Portland Police Sergeant Tim Farris was patrolling early Tuesday in Maine when his cruiser’s dash cam captured the remarkable: a bright and burning mass, hurtling through the night sky.
“Oh my … God,” exclaims a voice in the released video, identified as Officer Graham Hults.
After the fireball streaked over the Northeast at around around 12:50 a.m. Eastern, the American Meteor Society said it had received 240 reports of sightings scattered from New Jersey to Quebec, Canada and parts in between.
Portland posted the video on their Facebook page along with the following text:
“You never know what you are going to see on duty. Sgt. Farris was looking for speeders while parked in front of the central fire station and was able to observe some visitors “from away”….far away. The meteor (or alien spaceship) was caught on camera at approximately 0050 hours. Let’s hope the visitors are friendly. They could just be some of Stephen King’s friends on their way to visit him. Whom ever they are I’m sure we could win them over with a whoopie pie. P.S. The voice on the video stating, “oh my God”! is from Ofc. Hults. Apparently he was amazed.”