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| A meteor? Glowing object filmed falling in Siberian sky (VIDEO) | A meteor? Glowing object filmed falling in Siberian sky (VIDEO) |
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| A shining object was captured descending from the sky on a dash cam video in Russia’s remote north. A witness claims it was a meteor, but authorities say the location of the incident is too far away to investigate | A shining object was captured descending from the sky on a dash cam video in Russia’s remote north. A witness claims it was a meteor, but authorities say the location of the incident is too far away to investigate |
| Another eyewitness told local journalists that it became “light and warm” during the incident on Friday evening near the village of Tura in the Evenk Autonomous Territory. | Another eyewitness told local journalists that it became “light and warm” during the incident on Friday evening near the village of Tura in the Evenk Autonomous Territory. |
| However, the celestial body is unlikely to grab international headlines like the exploding Chelyabinsk meteor did in 2013. | However, the celestial body is unlikely to grab international headlines like the exploding Chelyabinsk meteor did in 2013. |
| A local dispatch service told RIA-Novosti that “it’s impossible to tell what the shining object was. It might have been a meteor or something else.” | |
| There are also no plans to inspect the alleged crash site as it is “located in a remote hard to reach area,” the dispatch service added, saying that the event didn’t cause any destruction on the ground. | There are also no plans to inspect the alleged crash site as it is “located in a remote hard to reach area,” the dispatch service added, saying that the event didn’t cause any destruction on the ground. |
| A leading research associate at the Krasnoyarsk Physics Institute, Sergey Karpov, told the Yenisei broadcaster that it was likely a very small splinter of a meteor, less than 10 cm in diameter. | A leading research associate at the Krasnoyarsk Physics Institute, Sergey Karpov, told the Yenisei broadcaster that it was likely a very small splinter of a meteor, less than 10 cm in diameter. |
| Some online commentators also suggested that the footage showed nothing but a pistol flare light, filmed at a good angle. | Some online commentators also suggested that the footage showed nothing but a pistol flare light, filmed at a good angle. |
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