Bright object spotted streaking across the sky in Ottawa’s west end

An unidentified green light was seen in the sky over Stittsville on Tuesday night. (Courtesy: Prashad/CTV Viewer)

A possible meteor was spotted streaking across the sky in Ottawa’s west end Tuesday night.

Video from a doorbell camera sent to CTV News Ottawa shows a bright green light falling across the sky at approximately 9:15 p.m.

The Backyard Astronomer Gary Boyle tells CTV News it looks like a meteor or “even space junk, but most likely a small piece of the leftover material that created the solar system.”

Boyle says Earth receives about 100 tons daily of meteor debris.

According to the International Meteor Organization, there were reports of a fireball sighting in Ontario and Quebec Tuesday night, including in the Clarence-Rockland, Orléans and the Stanley Corners area of Ottawa.