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Judging from descriptions and videos in initial reports, each was likely a meteor

Witnesses traveling south on I-95 described traffic slowing as the meteor brightened 50 miles above central Virginia

The meteor disintegrated in a flash a few seconds later about 20 miles above the area between Petersburg and Richmond

Based on initial trajectories calculated from reports to the American Meteor Society, any parts of the meteor that survived to the ground, then called a meteorite, would end up in Dinwiddie County

Witnesses described a bright trail that changed colors, and fragmented as it fell from about 50 miles above the Pocono Mountains

The meteor was described as being a very bright white color, very fast, and leaving no trail

Unlike other events later in the evening, this meteor likely broken up

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