You weren’t crazy, you DID see with your own eyes something from outer space last night.
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On Tuesday night, the United States Geological Survey confirmed that many spotted a meteor in the Chicago area skies, according to abc7.
It happened at around 7:10 p.m. according to USGS and abc7 and it also caused a magnitude 2 earthquake.
WAIT WHAT-?!
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According to the news outlet, the American Meteor Society received close to 200 reports of a “fireball meteor” seen over Illinois along with other states.
Those in Michicagn, Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana, Iowa, and Pennslyvania also reported seeing the meteor, according to the news outlet.
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Most took to social media [naturally] after hearing and seeing what they described as well – a meteor in the sky!
#meteor scared the buhjesus out of us pic.twitter.com/qFcFMotFDi
— PirateHooker (@BlackBeerded) January 17, 2018
Got video of the #meteor on my security camera. It got really bright!! pic.twitter.com/e9mDSce6cy
— Brad (@brad_manor) January 17, 2018
The aforementioned meteor video tho, also enjoy my new backyard pic.twitter.com/3ppzrkSEf1
— 🔮Julie Bohnlein🦉🔮 (@Spaceicorn) January 17, 2018