Meteor Streaks Across Night Sky Above Chicago, Lands In Lake Michigan

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UP IN THE SKY, IT WASN'T A
BIRD, IT WASN'T A PLANE, WASN'T
EVEN SUPERMAN.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE CONFIRMING IT WAS A
METEOR METEOR THAT FLASHED IN
THE SKY.
IMAGINE A ROCK THE SIZE OF
A CAR FALLING FROM THE SKY.
TRAVELING AND EXPLODED 10-MILES
UP INTO THE SKY AND FELL INTO
THE WATER IN LAKE MICHIGAN NEAR
WISCONSIN.
DO YOU THINK THAT PIECE OF
ROCK LOOKED SIMILAR TO THE ONE
THAT LANDED IN LAKE MICHIGAN.
YES ABOUT 90% OF ALL STONY
TYPE OF METEORITES THEY ARE
BLACK, LOOKS LIKE A NORMAL
ROCK, FEEL LIKE A NORMAL ROCK
BUT VERY UNIQUE HAVE
CHARACTERISTICS THAT IF YOU'RE
TRAINED YOU KNOW WHAT TO LOOK
FOR.
SCIENTISTS WILL NEVER FIND
THOSE ROCKS IN LAKE MICHIGAN TO
VERIFY IT HAVE VIDEO IS ROOF,
THE FLASHED FROM THE SKY AT
1:27 A.M., THIS VIDEO WAS
CAUGHT ON CAMERA BY A POLICE
OFFICER WHO COULDN'T BELIEVE
WHAT HE SAW AND WENT BACK AND
REPORTED.
A WOMAN NEAR MILWAUKEE CAPTURED
THIS ON HER CELL PHONE, THE
FIREBALL ILLUMINATES THE SKY,
THERE WERE 184 REPORTS OF A
FIREBALL FROM ILLINOIS AND
WISCONSIN AND NEW YORK AND
ONTARIO CANADA, ANOTHER SHOT OF
A METEOR FROM A POLICE OFFICER
WHO RECORDED IT.
SHOWSTHE TRAJECTORY, ALL THE
DOTS WHERE WITNESSES SAW A
FIREBALL TRAVELED NORTHEAST,
AND NORTH OF WISCONSIN.
I TALKED TO MIKE OF THE
AMERICAN METEOR SOCIETY.
WHAT WERE YOU THINKING WHEN YOU
SAW IT?
A GREAT WAY TO START THE
DAY.
IT IS MOVING TENS OF THOUSANDS
OF MILES PER HOUR IN A VACUUM
AND WHEN I WANT HITS OUR
ATMOSPHERE, IT BECOMES DENSE
AND THERE IS ALL THIS FRICTION
AND SLOWS DOWN IMMEDIATELY AND
ALL THE AIR AROUND IT, IT MELTS
AND THEN IT EXPLODES.
THAT'S LITERALLY THE ROCK
BREAKING UP IN THOUSANDS OF
PIECES.
WHEN YOU SEE THAT BRIGHT
LIGHT THAT BREAKS UP.
WHEN I WANT GETS SUPER
BRIGHT THAT'S THE EXPLOSION
THAT WE'RE SEEING.
HE SAYS IN THE U.S.
TYPICALLY THEY RECOVER METEORS
THREE OR FOUR TIMES A YEAR AND
GLOBALLY 5 OR 6 TIMES A YEAR,
IF YOU HAPPEN TO SEE THIS
METEOR YOU ARE ASKED TO REPORT
IT TO THE AMERICAN METEOR
SOCIETY FIND THEIR LINK ON OUR
WET SITE CBSCHICAGO.COM.

Meteor Streaks Across Night Sky Above Chicago, Lands In Lake Michigan

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