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This section contains descriptions of unexplained facts provided by eyewitnesses or published in the media, as well as the results of their analysis by the group.

UFO. Netherlands

ID	#1650362535
Added	Tue, 19/04/2022
Author	July N.
Sources	ufomeldpunt.nl
Phenomena	UFO
Status	Hypothesis

Initial data

Initial information from sources or from an eyewitness

Incident date:

18.04.2022 23:00

Location:

Алмело

Netherlands

An eyewitness from the city of Almelo (Overijssel region) reports:

I saw a glowing dot that looked like a meteorite. After ± 1 sec. saw a flash of light, as if it had exploded. Then he disappeared.

It was moving from east to west, ± 11 pm.

My son was with me, but he didn't see it. It ended "too fast."

Original news

Een meteoriet? Na ± 1 seconde een lichtflits (ontploffing?) en wég was alles.

ALMELO, OV — Ik zag een lichtpunt als van een meteoriet. Na ± 1 sec. gaf het een lichtflits alsof het ontplofte. Daarna was het weg. Het bewoog van oost naar west, ± 23.00 uur.
Mijn zoon was bij me, maar zag het niet. Het was "té snel" voorbij.

Hypotheses

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Meteor

Meteor, "shooting star" is a phenomenon that occurs when small meteor bodies (for example, fragments of comets or asteroids) burn up in the Earth's atmosphere. A similar phenomenon of greater intensity (brighter than magnitude -4) it's called a fireball.