People in Michigan were thrown for a pretty big loop when a suspected meteor lit up the sky Tuesday night.
The fireball can be seen just overhead, with multiple people noting that it shook the ground.
Dashcam video captures a meteor lighting up the sky tonight over Bloomfield Hills, Michigan https://t.co/yNCyRXCmcm pic.twitter.com/1jisddGDyk
— BuzzFeed Storm (@BuzzFeedStorm) January 17, 2018
And yes, the sports world itself had an absolute blast with this.
When you realize that light in the sky might have been a #meteor. pic.twitter.com/rMafHjIfEr
— Detroit Tigers (@tigers) January 17, 2018
.@AndreasA86… Faster than a meteor. #LGRW pic.twitter.com/DiUN68ik8R
— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) January 17, 2018
Tonight’s 〽️ichigan #Meteor isn’t the only thing on 🔥 https://t.co/8KB1gbQ82N
— University of Michigan (@UMich) January 17, 2018
That meteor probably provided Michiganders more excitement than the Detroit sports teams will for all of 2018.
— Catherine Slonksnis (@CSlonksnis) January 17, 2018
https://twitter.com/BarstoolUofM/status/953439586516176896
THAT WAS NO METEOR
THAT WAS
GREEK LIGHTNING pic.twitter.com/HNhxfEyAYL
— supernintendo chalmers (@helmerroids) January 17, 2018
the "#meteor" was actually John Elway's Koosh Vortex finally re-entering the atmosphere after 22 years pic.twitter.com/TI4IG08e93
— Mike (@peabody_says) January 17, 2018
When I realized a meteor fell in Detroit, the world may really end soon, and the @Lions still haven’t won a Super Bowl 😭 #OnePride pic.twitter.com/uiii7ruywj
— El Padrino (@Maserati_Toine) January 17, 2018
We are unable to confirm whether it was from a @MiguelCabrera moonshot. pic.twitter.com/s6hwYAVYNw
— Detroit Tigers (@tigers) January 17, 2018
Meanwhile somewhere in SE Michigan… pic.twitter.com/83I9m5oN22
— Jamal Spencer (@JamalSpencerTV) January 17, 2018
https://twitter.com/WorldofIsaac/status/953436432323969024?ref_src=twcamp%5Eshare%7Ctwsrc%5Em5%7Ctwgr%5Eemail%7Ctwcon%5E7046%7Ctwterm%5E0
Luckily, it appears to be nothing more than a meteor fireball and no one was injured on the ground. It still had to come as a pretty big shock to those in the rust belt.
Let’s just hope it’s not followed up by aliens invading Ann Arbor. We don’t want them to take back one of their own, Jim Harbaugh.