Green meteor illuminates night sky in US' Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi. Watch video

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green meteor streaked across the night sky, leaving a mesmerizing display. The extraordinary celestial event happened over Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi, captivating onlookers and captured by numerous cameras. The distinct coloration of meteors is attributed to the metals present within them, with green being a common hue.

The remarkable occurrence was recorded by both a vehicle's dashcam and a doorbell camera, documenting the spectacle as the luminous green meteor adorned the southern region of the United States on Friday. The American Meteor Society, an organization dedicated to observing and gathering information about meteors, meteoric fireballs, and related phenomena, received reports from 49 individuals who witnessed the fireball across a vast expanse from Atlanta to Texas. Meteors, predominantly composed of metallic elements like iron and nickel, produce a vibrant green glow as they incandescently burn while penetrating the Earth's atmosphere.

When a meteor successfully traverses through space and reaches the ground without completely disintegrating, it is bestowed with the name 'meteorite'. Meanwhile, the Senate in the US is expected to consider a bipartisan measure that would compel the U.S. government to publicly release records relating to possible UFO sightings after decades of stonewalling.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat, has teamed up with Senator Mike Rounds, a Republican, in leading an effort to force the disclosure of information relating to what the government officially calls «unidentified anomalous phenomena,» or UAPs. Their 64-page proposal is modeled after a 1992 U.S. law spelling out the handling of records related to the 1963 assassination of President John Kennedy.