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Scientists Hope To Find A Meteorite — At The Bottom Of Lake Michigan

In 2017, people in Illinois and Wisconsin saw a streak blazing across the sky: a meteorite careening into Lake Michigan. Today, scientists are still searching for it.
Scientists search Lake Michigan for a meteorite that lit up skies in Illinois and Wisconsin two years ago. (Courtesy the Adler Planetarium via Facebook)

In early 2017, the American Meteor Society got hundreds of reports from people across Illinois and Wisconsin of a green, fiery streak blazing across the sky. It was a meteorite careening straight into Lake Michigan.

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