Cape Town – People across the Mother City on Friday took to social media after apparently seeing a meteorite shooting through the skies.

The SA Astronomical Observatory said it had been told that a “burning” object was seen from people in different parts of Cape Town, Eyewitness News reported.

One person, Peter Herring said he had seen it from Pinelands and it “streaked high in eastern skies”.

Wilhelm Kühn said he had seen it “burning up over Khayelitsha” and that it was a blue-green streak.

Just saw #meteorite burning up over Khayelitsha #CapeTown south of #N2. Burnt up in blue-green streak parallel with freeway towards city. ?? — Wilhelm Kühn (@Wil_helm) May 20, 2016

Members of the public reported seeing from as far away as Paarl.

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