MISSOULA, Mont. – Have you seen?

Many people in western Montana saw a bright light streak across the sky Wednesday morning.

The National Weather Service office in Missoula reported that a sensor detected what appeared to be a meteor around 6:30 a.m.

The meteor was first spotted in southwestern Alberta.

American Meteor Society It shows reports coming from Montana, Alberta, British Columbia, Idaho, Nevada, North Dakota, Saskatchewan, Utah and Wyoming.

Meteor streaks in western Montana skies

A fireball is another term for a very bright meteor, usually brighter than magnitude -4, which is about the same size as the planet Venus in the morning or evening sky, according to the AMS.

Meteor streaks in western Montana skies

A fireball is another term for a very bright meteor, usually brighter than magnitude -4, which is about the same size as the planet Venus in the morning or evening sky, according to the AMS.

A bolide is a special type of fireball that explodes with a bright terminal flash at its tip, usually with visible fragmentation.

Meteor streaks in western Montana skies

AMS says thousands of fireball-sized meteors form in Earth’s atmosphere every day.

“But the vast majority of them occur in oceans and remote areas, and many are masked by daylight. Those that occur at night have little chance of being detected because there are relatively few people to notice them.”

Meteor streaks in western Montana skies

– Information from Mark Thorsell is included in this report.