Indianapolis, Indiana — After people from across south-central Indiana said they heard a loud noise that sounded like an explosion near Camp Atterbury around 1 p.m. Wednesday, the American Meteor Society confirmed it is looking into two reports of a fireball.
The agency lists preliminary reports from Bloomington at 12:18 pm and Columbus at 12:20 p.m.
According to the American Meteor Society, a fireball is a bright meteor. It’s generally brighter than the planet Venus if seen in morning or evening skies.
According to the organization, it still needs more reports to calculate an accurate trajectory and has not confirmed what type of fireball it was.
