancient comet. It was more than a foot wide and weighed about 100 pounds.

NASA said that the fireball was "brighter than the full moon." More than 160 people reported the fireball, according to the American Meteor Society. It was first spotted about 60 miles above Lancaster.

The fireball originated in Kentucky but was eventually seen in more than a dozen states, including: Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Wisconsin, and West Virginia.

NASA says that Earth spends a couple of months passing through a wide stream of comet debris around this time every year. This creates an increase in meteor activity known as a Taurid meteor shower.

Check out a video of the fireball at the link below posted by WANE 15: