Fireball seen across the sky in Southern California on Saturday night

GLENDALE, Calif. (KABC) — A fireball was seen streaking across the sky in Southern California on Saturday night!

ABC7 director Mike Gilbert captured video of the fireball from our studios in Glendale.

The American Meteor Society confirmed the sighting was definitely a fireball, and not a rocket launch or satellite entry.

A fireball is a meteor brighter than any star or planet in the sky. While normal meteors or “shooting stars” totally disintegrate while still high in the atmosphere, fireballs can produce fragments on the ground called meteorites, though it is extremely rare.

The American Meteor Society said it received over 30 reports after the sighting, but noted it actually receives about 100 reports of fireballs each day from all over the world.

As common as they are, experts say most people only see a few of them in their lifetime.