DETROIT (AP) — The National Weather Service says the bright light, visible from parts of northern Ohio, and what sounded like thunder in the sky across the Detroit metropolitan area may have been a meteor.
Several of our https://t.co/ulNKKYsusD traffic cameras captured a #meteor tonight, including this one. #meteor2018 #Meteorite @ODOT_Toledo pic.twitter.com/euYo9fIScy
— Ohio Dept of Transportation (@ODOT_Statewide) January 17, 2018
The weather service hasn’t been able to confirm that it was a meteor despite reports and videos received by the agency late Tuesday. But Meteorologist Jordan Dale says “it was not thunder or lightning or weather-related.”
Some residents reported their homes shaking.
The weather service says by about 9 p.m. it had received dozens of reports.
Dale says the weather service is trying to determine what caused the light and noise, calling it “a rare occurrence.”