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Bright Green Fireball Streaks Over Moscow as Experts Split on Origin

Lack of matching reentry data, coupled with active meteor showers, has several analysts pointing to a natural bolide.

A mysterious green fireball was spotted over Moscow, likely a meteor burning up in the atmosphere.
Unrelated file photo of a Stalin-era skyscraper dominating the city skyline as colorfully lit steam hovers over the frozen Moskva river at sunrise, in Moscow, Russia. Maksim Blinov / Sputnik via AP
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Overview

  • The luminous object crossed the Moscow sky around 03:30 local time on October 27, with sightings reported in Vidnoye, Dubna and Ramenskoye.
  • The Watchers’ review of multi-angle videos cites color, brief flares and a short-lived trail as evidence for a meteoroid rather than re-entering hardware.
  • Public reentry listings from Aerospace Corporation and US Space-Track showed no objects expected over European Russia at that time, bolstering the bolide assessment.
  • Russia’s Space Research Institute scientist Sergi Bogatchev said the phenomenon was likely a small meteor, while TASS quoted Alexander Alekseyev as calling it most likely space debris.
  • Authorities reported no sonic booms, damage or fallen fragments, and formal identification awaits radar, spectral analysis or corroborating tracking data.