Green Fireball Strikes the Sky of Illinois, Missouri and Iowa – Dashcam Video
Many people reported seeing a green fireball, possibly a meteor, streaking across the sky late Friday April 15th around 10:15 p.m. Central time. The fireball could be seen from the Chicago suburbs.
Reports of the sighting also were coming in from people in Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri and Tennessee, according to WGN radio news anchor Steve Grzanich from Chicago and Fox News meteorologist Chris Higgins from St. Louis.
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.
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 Orland Park, Naperville, Elburn, Spring Grove, Peoria, Hinsdale, Chicago, Aurora, Arlington Heights, Woodstock 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.
