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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 dashcam 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 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 said, adding that the event didn’t cause any destruction on the ground. | |
A leading research associate at the Krasnoyarsk Physics Institute, Sergey Karpov, told Yenisei broadcaster that it was likely a very small fragment of a meteor, less than 10cm in diameter. | |
Some online commenters say the footage shows nothing but a pistol flare light, filmed at a good angle. | |
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