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UFO. Netherlands

ID	#1669917863
Added	Thu, 01/12/2022
Author	July N.
Sources	ufomeldpunt.nl
Phenomena	UFO
Status	Hypothesis

Initial data

Initial information from sources or from an eyewitness

Incident date:

01.12.2022 17:45

Location:

Альфен-ан-ден-Рейн

Netherlands

A ball of light with fragments of the tail was seen in Alphen aan den Rhein (South Holland).

An eyewitness writes:

A light bulb in the sky that crumbled, followed by a tail of light.

It looked like the combustion of a rocket/comet in the atmosphere

Unfortunately there is no photo

Original news

Lichtbal die met brokkelstukken met staart

ALPHEN AAN DEN RIJN, ZH — Licht bol in de lucht die afbrokkelde met een lichtstaart volgend.

Leek als raket/ komeet die in de atmosfeer afbranden

Helaas geen foto

Hypotheses

List of versions containing features matching the eyewitness descriptions or material evidence

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.