By Michael Coats, First Alert 8 Meteorologist

People from all over the Mountain West reported a "bright light" or "meteor streak" around midnight Wednesday morning.

Reports are coming in from Eastern and Southern Idaho, all throughout Utah and even Las Vegas.

Several viewers called into the Local News 8 newsroom reporting the bright light which lasted for just a second.

Some have reported it as a "ball of light" and others called to say it looked more like a "green streak."

Media outlets in Salt Lake City report that some even felt a "slight rumble" or "sonic boom."

ABC sister station KTVX talked to NASA and Solar System Ambassador Patrick Wiggins.

Wiggins told KTVX that it was a meteor also known as a bolide. From his observatory near Stansbury Park, Utah, he said the break up of the meteor occurred at about 240 to 250 degrees azimuth which puts it just north of southwest. 

Seth Jarvis, director of the Clark Planetarium in Salt Lake City, says the meteor that flew by just after midnight Tuesday was probably about the size of an oven and traveling at about 80,000 mph.

He says the fireball was likely visible from several Intermountain West states.

The fireball roughly coincided with the annual Leonid meteor shower.

Surveillance cameras, including some operated by the University of Utah, captured the streaking meteor about 100 miles above the Earth.

Jarvis says it likely broke up before reaching the ground.

Scientists will use video footage to get a better idea about the fireball's trajectory, speed and location.

A Public Affairs Specialist for Dugway Proving Ground in Utah tells Local News 8, that no evidence of a meteor has been found on or near the post by any of their staff.

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