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Fireball report from meteor spans six states and Canada

Posted at 10:42 PM, Jan 16, 2018
and last updated 2018-01-16 22:42:34-05

The National Weather Service says the bright flash and loud noise that has been heard throughout southwest Michigan was "likely" a meteor, but they will continue to monitor feeds.

As of 10:35 p.m. on Tuesday, the American Meteor Society had more than 200 fireball reports spanning six states and Canada

A majority of the reports come from southeast Michigan, but there are also reports in Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

The northern most report, as of 10:30 Tuesday night, came north of Tawas. The eastern-most report came northwest of Pittsburgh, the western edge on the Illinois western border and southern most northeast of Bloomington, Ill.

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Map showing fireball reports