A huge fireball illuminated the night sky of Florida

A huge fireball illuminated the night sky over the Western part of the U.S. state of Florida Monday 21 Nov 2016.

This surprising phenomenon occurred about eleven in the evening, and was seen by many witnesses, including several police officers from the city of North Port. The video recorders installed on their patrol cars, recorded this event.

Concerned residents of the state of Florida has deployed in social networks a broad discussion, expressing various assumptions. Some have argued that this continues the alien invasion, while others were confident that the authorities are looking for some excuse to intimidate the population.

Fortunately, the fireball was simply a meteor which burned at the entrance to the Earth's atmosphere. According to the reports received by the American meteor society, meteorite flew from the South-East to North-West and finished their fiery flight over the ocean to the East of the barrier Islands, Anna Maria.

According to the American meteor society, a celestial object that has the size of a basketball flew into the atmosphere at a speed of 17 km per second and made this incredible light show.

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