OSAKA, Aug 20 (News On Japan) –
A glowing object was seen streaking throughout the sky in western Japan on Tuesday night time, with a number of studies of a brilliant flash adopted by a path of sunshine. Observers urged it might have been a very brilliant meteor, often called a fireball, or probably a meteorite.
Footage taken in Kagoshima City shortly after 11 p.m. confirmed the sky momentarily turning white earlier than an orange mild appeared to fall from above. Similar sightings have been reported in Osaka and Kobe.
According to the Kagoshima Local Meteorological Observatory, sensors put in on Sakurajima recorded an air vibration, or sonic wave, at round 11:08 p.m., coinciding with the second the sunshine was noticed. Multiple areas throughout Kagoshima Prefecture additionally confirmed the flash. Meteorological officers mentioned it was doubtless a fireball or meteorite.
Toshihisa Maeda, director of the Sendai Space Museum in Satsumasendai City, mentioned, “It was bright enough to make Sakurajima visible at night. I believe it was a fireball, which is among the brightest type of meteors.”
Source: TBS