Nearly 500 people in the southeastern United States report a meteor

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – Getting up early Thursday was a reward for nearly 500 people in the southeastern United States.

Some 495 people in eight US states reported seeing a slow, bright fireball around 6:50 am.

The group claims to have received information from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia.

Reports indicate that the meteor traveled from west to east, ending its flight to the east of Ivanhoé.

A week earlier, the AMS had received more than 260 reports from citizens of 14 states on a fireball located above the Ashokan Reservoir in New York.

Meteors peak in April. They are pieces of rock that vaporize when they enter the earth's atmosphere and turn into streaks of light.