Stargazing sweethearts on Valentine's Day may have caught a special surprise: A meteor zipping across the sky.

The American Meteor Society says the meteor -- bright enough to be considered a fireball -- was seen at 8:32 p.m. Tuesday mostly in eastern Pennsylvania, with some reports from Connecticut, New Jersey, New York and Maryland.

Based on the 53 reports gathered so far, the meteor was described as orange, yellow and white and is believed to have ended its flight somewhere over Scranton, the society said.

Many of the reports appear to have come from the Philadelphia and New York City areas.

A video shared by the meteor society shows the event captured on a dashboard camera in south or central New Jersey, where it appears in the top center of the screen and travels down to the left.

The video's description on YouTube says that while it appears white, it was actually blue-green and trailed sparks: "It looked a lot more dramatic in real life then what you see on this little dash-cam video."

Anyone who saw the meteor can report it on the American Meteor Society website, which is also collecting video and photos of the event.

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