The area was completely cloudy, yet the light of the fireball briefly illuminated the area with a light about the same brightness as full moonlight. This event represented the destruction of a small meteoroid entering the Earth's atmosphere. The dominant composition of a meteoroid can play an important part in the observed colors of a fireball, with certain elements displaying signature colors when vaporized. For example, sodium produces a bright yellow color, nickel shows as green, and magnesium as blue-white. It is very unlikely that any meteorites reached the Earth's surface as a result of this fireball.
Most meteors disintegrate completely many kilometers up in the atmosphere.
Our best estimates of the total incoming meteoroid flux indicate that about 10 to 50 meteorite dropping events occur over the earth each day. Half of these again occur on the night side of the earth, with even less chance of being noticed. Due to the combination of all of these factors, only a handful of witnessed meteorite falls occur each year. A photograph of a bright fireball can be seen at NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day site. David A. Kring of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory at the University of Arizona has a very excellent site describing meteorites .