Overview

• The flash occurred around 00:39 local time Saturday and bathed parts of Mendoza in a reddish-orange light for about three to four seconds.
• Reports came from multiple departments including Junín, Rivadavia, San Rafael, Las Heras, Maipú, Guaymallén and San Martín, with some users claiming visibility as far as Neuquén.
• Security cameras and phones recorded the event, and widely shared clips included posts by X user @maximsimone and TikTok user @br.jaime.
• Outlets characterized the phenomenon as a likely bolide, and there were no official confirmations or recovered fragments reported as of Saturday.
• Conicet Mendoza researcher Fernando López described the object as a small bolide—roughly fist-sized by his estimate—and noted the province’s FRIPON monitoring camera was offline, limiting precise trajectory data.