Watch the video above: A bright fireball was captured by the Mirasteilas Observatory in Falera, Switzerland.
TORONTO — Residents across a large swath of central Europe were treated to a bright fireball in the night sky on Saturday.
Almost 200 reports of the meteor were sent to the American Meteor Society, streaming in from Switzerland, France, Germany and Austria. Seven people reported hearing a boom as it broke up across the sky.
“The fireball was as bright that it illuminated the sky and landscape around me to twilight brightness levels,” read one person’s report.
The meteor wasn’t quite as large as the one from Feb. 15, 2013, when thousands were injured in Chelyabinsk, Russia, after a massive fireball lit up the morning sky blowing out windows after a sonic boom rang out across the area.
Meanwhile, more people reported a bright fireball across parts of Scotland and the northern United Kingdom.
It’s unknown whether or not the two were related.
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