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Posted on YouTube: April 15, 2010
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Caught on Camera: Meteor Fireball Lights Up Midwest Skies![](http://www.fox4kc.com/media/alternatethumbnails/story/2010-04/53308521-15042647.jpg)
WISCONSIN - A large meteor over northern Illinois, Wisconsin and eastern Iowa light up the night sky Wednesday night. The Chicago Tribune reports that officials in in La Crosse, Wis., Davenport and Des Moines, Iowa, and in St. Louis and Kansas City, Mo. received "numerous reports of a fireball."
The National Weather Service reports that around 10 p.m. on Wednesday there were several reports of a "sonic boom" right after the "fireball" was seen and the force shook homes and trees. The NWS did not know if the meteor hit land.
The University of Wisconsin's Atmospheric Sciences department captured several photos of the fireball's descent] and and Iowa Sheriff's Deputy also captured the fireball's descent on his dashcam.
http://www.fox4kc.com/wdaf-midwest-meteor-041510,0,2146276.storyThis GIF takes a while to download on a medium speed connection but is worth the wait...
ETA went to the GIF link just now and it says "Due to extreme volume, the animated gif has been temporarily replaced with this flash loop."
http://www.aos.wisc.edu/fireball/Hopefully it'll come back soon.
![](http://www.aos.wisc.edu/fireball/2010_04_14_fireball_loop_1024x768_long.gif)