A Florida man caught a fireball on video in early January. The amusing thing about this video is that it solidifies how people have a great fear of the unknown: included in the video are audio snippets of people calling 911 to report something falling from the sky. Also included are allusions to the movie “Armageddon”, which also made me snicker.

Anyway, enough ranting. If you mute the sound, it’s an amazing video that shows an extremely rare occurrence. Fireballs are so named because they are meteors bright enough to outshine Venus in the night sky. This one in particular, might be one of the brightest ever caught on tape. It must be pretty amazing to see one so bright before it’s even dark out.

Check it out: Fireball over Florida