'Fireball' illuminates the Japanese night sky

Videos and images circulating on social media show a bright fireball in the sky, visible from hundreds of kilometers away.

A "fireball" lit up the western Japanese sky on the night of August 19th.

On the night of August 19th, a "fireball" streaked across the sky over western Japan, astonishing many and surprising astronomy enthusiasts. However, experts assert that this was a natural phenomenon and not a sign of extraterrestrial activity.

Videos and images circulating on social media show an extremely bright streak of light appearing in the sky after 11 PM local time on August 19th, visible from hundreds of kilometers away.

One resident said that while he was driving in Miyazaki Prefecture, an unprecedented white light shone down from the sky, so bright that he could clearly see the shapes of the surrounding houses as if it were daytime.

Toshihisa Maeda, director of the Sendai Space Museum in Kagoshima Prefecture (southwestern Japan), confirmed that it was an exceptionally bright meteorite. He said the meteorite appeared to have fallen into the Pacific Ocean .

According to Maeda, many people felt vibrations in the air and saw the fireball flash by.

According to the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), objects that cause fireballs are usually over 1 meter in size.

VNA

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