A meteor streaks over the sky during the Perseid meteor shower at the Maculje archaeological site near Novi Travnik August 12, 2014.
A meteor streaks over the sky during the Perseid meteor shower at the Maculje archaeological site near Novi Travnik August 12, 2014. According to NASA, the annual Perseid meteor shower reaches its peak on August 12 and 13 in Europe. The fireballs from the meteorites are fast and plentiful, although a nearly full moon (Supermoon) makes it difficult to view them this year, the agency adds. Reuters

Observers from British Columbia, Washington and Oregon had reported seeing a fireball streaking the sky on the night of Sep. 13 and experts are investigating it.

Two hundred and five reports were received by the American Meteor Society that claim that it was a meteor, reported Sun News Network. The reports started pouring in around 08.30 pm.

The American Meteor Society said that many observers had seen an intense green colour which was not unusual for bright meteors. It added that the green colour was associated with twice the ionized oxygen in the atmosphere which was excited due to the fireball blasting through the atmosphere.

Karen F. of New Westminster in British Columbia said that two of them saw the event and it was one of the most amazing things that they had seen in the night sky. She described it as light blue and larger than a typical shooting star and that it took the portion of about half the size of the moon.

T.S. also from British Columbia said that it was the biggest and brightest that he had ever seen. He added that it seemed like 3 balls which had three tails and that he had never seen anything like this before.

Another witness, Price T. of Campbell River said that the colour of the glowing light was yellow and that it landed close-by. He continued that it passed almost 50 feet in front of him after it headed towards a course to his west.

A witness from Port Townsend, Robet Mclain Jr. wrote to the Peninsula Daily News that he had seen 'a huge shooting star . . . as it fell, two or more small fragments broke off and burned up.' He added that the large core was a glowing deep blue and it turned to a shade of purple and then a deep green and blue.

Laura MacMurchie wrote on the Peninsula Daily News' Facebook Page that she and her daughter had seen it at around 8.20 pm and that they were above Reservoir Road in Sequim, facing the west, when it passed overhead.

The American Meteor Society said that the apparent meteor was not related to the solar flare that resulted in the colourful aurora borealis known as the 'Northern Lights' in the northern skies that took place on Sep. 12.

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