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Wisconsin, Illinois Feel Sonic Boom After Meteor Streams Across Sky

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- People in Wisconsin and Illinois got a look at a meteor streaming across the sky.

Calls came pouring into authorities after a fireball lit up the early-morning sky.

The meteor was also accompanied by a sonic boom that shook the region.

Radar shows the meteor passing over Lake Michigan.

It's unclear if it landed in the lake or if it broke up in the sky.

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