Over a dozen witnesses in Connecticut reported seeing a fireball streaking across the sky early Tuesday, according to the American Meteor Society.

The Connecticut sightings are among 64 reports that have been submitted to the nonprofit regarding the specific event, which occurred around 6 a.m. March 19. As of Sunday, people from New York, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Delaware, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Virginia and Ontario, Canada, have reported seeing the object to the AMS. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Meteor Watch Facebook page hasn't reported the sighting as of Sunday.

One skywatcher from Canton, named "Glenn B," said the object was "very bright and had a significant tail length," and its trajectory traveled in the north or northeast direction. "Michael O," from Milford, was on their morning walk when they spotted a "bright ball with long tail" soar across the sky in the east direction, they reported.

"Karla C" reported a sighting from Darien.

"I was driving home from the gym and I saw this shooting star in the sky right in front of me. There were no other cars on the road, nothing else in the sky. Completely clear it just came and went so quick. I stopped my car in the middle of the road I was in awe. I have seen a few meteor showers before so I am quite confident it was one!"

Robert Lunsford, an expert at the American Meteor Society who manages the fireball reports, confirmed over email that the object was "definitely a fireball" based on footage submitted by Northford skywatcher, Mark Kirschner.

Fireballs are meteors that are larger and brighter than normal, he said. Several thousand fireballs hit the Earth's atmosphere daily, but many are hidden by daylight or occur in uninhabited locations.

Lunsford said the object could possibly be a member of the Anthelion shower, a weak source of meteors that is visible from the Northern Hemisphere at the beginning of the year. Meteors from the Anthelion radiant crash into the Earth's atmosphere at a perpendicular angle and radiate from a position in the sky opposite the sun. In the morning, they travel towards the western horizon and set shortly after sunrise, according to an article Lunsford wrote for the Journal of the International Meteor Organization.

The path of the fireball seen early Tuesday lines up with that of the Anthelion shower, he said in an email.

AMS doesn't keep track of the exact geographical locations of each fireball since the events are "totally random," Lunsford said, but AMS did estimate the trajectory for the object based on witness reports. The estimated path starts near Delhi, N.Y., and ends at around Waterford, N.Y., according to the AMS website.

"If we did (keep track), we would find out that desert areas would see the most fireball activity as they have generally clear skies compared cloudier areas of the country," he said in an email. "It's also interesting to note that many of our reports coincide with morning and evening 'rush hour' when more people are actually outside, even if in their vehicles."

In some instances, skywatchers have mistaken fireballs for other objects. AMS told Hearst Connecticut Media in February that a flying object reported as a fireball on Valentine's Day was actually a rocket launched by the United States Space Force.

Besides the anthelion, AMS also reported active meteor showers xi Herculids and beta Tucanids in last week's meteor activity outlook. The organization said xi Herculids is a weak shower that is active from March 6-20 and is best seen within the hour before dawn. It peaked on the night of March 11, according to AMS.

The organization's outlook also mentioned the presence of sporadic meteors, or meteors that cannot be associated with any known meteor shower. The Meteor Data Center of the International Astronomical Union lists over 900 suspected meteor showers, 100 of which are "well established," AMS said.

The active periods for meteor showers, Lyrids and Eta Aquariids, are expected to begin April 15. Both are visible from the northern hemisphere, according to AMS.

Staff writer Andrew DaRosa contributed to this story.