Many eyewitnesses in the upper Midwestern states (Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, Nebraska, Missouri and Kansas) have filed reports of a bright fireball with the American Meteor Society, seen on January 20, 2022 at 6:48 AM Central Standard Time (2022 January 20 12:48 UTC). An analysis of their accounts, constrained by video from a camera located at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, shows that the fireball first became visible 46 miles above the Wisconsin town of Eagle, moving south of west at a leisurely 25,000 miles per hour. The meteor's track paralleled the course of the Wisconsin River for over 40 miles, finally disintegrating 26 miles above Prairie du Chien, near the Iowa border.
| Event ID | 20220120-124803 |
| Date (UTC) | Jan. 20, 2022 |
| Time (UTC) | 12:48:03 |
| AMS Event | 512-2022 |
| Chicken Little Start Lat/Lon | +43.257, -90.472 |
| Chicken Little End Lat/Lon | +43.027, -91.127 |
| Chicken Little Altitude | 74.7 km → 41.2 km ( 46.4 miles→ 25.6 miles) |
| Chicken Little Speed | 11.3 km/s (25,300 mph) |