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A brilliant blue-green flash of light was observed cutting across the night sky, stretching from the Bogor and Ciamis areas to the western horizon of Yogyakarta. Meanwhile, residents in the Cirebon area reportedly heard a thunderous explosion loud enough to rattle the windowpanes of their homes.
The National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), together with relevant astronomical monitoring stations, is still gathering data to determine the size and impact point of the space rock. The public is advised to remain calm, as such giant fireball phenomena typically burn up completely in the atmosphere before reaching the ground.
Daryono, the former Director of the BMKG's Earthquake and Tsunami Center, confirmed visual reports regarding the falling fireball—which had a visible tail—via his personal social media account.
"An astronomical phenomenon involving a 'falling' meteor in the skies over Java. This falling meteor appeared as a fireball with a blue-green tail—July 11, 2026, at approximately 21:30 WIB," wrote Daryono.
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Fireball lights up central Otago sky
The footage was shared to social media by Tūhura Otago Museum director and astronomer Ian Griffin, who called the fireball "lovely".
The video showed the skies above Middlemarch at 2.05am, when a fireball quickly, but brightly, lit up the sky.
You can watch it in the clip at the top of the page.
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Bright green fireball steaks over northern sky during aurora
"I was recording it with my phone, just panning around the horizon... (and) I noticed this fireball streaking into my view of my camera," he recalled in an interview on Monday. "I just redirected from the aurora and started following the fireball as it went down."
He called it a lucky break, albeit one that happens more frequently with the growing prevalence of modern cameras that can shoot video in low light.
"A real-time live video of a fireball coming down? That's a unique experience. That's a unique capture, and it does get a lot of traction in the social media space," he said.
By Monday at noon, his video had been viewed more than half a million times where he posted it to the Alberta Aurora Chasers Facebook page.
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