Flash in the sky early Wednesday morning was meteor

PITTSBURGH — A flash that lit up the skies over parts of Pennsylvania and Ohio in the early hours of Wednesday has been identified as a meteor, the American Meteor Society said Thursday.

The organization received more than 700 reports of the fireball in the sky from several U.S. states and from Canada too. Most of the reports came from people in Ohio, but video of the meteor was captured from several locations, including here in Pittsburgh.

The meteor streaked across the night sky around 6:24 a.m. Wednesday, according to officials with AMS.

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Many social media users around the Pittsburgh area reported seeing a streaking fireball. It remained in the skies for a short time before disappearing from view.

There event is still under investigation, but the AMS believes the meteor traveled from south east to north west and ended its visible flight somewhere over North Benton, OH.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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