Posted on 12/24/2020 9:30:10 AM PST by BenLurkin
According to a Daily Mail report, it is not immediately clear what the ball of fire is, but local media are suggesting the possibility of a meteor. Some experts believe that the object was a bolide, an extremely bright meteor.
A local named Dan Ba, who witnessed the incident while taking his child to school, said that the bolide started very small, but three minutes later it became very big and bright. Many other locals reported hearing loud bangs.
The fireball was also video-recorded by passengers on a plane traveling from Xi’an to Lhasa as it lightened up the sky. Several videos and photos of the mysterious event was shared on social media.
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China’s Earthquake Networks Centre also confirmed that a suspected bolide landed near the border between Nangqian County and Yusu County at 7.25am, but no one was injured.
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Hopefully its the 1st of a thousand plagues.
Probably higher and further away than it looked. Saw something similar years ago - it lasted over 20 minutes because it was at 40,000 ft traveling on a long angle to the earth’s surface over 300 miles away
“I, for one, welcome our new alien overlords.”
Why couldn’t it have hit The Three Gorges Dam?
I looked at all the photos and videos...I didn’t see even one stunned person.
The best view I’ve ever had of a Bolide was when I was piloting an aircraft over Georgia during the daytime at about 8K ft. One passed in front of the aircraft about 1 mile away. Super bright with a small tail...It appeared to burn out prior to hitting the ground.....
It definitely caught my attention, a once in a lifetime event...
Their beebers were stuned.
China is a very large country.
Depending on how out in the open this witness was, it could have taken some moments.
I used to have a hot tub at the old house. Me and wifey would soak with snow falling down and freezing temperatures. We’d watch one of the comets for a few nights (Hale-Bopp?). I enjoyed those very much. Not sure if the high temps is good for my blood pressure though.
Three minutes??
That is one slow moving meteor.
It probably decelerated a lot from its initial high speed, and even then is exaggerated time.
Back in the 80’s, we were duck hunting west of Omaha and at about 6:00 a.m. we saw one in the western sky. Not as bright as the one in the video but we all looked at each other for a minute like, “what the hell did we just see?” Pretty cool.
They were expecting an Earth shattering kaboom.
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