Despite extensive cloud cover in the region, many eyewitnesses in the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin have filed reports with the American Meteor Society concerning a bright meteor seen at 11:37 PM Eastern Daylight Time on Friday night (May 3, 2024). An analysis of their accounts, constrained by a camera belonging to the Southern Ontario Meteor Network, places first sighting of the fireball 58 miles above Marysville in Ohio, moving northwest at 74,000 miles per hour. It disintegrated 41 miles above Lima, after having travelled some 51 miles through the atmosphere.
This meteor was not part of the currently active eta Aquariid meteor shower.
| Event ID | 20240504-033647 |
| Date (UTC) | May 4, 2024 |
| Time (UTC) | 03:36:47 |
| AMS Event | 2231-2024 |
| Chicken Little Start Lat/Lon | +40.300, -83.358 |
| Chicken Little End Lat/Lon | +40.742, -84.066 |
| Chicken Little Altitude | 93.2 km → 65.3 km ( 57.9 miles→ 40.6 miles) |
| Chicken Little Speed | 32.9 km/s (73,600 mph) |