meteorito Málaga
© Instituto de Astrofísica de AndalucíaThe last meteor recorded in Malaga, in 2005
On June 26th, social media networks were flooded with messages from excited eyewitnesses of a "meteor sighting" in the skies above Malaga, Granada and Seville. The next day, the sighting was confirmed by the Institute of Astrophysics in Andalucia: It was doubtlessly a meteor fireball. Unfortunately, no images were taken.

Mr. Ortiz, a scientist working for the observatory, said: "The curious thing about it is that 4 days previously, also in Malaga, two other consecutive fireballs had been observed, with similar characteristics and occurring only 16 minutes later than the latest one."

According to eyewitness accounts, the bolide was noticeable for its green color and slow disintegration.

Authorities have asked local businesses for CCTV camera footage in the hope that the meteor's trajectory can be reconstructed and to discoverer whether any fragments may have hit the ground.