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Green‑Tinged Meteor Streaks Across Michigan Sky, Seen From Jackson To The U.P.

01:20 AM, 12/09/2025
Green‑Tinged Meteor Streaks Across Michigan Sky, Seen From Jackson To The U.P.

Meteor Brightens Michigan Skies: A meteoroid produced a bright, green‑tinged flash visible across the state Sunday evening, with sightings from Jackson to the Upper Peninsula. Recorded By Witnesses: Videos were shared by Fred Vincent (East Lansing) and Janice Beach (dash cam in Jackson). Timing & Context: Michigan Storm Chasers reported the event at about 5:58 p.m.; experts distinguish asteroids, meteoroids/meteors, meteorites and comets in related educational resources.

LANSING, Mich. — On Sunday evening a bright object from space briefly illuminated Michigan’s night sky, producing a green‑tinged flash that was visible from Jackson up to parts of the Upper Peninsula.

Video of the streak was posted by Fred Vincent from East Lansing and by Janice Beach, whose car dash camera captured the object as it passed over Jackson. Members of the Michigan Storm Chasers reported on Facebook that the sighting occurred at about 5:58 p.m.

What Was It?

Observers saw a meteoroid— a small rock or particle from space—enter Earth’s atmosphere, producing a bright meteor (the streak of light). If any fragment survives passage through the atmosphere and reaches the ground, it is called a meteorite. The green hue recorded in some videos is often seen when certain metals and minerals vaporize during atmospheric entry and interact with air molecules.

How This Fits In The Solar System

According to the James Webb Space Telescope Discovery website, asteroids are rocky bodies that orbit the Sun, most commonly in the belt between Mars and Jupiter. Comets are icy bodies that release gas and dust as they approach the Sun, forming visible tails. Meteoroids are typically fragments broken off from asteroids or comets; when they enter our atmosphere they become meteors.

Reported details: Sighted about 5:58 p.m.; videos from East Lansing and Jackson; visible across a wide swath of Michigan.

If you captured footage, local news outlets and astronomy groups often collect eyewitness reports and video to help estimate the meteoroid’s path and origin. Stay safe and avoid handling any suspected meteorite without guidance from experts.

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