Did anyone hear about a Southern Aurora Yesterday?

This would be Thursday morning about 2 hours before sunup.I drove about 23 miles of rural southerly travel.I would swear that i could see two somewhat prominent aurora spikes in the south.White and kind of faint,but bright enough to see while driving. I stopped and double checked several times.I've seen several auroras and would swear that was one. But i didn't think it could be possible from my location.About 65 miles NW of Chicago.Unless there was a massive southern aurora?maybe?Anyone know anything? Thanks, Don

I viewed the bright trail of a fireball while observing Mercury early this morning. About 0530 PST. I missed the meteor itself but it lit up the entire sky behind me!! Never seen anything like it, the entire sky brightened. I then saw a trail with red sparkles which grew dim and a smoke trail that dissipated after about 30 sec. I'm in Southern Ca, it was roughly alt 45 az 270 heading west. It was like a flair had been shot into the sky, I noticed a sudden brightening and turned, saw the trail then viewed the smoke trail with my 15x70 binos for half a minute or so.