South Dakota Police Post Video Of Meteor Shooting To Earth

Thursday evening was a night of Northern Lights and Bright Meteors filling the South Dakota sky.

Check out this video police captured of a meteor crashing to earth.

The Watertown Police Department in northeastern South Dakota posted a video of a meteor blazing into the earth's atmosphere.

With a bit of humor, the Watertown PD wrote...

“Our downtown camera captured something in the sky above Watertown this morning at 3:12 am. Meteorite, space junk, first contact? Regardless, there has been a warrant issued for excessive speed.”

The Watertown Police later posted an update with a video on their Facebook page that stated: "We have assigned Captain Ellis the case."

Ya gotta love a police department with a good sense of humor!