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WATCH: Did you see it? Meteor flash spotted in southern B.C. sky

Click to play video: 'Mysterious fireball spotted in the skies over Vancouver'
Mysterious fireball spotted in the skies over Vancouver
A fireball was sighted speeding across the skies of the Metro Vancouver area late on March 16. This footage, filmed by Tammy Kwan, a staff writer for Vancouver weekly newspaper The Georgia Straight, shows the bright ball visible above a stretch of Lougheed Highway in Pitt Meadows, BC – Mar 17, 2017

People were taking to social media Thursday night after a meteor flash was spotted in southern British Columbia and western Washington State.

The suspected meteor let off a green flash at about 9:45 p.m. in the Fraser Valley.

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The “gigantic” flash was also spotted in Spokane, Washington.

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A driver used their dashboard camera to record the meteor streaking in the sky in Pitt Meadows along the Lougheed Highway.

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The video, which was posted to YouTube, shows a bright light moving in the sky before suddenly flashing green and disappearing.

Global News has not been able to confirm if the sighting was a meteor or debris from space.

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