Fireball from beyond brightens night sky from Southern Utah to Tucson to California

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ST. GEORGE — Scientists aren't officially saying it was a meteor, but it was a meteor.

A fireball lit up the sky throughout the region from Cedar City to Mesquite at 7:53 p.m. MDT on Monday night. Captured on some doorbell cameras, the meteor could be seen brightening and seemingly breaking up enough that many on social media reported thinking that the meteorite remnants must have landed in Milford.

Or Hurricane. Or Bloomington. Or Mesquite.

But sightings weren't limited to Southern Utah. On social media, people in Peoria, Arizona, Las Vegas and Rancho Mirage, California, also were certain that some extra-terrestrial piece had landed in their neighborhood.

Read the full article at St. George News.