Event: 20251123-103053


Just over 40 eyewitnesses in the states of Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Indiana have filed eyewitness reports of a fireball seen over northern Michigan at 5:29 AM EST on Sunday, November 23. An analysis of these accounts combined with data from publicly accessible cameras in the region show that the meteor first became visible 62 miles above Hubbard Lake, north of Barton City, Michigan. Moving a bit north of East at 98,500 miles per hour, it traveled 82 miles through the upper atmosphere before disintegrating at an altitude of 46 miles above Lake Huron.

This event appears to have been caused by a small comet fragment and was not part of any currently active meteor shower.


Event Data

Event ID 20251123-103053
Date (UTC) Nov. 23, 2025
Time (UTC) 10:30:53
AMS Event 9010-2025
Chicken Little Start Lat/Lon +44.744, -83.667
Chicken Little End Lat/Lon +45.071, -82.090
Chicken Little Altitude 100.2 km → 73.9 km ( 62.2 miles→ 45.9 miles)
Chicken Little Speed 44.0 km/s (98,500 mph)