NASA investigates as unexpected meteor crash into Earth, Daily Express reports.
–
Footage of a meteor impact was caught on camera as the object crashed into Earth in Armenia and Turkey.
–
One of these videos, recorded by Arman Abrahamyan, was shared on Facebook by the head of Armenia’s Hydrometeorology and Monitoring Service Gagik Surenyan.
–
Mr Surenyan described the object as a “big meteorite” in the caption.
–
Observers in Turkey reported the event took place on Wednesday at around 8:30pm.
–
Police officials in the Black Sea province of Trabzon confirmed that a “ball of light” was reported by multiple eyewitnesses.
–
It was also seen across several other provinces in northern Turkey on Wednesday evening.
–
Witnesses said it was visible across Artvin, Erzurum, Sivas, Tuncel and Ardahan.
–
Ozan Unsalan from Ege University who leads Turkey’s Meteorite Tracking Project claimed that the object was a “typical meteorite.”
–
Mr Ünsalan said that NASA had not issued a warning about the meteor.
–
Turkish researchers have since been in contact with the US space agency to determine the nature of the ball of light.
–
H/T Public Radio of Armenia