Did You See It? A Bright Fireball Lit Up Illinois Skies Monday Night

I was out late on Monday night, and I didn’t see anything in the sky that seemed odd or out of the ordinary, but that was just me. It always happens to me. Remember when the Aurora Borealis was visible out here, I always missed it.

Apparently, hundreds of people across Illinois reported seeing a bright fireball streak across the sky around 10 p.m.

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Skywatchers Stunned: Hundreds Report Fireball Across Illinois Skies

The American Meteor Society says they received about 200 reports from witnesses who saw it with their own two eyes. Citings came from all over the Land of Lincoln, too, including:

• Chicago
• Aurora
• Addison
• Waukegan
• Oak Lawn
• Glen Ellyn
• Carpentersville
• Warrenville
• Shorewood
• Westchester

This wasn’t just an isolated event that Illinois residents saw. Home security cam footage captured what appeared to be a bright flash in the sky in Michigan, but they’re not the only ones who thought they saw something, as reports from people in Indiana, Wisconsin, Ohio, Kentucky, New York, and Ontario, Canada, said they thought it might be a fireball too.

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A Multistate Phenomenon: From the Midwest to Canada

The American Meteor Society says thousands of fireball-sized meteors enter Earth’s atmosphere every day. That’s something I had no idea happened as often as it does.

We just don’t see them because they usually fly over oceans, remote areas, or even during daylight.

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This one must’ve been really bright because it was one of those rare sky events that had everyone wondering what they just saw, except me. I always seem to miss all the cool sky stuff.