A suspected meteor that appeared in the sky above Detroit, Michigan, has been captured by CCTV cameras and dash-cams.
Residents of the metropolitan Detroit area reported seeing a bright light and what sounded like thunder at around 8.08pm on Tuesday.
The National Weather Service have not confirmed that it was a meteor and say they are still trying to work out what caused the “rare occurrence”.
“When Armageddon is near, you better get out of of here. Looking like a Deep Impact. I ain’t afraid of no ‘stroid” #metrodetroitmeteor pic.twitter.com/MdibIt82TZ
— Topher No Grace (@topherlaine) January 17, 2018
A camera on someone’s front door only captured the sky-filling light.
.@PrincipalStager and I caught the #meteor from our @ring doorbell! pic.twitter.com/Q7YfV2jLI3
— Brian Stager (@brianrstager) January 17, 2018
If it was a meteor, despite the bright light and reports of people’s houses shaking, it wasn’t actually dangerous.
A meteor is just a small piece of rock that comes close enough to the Earth to enter its atmosphere. In doing so, it vaporises which appears as a dash of light, known as a shooting star.
