meteors appear much, much closer than they actually are; it’s a very strong optical illusion, and stronger the brighter they are.
People routinely will assert that a meteor “must have hit just over the next hill” when it never got closer than 50 miles to the surface.
You’ve almost certainly seen a bright fireball; you can report it here (they then can take multiple eyewitness reports and calculate the speed, path, and and where the meteor came from.) You can also check other reports.
http://www.amsmeteors.org/fireballs/
Thanks!
I reported what I saw.