A flash and boom that occurred Monday evening in Minnesota is speculated to have been a passing meteor, according to local authorities.

Reports of the incident started at approximately 6:45 p.m. on Monday, when a loud explosion and bright flash were heard and seen in the sky by Bemidji, Minnesota, residents. Authorities are now investigating what could have caused the flash and explosion, which was loud enough to rattle the windows of some homes, according to a statement from Beltrami County Emergency Management.

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As of Tuesday morning, the Beltrami County Emergency Communications Center told the Washington Examiner it had no further update on what specifically caused Monday night's phenomenon.

BCEM has checked with the National Weather Service on what caused the ruckus, with NWS stating it had not received any other questions about the flash and bang.

Law enforcement has also investigated the area, and officers have yet to find anything substantial in this investigation. Power substations have also been checked, but no power outages were reported.

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While it is unknown if the phenomenon was a meteor, Chris Shaffer, the chief meteorologist for CBS Minnesota, has shared his own input on what happened, stating that "all the ingredients" for a meteor occurrence were "kind of" present on Monday evening.

"Based on my experience, I've seen a lot of videos over the years, and all the ingredients were kind of there, that you see the flash and hear the boom. And oftentimes, when meteors enter our atmosphere, that's what they do — they burn up and they can create a sonic boom as well," Shaffer said. "I checked local radar to see just how close to the surface that might've come, and I couldn't pick up anything, so it happened pretty high up in the atmosphere."