India, Oct. 14 -- Several Florida residents took to social media on Monday night, sharing photos and videos of what they believed was a comet streaking across the sky. Some even claimed they saw the object "breaking in two" over Panama.

One person wrote on X, "It's probably just a comet but it didn't act like it! I took this over Bayshore Blvd in Tampa about 7:35. About :20 seconds before this video it seemed to form over the water in an orange color than expand and have a tail.it didn't fly into sight. Anyone else see this."

Another added, "Just saw a comet/meteorite/whatever during a walk around the neighborhood."

A third person wrote, "Anyone see this crossing the sky from west to east south of Ft Myers? It looked like an aircraft p...