Overview

• Residents in Bahía Blanca, Santa Rosa and other parts of La Pampa, and Viedma in Río Negro reported a vivid fireball on Saturday evening that left a persistent luminous trail.
• Photos and videos captured by numerous witnesses spread rapidly on social networks and were carried by local and national media.
• Most consulted astronomers and meteorologists described the event as a likely bolide, a very bright meteor that typically disintegrates in the atmosphere.
• Some specialists highlighted the trail’s early curvature, a feature they say can resemble space‑debris reentry, so a final classification remains under review.
• Local police logged calls from concerned citizens, and no injuries, impacts, or recovered fragments were reported.