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Green Fireball Seen in Sky Over Michigan, Midwest: VIDEOS
Twitter lit up with reports of a meteor or fireball streaking across the sky and seen in Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Michigan.
Many people reported seeing a green fireball, possibly a meteor, streaking across the sky late Friday around 10:15 p.m. Central time. The fireball could be seen from several Michigan communities.
Reports of the sighting also were coming in from people in Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri and Tennessee, according to WGN radio news anchor Steve Grzanich from Chicago and Fox News meteorologist Chris Higgins from St. Louis.
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A Fox News webcam in Belleville, IL, near St. Louis, recorded the fireball at about 10:16 p.m.
Twitter fired up immediately with many reports of the streaking flash in the sky.
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If you've spotted a meteor or bright streaking object in the sky, report the sighting to the American Meteor Society. A record of meteor reports filed in the last 24 hours shows people in Flint, Brandon Township, Lawrence, Olivet, Battle Creek, Springport, Mount Pleasant, Union, Eau Claire and other communities saw the flash in the sky.
Several people reported hearing a loud boom and witnessed the object fragment and disappear.
Here is another video of the fireball, posted to YouTube, recorded on an automobile dashboard camera.
— Dennis Robaugh, Patch.com
This page will be updated as more information is learned.
Teeny white "disc" = meteor as it traveled through the skies of the Midwest! @fox2ch caught it on our Eckert's cam. pic.twitter.com/vTMShpCs30
— Jasmine Huda (@jhuda) April 16, 2016
I just saw a massive meteor in Champaign, IL. It was probably a sixth the size of the moon, bright green, sweeping across the sky #meteor
— Isaac Chambers (@isaacchambers) April 16, 2016
Just saw a nice size #meteor over #grayslake #Illinois... anyone else?
A GREEN SHOOTING STAR METEOR THING JUST FLEW OUT OF THE SKY
— ren (@kierstennrenee) April 16, 2016
MORE: In #Illinois reports stretch from #Chicago suburbs downstate to Champaign. #meteor
— Steve Grzanich (@SteveGrzanich) April 16, 2016
A large @meteor was reported a few minutes ago in the skies over MO IL WI and TN...maybe more. Did you see it?
— Chris Higgins (@fox2ch) April 16, 2016
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