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A ball of fire over the English channel

Added	Mon, 09/09/2019
Источники	twitter.com watchers.news inews.co.uk
Дата публикации	Mon, 09/09/2019
Версии	Meteor

A slow, bright fireball was recorded on the English channel at 04:51 UTC on 8 September 2019. It lasted more than 7 seconds. The American meteor society (AMS) received 91 reports over the next few hours, from people living across England and Northern France.

Several people called the police to report the incident flying object early Sunday morning. After several calls, two helicopters of the police and the coast guard helicopter was up in the air in case it was a plane.

Police Devon and Cornwall said that at 6 a.m. they received calls from concerned residents about a burning object. They began to search the premises because they could not exclude the prospect of the plane, despite the fact that there was not a single flight in the area.

Weather network UK described the numerous reports of meteor fireball over the English channel about 5:45.

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