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The bright fireball in this video was recorded over Spain on May 29, at 23:03 local time (equivalent to 21:03 universal time). It was almost as bright as the full Moon. The fireball was observed by a wide number of casual eyewitnesses, who reported it on social networks.

The event was generated by a rock (a meteoroid) from an asteroid that hit the atmosphere at about 57,000 km/h. The fireball overflew the province of Cuenca (Spain). It began at an altitude of about 84 km over the locality of Saelices (province of Cuenca), moved northwest, and ended at a height of around 21 km over the locality of Huelves (province of Cuenca).

The preliminary analysis of this event shows that the rock was not fully destroyed: a part of the meteoroid survived and reached the ground as a meteorite. Its mass, however is estimated to be of only a few grams.

This bright meteor was recorded in the framework of the SMART project, operated by the Southwestern Europe Meteor Network (SWEMN) from the meteor-observing stations located at Ayora (Valencia), La Hita (Toledo), Calar Alto, Sierra Nevada, and Olocau (Valencia). The event has been analyzed by the team headed by Dr. Jose M. Madiedo (principal investigator of the SMART project), from the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC).