Watch Huge Meteor Explode into Fragments Over Illinois

If you were looking at just the right part of the night sky over Illinois at just the right time this past weekend, you were treated to a show unlike any other. A huge meteor exploded into fragments and multiple videos captured the moment it happens.

According to the American Meteor Society, a huge fireball was spotted by dozens of people from Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin Sunday night, December 7, 2025 at approximately 10:59pm. It was a meteor traveling toward the southeast that many reported seeing fragments come off of it which was confirmed by backyard videos, too.

Here is one of several videos that captured the moment it happened as this space rock zoomed across the sky and exploded.

Here's another video capture of the meteor explosion moment from a completely different perspective hundreds of miles away.

As of the date of this writing, the American Meteor Society has 81 confirmed reports of this meteor from Illinois and other states in the region including parts of Canada, too. That makes it one of the most widely-viewed meteor events so far in 2025 and the year isn't over yet.