Advertisement NASA explains what that bright green fireball was in the Louisiana sky Fireball object in the Louisiana sky was moving at 89,000 mph, NASA says Share Shares Copy Link Copy

It was bright, green, flying over the Louisiana sky, and more than 100 reports came in to NASA on Wednesday morning about it. The sighting was reported about 6:47 a.m. NASA said it received more than 100 reports from Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia. However, no photos or video of the sighting has emerged. Unfortunately, NASA said its cameras were turned off when the event happened. "All sky cameras in the region had already shut down to protect themselves from the bright Sun, forcing us to rely solely on the eyewitness reports for trajectory analysis," NASA spokeswoman Karen Northon told WDSU. The object was a meteor, NASA said. It was first seen 65 miles above Sawyersville, Alabama and moved west at about 89,000 mph. "It appears to have fragmented 41 miles above Louisville, Mississippi," NASA said. "Estimates of the brightness indicate that the object weighed about 5 pounds and was roughly 5 inches in diameter." Because of no photos or video, NASA said that a reliable orbit can't be determined, which means the source of the object is a "mystery." What NASA can say, though, is that it was a natural meteor. However, it wasn't part of the Orionid meteor shower. Early Wednesday, local meteorologists, the National Weather Service and the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office were working to figure out what it was that was seen in the sky. WDSU meteorologist Kweilyn Murphy believed the object could be a meteor. NASA agreed.