A fireball roaring across the night sky recently dazzled upper Midwest residents lucky enough to see and hear it -- but there could be more where that came from very soon.

Witnesses saw the meteor flashing overhead at about 4 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 10 ET, according to reports submitted to the American Meteor Society. The fireball was reportedly visible in Wisconsin, Michigan and Indiana, with most of the witnesses being Indiana residents, many of whom not only saw but heard the meteor as it descended.

"Sounded like a bomb went off in the distance. A much different sound from the rumble of thunder," a Monrovia, Indiana, resident reported. "It was pretty exciting and scary."

A Kokomo man said the "amazing" meteor had a "nice tail behind it," adding that he saw "some sort of explosion" as it passed.

Video shows the bright fireball is easily visible even through cloud cover.

Meteorologists believe the fireball is from the Geminids meteor shower, WXIN and WTHR reported.

If you missed the overnight show, don't worry, as there's a good chance more meteors could come raining down in the coming days.

The famous Geminids shower is already well underway. It starts every year on Nov. 19 and ends on Dec. 24, but it peaks on Dec. 14, according to NASA and the American Meteor Society.

"During its peak, 120 Geminid meteors can be seen per hour under perfect conditions. The Geminids are bright and fast meteors and tend to be yellow in color," NASA says. The Geminids provide "one of the best and most reliable annual meteor showers," the agency said.

Where do all these meteors come from? Every year, the earth passes through a debris trail left by 3200 Phaethon, and that rocky debris enters our atmosphere and burns up brilliantly, according to NASA.

3200 Phaethon is a mystery itself as experts aren't sure what, exactly, it is. The leading theories are that it's a dead comet or possibly "a new kind of object ... called a 'rock comet,'" experts say.