did anyone see what looked like a meteor in new york?

Question

i was driving home at about 8 pm heading west toward syracuse on rt 31 and saw the abslolue closest object ive ever seen fall from the sky. it was either a downed plane ( seeing that the airport was in the area) or a meteor, but this thing was big and hualin some tail. i saw it for about 4-5 seconds. funny cause now i see light in the sky in that area could be coincident though.

Answer 1

maybe this is what you saw:
http://www.satobs.org/iridium.html