Did you see it? Second fireball meteor lights up Ohio skies
wtol.com • • science
Key Points:
- A meteor entered Earth's atmosphere around 9:30 p.m. Monday over southern Wisconsin and was visible across several states, including southern Michigan and northwest Ohio.
- This is the second meteor sighting over Ohio recently, following a notable event on March 17 that drew national attention after breaking apart over Medina County.
- University of Toledo professor Michael Cushing explained that while small space debris frequently enters Earth's atmosphere and burns up unnoticed, larger meteors can produce a noticeable boom due to their supersonic speed.
