If you see a meteorite "fall" or something that looks like a shooting star, you aren't going to find it.
If it's moving fast enough to be a glowing streak, it's going to land hundreds of miles away from you. If it's near enough that you found it, you have no chance of seeing it land (sort of like seeing a bullet whizzing past your head).
Keep in mind that this flowchart is to cut down the number of people who contact this person wondering if their rock is a meteorite, which it almost always is not. I first learned about this chart from this: https://xkcd.com/1723/
If it's moving fast enough to be a glowing streak, it's going to land hundreds of miles away from you. If it's near enough that you found it, you have no chance of seeing it land (sort of like seeing a bullet whizzing past your head).
Keep in mind that this flowchart is to cut down the number of people who contact this person wondering if their rock is a meteorite, which it almost always is not. I first learned about this chart from this: https://xkcd.com/1723/