Huge meteor reported across Nevada skies

RT.com
Wed, 23 Dec 2015 03:11 UTC

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A giant glowing object soared through the night sky near Las Vegas, Nevada on Tuesday, with excited witnesses rushing to post photographs and videos of the what they believed to be a meteor on social media.

Apparent large meteor flies across Las Vegas sky https://t.co/VwzSaUVStF pic.twitter.com/vpSOCcPYuu— NBC KSNV News 3 (@News3LV) December 23, 2015

Some videos also apparently show what appears to be pieces of the object breaking up as it swoops across the sky.

@FOX5Vegas Captured an amazing meteor in Las Vegas around 6pm tonight! Saw it breaking up as it fell to earth! pic.twitter.com/xK2ObyL5o9— BAY (@SteeleSoldier) December 23, 2015

The object was also later seen flying across California.

@KTLA so this just happened in Ventura.... #ufo pic.twitter.com/hLT8dUVX1G— Kolbe Gillette (@TheRealKolbabe) December 23, 2015

Not everyone was convinced the flying object was a meteor, however, with Twitter users speculating that it could have been a secret alien visit or military weaponry.

When aliens visit disguised as a meteor— Mike (@WhyMetsWhy) December 23, 2015

Missile in the Nevada desert? pic.twitter.com/Zh7XPeXkcr— Jane Ross (@cjrorun) December 23, 2015

Local outlet KSNV reported that McArran airport confirmed the object was not an aircraft since it was too high in the sky.

Other than a meteor, Twitter users and experts speculated that the object could have been falling space debris. Bob Pippin of the CSN Planetarium in southern Nevada told KSNV it could have been a satellite.

Saw the coolest #meteor over #lasvegas just now. I thought it was a missile or something crazy pic.twitter.com/ZYmXUqBKCU— Danielle Ford (@DanielleFordLV) December 23, 2015

Some on Twitter agreed, arguing it was moving too slowly to be a meteor.

Looking at videos; #vegas #meteor likely returning space debris or booster. Not plane crash, not true meteor.

— David J. Syzdek (@dsyzdek) December 23, 2015

Comment: Another video of the meteor fireball fragmenting over Las Vegas:

There has been an increase in sightings of meteor fireballs from all around the world recently. Check out our Fire in the Sky section.

See also: SOTT Earth Changes Summary - November 2015: Extreme Weather, Planetary Upheaval, Meteor Fireballs

and Earth Changes and the Human Cosmic Connection: The Secret History of the World - Book 3 by Pierre Lescaudronand Laura Knight-Jadczyk