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In another piece of footage, the burning object is seen descending quickly towards hills and fields.It brings to mind the spectacular fireball that roared through Russia's skies on February 15th, 2013, which SOTT reported on at the time: Fireball explodes over Russian city: Widespread panic and structural damage, Thousand people injured
In a third clip, the fireball becomes brighter and bigger as it approaches the ground.
Dan Ba, a local, said he witnessed the fireball while taking his child to school.
'It started very small, but three minutes later it became very big and bright,' the parent told Pear Video.
Yu Jun, chief writer of Chinese science website Guokr, told Beijing News that the fireball looked like a bolide, which is a very bright meteor.
The Nanxiang County Government told Red Star News that it had heard of the matter but was unclear of the details.
The event was recorded by CNEOS at 23:23 UTC at coordinates 31.9N / 96.2E and an altitude of 35.5 km (22 miles). The object was traveling at a speed of 13.6 km/s.
The approximate total optical radiated energy was 489.8e10 Joules, which is equivalent to the energy released by the explosion of 9.5 kilotons of TNT.
This is by far the largest recorded fireball event of the year , the largest since December 18, 2018, and the 15th largest on record. For China, this is the largest fireball event since 1988.
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