Meteor?: Bright light, loud noise rattle Michigan residents

Zack Lawler

Meteor?: Bright light, loud noise rattle Michigan residents

In this late Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018, image made from dashcam video, a brightly lit object falls from the sky above a highway in the southern Michigan skyline. (Zack Lawler/WWMT via AP)

Meteor?: Bright light, loud noise rattle Michigan residents

The National Weather Service says the bright light and thunder-like sound in the sky across southern Michigan may have been a meteor. The weather service says dozens of people called on Tuesday night, and some had felt their homes shake. (Jan. 17)

Posted: Wednesday, January 17, 2018 2:38 am | Updated: 3:01 am, Wed Jan 17, 2018.

Meteor?: Bright light, loud noise rattle Michigan residents Associated Press |

DETROIT (AP) — The National Weather Service says the bright light and what sounded like thunder in the sky across the Detroit metropolitan area may have been a meteor.

Meteorologist Jordan Dale says the weather service hasn't been able to confirm that it was a meteor despite reports and videos received by the agency late Tuesday. But he says "it was not thunder or lightning or weather-related."

Some residents reported their homes shaking.

The weather service says by about 9 p.m. it had received dozens of reports.

Dale says the weather service is trying to determine what caused the light and noise, calling it "a rare occurrence."