A huge ball of fire ‘falls from the sky and crashes in Chinese County’, leaving locals stunned.
- A huge fireball was seen in the sky over Nangqian, China today
- The footage shows burning bullets exploding and a plunge into the county
- Local media suggested that the fast-moving moving object could be a very bright meteor
- At 7:25 a.m., a suspected boil hit the Earth, according to Chinese seismic officials.
A huge fireball flickered in the sky and crashed into a county in southern China.
Footage taken by stunned locals shows an unidentified object bursting into a burning ring as it sinks rapidly towards the earth.
What the fireball is is not immediately clear, but local media are hinting at the possibility of a very bright meteor. No casualties were reported.
A huge fireball flashed in the sky over Nangqian in China this morning.
Various clips on Chinese social media show suspicious meteors illuminating the sky
Various clips on Chinese social media illuminate the sky with suspicious meteors overturning in Nangqian County in northwest China’s Qinghai Province.
The incident is said to have taken place at 7 am on Wednesday. Local residents reported that they heard loud bangs.
A video shared by science blogger Gray on web sites such as Twitter captures the moments of a fireball ball climbing in the dark, as seen by a passenger on a flight from Xian to Lhasa.
The incident is said to have happened at 7 a.m. Wednesday in northwest China
In the second part of the footage, the burning object is seen descending rapidly towards the hills and fields.
In the third clip, the fireball gets brighter and bigger as it gets closer to the ground.
Dan Bae, a local, said he saw firecrackers taking his child to school.
‘It started very small, but after three minutes it got too big and bright,’ the parents told Pierre Video.
A video shared by science blogger Gray on web sites such as Twitter captures the moments when the fireball ball rises in the dark, as it is seen by a passenger on a domestic flight.
Yu Jun, lead author of the Chinese science website Guoqer, told the Beijing News that the fireball looked like a ball of lead, a very bright meteor.
The China Earthquake Network Center said it had recorded the incident. The authority said through its social media account that a suspicious Boleid landed near the border of Nangqian County and Yusu County at 7.25am.
The Nanxiang County government told Red Star News it had heard the case, but was unclear about the details.
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