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Beyond the Barometer: Fireball seen over parts of Wisconsin Friday morning

By Blaise Keller,

5 hours ago

MADISON, Wis. -- According to the American Meteor Society, over 70 reports came in from across parts of Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota and Illinois of a meteor seen early Friday morning.

Based on reports, the fireball was estimated to of had a path starting east of Augusta in Eau Claire county, travelled southeast and burned up northeast of Tomah in Monroe county.

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3LUZ5j_0v8EepCS00 — meteor path.PNG

Karen Hughes managed to capture the fireball moving across the sky as she was pulling into a gas station in Evansville.

fireball video.mp4

Seen as far north as Perham, Minnesota, and as far south as Talbott, Illinois, the fireball entered the atmosphere between 6:10 and 6:15am local time.

The American Meteor Society will take any reports if you have any here .

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3h2X7P_0v8EepCS00 — Ray Schirmer captured the left over, smoke trail of the fireball while driving north along Interstate 94.

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Beyond the Barometer: Fireball seen over parts of Wisconsin Friday morning

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