A video shot by Gerri Grenier from the sidewalk in front of GFL Memorial Gardens shows a fireball flash across the sky.
A video shot by Gerri Grenier from the sidewalk in front of GFL Memorial Gardens shows a fireball flash across the sky.
Videos from Sault Ste. Marie and nearby Michigan locations show the fireball streaking across the sky before it disappeared around 8:15 p.m.

Gerri Grenier was taking in the Queen Street Cruise with family on Friday night in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. when she happened to catch the "incredible moment" a fireball streaked across the sky.

"I cant believe I panned my phone over in that same split second of the meteor hitting our atmosphere," Grenier told SooToday. "As a beginner geology student, it was incredible catching something like that on video."

Social media is abuzz with eye-witness accounts of the fireball, which appeared in the sky over Sault Ste. Marie around 8:13 p.m. Some witnessed the same fireball Grenier and her family did, while others who were indoors reported hearing a sonic boom as loud as a slammed door.


The fireball and sonic boom were also witnessed and filmed in a number of spots in Michigan. Michigan Storm Chasers has posted videos of the same fireball filmed from Cheboygan and Cedarville. Another video shows the fireball over Posen, Mich.