Reports: 'Fireball' Crashes into Water Off New Jersey

TOMS RIVER (1010 WINS) -- A fiery streak across the sky got the attention of the Coast Guard Saturday night, after the reported fireball crashed into the waters off the Jersey Shore.

Concerned calls started coming in from South Carolina to Long Island about 9 p.m.

Coast Guard boats were searching near the site of the reported impact, off Normandy Beach in Toms River, about 10 miles off shore. No debris has been found in the water.

The Toms River Fire Department says it also got some calls and there were at least 20 people on the beach with the same story.

The FAA has not reported any missing planes and they doubt it was part of an aircraft. Even NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command) chimed in, saying it probably wasn't space junk.

A Coast Guard spokesman suggested the sightings could be the result of the Aurigid meteor shower.

Astronomers had predicted a possible light show over the western parts of North America Saturday.