So you think that you have seen just about everything in your time haven’t you? Well what if we told you that last night over the skies of none other than America’s dairyland Wisconsin, a fireball lit up the evening sky. Yes it lit up the night like nothing that had been seen in those parts for sometime. To get a glimpse of it, check out the site below:
It is not exactly a scene out of the movie Armageddon, but it does certainly let us know that meteors and things of that nature are in outer space and are capable of reaching our planet on occasion. Most meteors that enter the earth’s atmosphere rarely reach the ground and that appears to be the case here where no touchdown has been reported.
The magnitude of the fireball though was pretty extensive, at least in terms of its size. Shortly after ten o’clock when it happened, phone calls started to flood into numerous news outlets of this tremendous light that lit up the evening sky. If you watch the video you clearly see the night light up out of nowhere, then a giant ball like glow start heading north to south towards the horizon.
Reports indicate that the suspected meteor was visible for around 15 minutes and was spotted in the following states: Missouri, Illinois, Wisconsin, Ohio, and even a response from someone as far West as Oregon who responded in seeing the amazing green glow appear then head for the horizon. This was also not one of those uncle Wilbur spotted something over the field type phenomenom either. There have been reports that at least two pilots were airborne and witnessed the event as it was taking place. One of them in fact was in a helicopter at the time and saw the bright light hauling on by.
The consensus then has been that it most likely was a meteor and anyone looking at it on the video would be hard pressed to find a different explanation. A few callers thought at first that it might have been an airplane in distress, but as not reports of wreckage have been found, coupled with its almost perfectly circle like look as you watch it on youtube, leaves one to believe that those folks got to witness something pretty out of sight!
As the days go on, it will probably develop a life of its own and other crazy stories will probably be unbirthed. But it does just go to show us that we are not alone in this universe and things from outer space might appear at anytime. Perhaps, we are in the twilight zone! Haha!
