A fireball-shaped UFO appeared in a place late at night? Official response!

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#It is said on the Internet that a fireball-shaped UFO appeared in Gansu#

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Attracting the attention of millions of netizens

According to the video circulated on the Internet

Monitoring on July 10 at 22:14

Someone is walking in a square

Sudden

The night sky lights up

A fireball-like object streaked across the sky

Some netizens said

Pingliang City, Gansu Province

A suspected UFO appeared in Huating City

Video source: Jimu News

To this

Some netizens said

Something went wrong with my fire control training.

According to Jimu News, staff from the Huating Municipal Government and the Huating Municipal Science and Technology Bureau said they had not heard of the incident. Staff from the Pingliang Municipal Emergency Management Bureau told reporters that they had inquired with the Huating Municipal Emergency Management Bureau and had not received any reports of suspected UFOs.

Staff from the Huating City Emergency Management Bureau confirmed that the scene in the video was at the Huating City People's Square, and the mountain behind was Huangfu Mountain. However, the bureau did not receive any relevant emergency information, and they would immediately contact the relevant townships for verification and investigation.

Image source: Video screenshot

This video has also attracted the attention of astronomy enthusiasts. According to Metropolis Express, Zhang Baolin, a former meteorite expert at the Beijing Planetarium, said, "From visual observation, this big fireball should be a fireball. But it is actually very difficult to find the exact falling position."

The fireball phenomenon is a meteor phenomenon produced when a larger meteoroid falls.

The fire phenomenon should occur at an altitude of 12 to 120 kilometers above the ground, and meteoroids will shine in this space.

It enters the atmosphere very quickly, and the heat generated by friction will heat the surrounding air to tens of thousands of degrees Celsius. Its surface temperature can reach 4000 degrees Celsius, at which time it will glow.

Bright fireballs can illuminate a large area like a moonlit night or even as bright as day.

When the meteor trail in the sky is obscured, a dust trail like a smoke column will appear and can last for several hours.

Zhang Baolin cited a fireball incident: At around 7:44:13 in the morning on January 15 last year, a fireball flew rapidly from southwest to northeast in Xinjiang.

Image source: Metropolis Express

Although it lasted only a few seconds, the light was extremely strong, an airburst occurred during the period, and some people heard a thunderous rumbling sound.

After the airburst, the fireball's light dims and eventually disappears.

Image source: Metropolis Express

This incident quickly alarmed many meteorite hunters and meteorite enthusiasts, and they all rushed to the site to visit, but found no useful information.

Teacher Zhang introduced that "some people speculated that the fireball should have fallen in the northeast of the Junggar Basin, in the area of ​​Qitai County and Mulei County. Later, the meteorite was found, and the final location was in Shanshan area."

Source: Science and Technology Daily, Jimu News, Metropolis Express, etc.