More likely a meteor, or maybe a meteorite: a flash that appeared in the sky confused experts

Publico: a meteor was spotted in the sky over Portugal

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A meteor was spotted in the sky over Portugal on Saturday evening, writes the newspaper Publico.

A flash of a luminous ball was seen throughout Portugal, according to numerous eyewitness videos. “It was a meteor crossing the atmosphere,” say experts, whose opinion is cited by the publication. Most of the videos of the unusual phenomenon were made in the north of Portugal.

On the website of the Civil Defense, meanwhile, a message appeared about a “meteorite fall” in the area of ​​​​the municipality of Castro Dairi, but then it was deleted.

A meteor is a streak of light that a space object leaves in the night sky as it burns up in the atmosphere. A meteorite is a solid body of cosmic origin that fell on the surface of the Earth.