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This video shows a stunning bolide recorded from Spain on October 15, at 20:38 local time (equivalent to 18:38 universal time). It was brighter than 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 76,000 km/h. The fireball overflew the north of Portugal and Spain. It began at an altitude of about 88 km over the locality of Argozelo (Braganza district, Portugal), moved southeast, and ended at a height of around 29 km over Villar del Buey (province of Zamora, Spain).

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 La Hita (Toledo), Calar Alto, Sierra Nevada, Coruña, and Marçà (Tarragona). The event has been analyzed by the principal investigator of the SMART project: Dr. Jose M. Madiedo, from the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC). Its code in the SWEMN database is: SWEMN20251015_183847.