(Midwest News) – The night sky lit-up early this (Tuesday) morning when a bright meteor streaked across the atmosphere and broke apart. The event was seen by people across the Midwest at around 5:21-a.m. central time. A video of the meteor was captured by a property surveillance camera located between Griswold and Oakland. The video, submitted to KJAN on our Facebook page by Chelsey Muhlbauer, has garnered over 200 comments from those impressed by the event, and from those who witnessed the celestial happening from around southwest Iowa and beyond.

Still frame image of a meteor breaking-up (image taken from a video of the event, as viewed between Griswold & Oakland), courtesy Chelsey Muhlbauer

The American Meteor Society says reports were coming in from Minnesota to Texas from those who saw the entire 3.5-second event, or parts of it. https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1C4gY23mw5/