Update 4/12: NASA says it was a rare daytime fireball, after all (NASA says orange streaking object over TX was not a rare daytime fireball as initial

[Emily]

Update at end.

http://www.livescience.com/19592-texas-daytime-fireball.html
Rare, Unexplained Daytime Fireball Scorches Texas Sky
Natalie Wolchover, Life's Little Mysteries Staff Writer
Date: 10 April 2012 Time: 11:21 AM ET

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http://www.livescience.com/19609-mystery-fireball-texas-jet-contrail-nasa-scientist.html

Mystery Fireball in Texas Actually a Jet Contrail, NASA Scientist Says
Natalie Wolchover, Life's Little Mysteries Staff Writer
Date: 10 April 2012 Time: 06:06 PM ET

[snip]
Local news stations reported that the bright object was a fireball (an especially bright meteor) and Bill Cooke, head of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office, initially said it was indeed a fireball, and more evidence of the mysterious and unexplained observation that there are more fireballs in the spring than other times of the year. However, other experts argued that the Texas fireball was actually a jet contrail reflecting the glow of the setting sun, making it appear fiery.

Cooke has agreed....

The confusion was from the wrong tape getting released from a television station.

http://www.space.com/15238-daytime-fireball-texas-real.html
Update: Texas Fireball was Real After All, NASA Says
Natalie Wolchover, Life's Little Mysteries Staff Writer
Date: 11 April 2012 Time: 02:12 PM ET