Flash of flight above Kyiv likely meteorite, not Russian attack or NASA satellite
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Ukrainian space officials said on Thursday that a bright flash that lit up the sky over Kyiv late Wednesday probably came from a meteorite entering the atmosphere and not a NASA satellite or a Russian military attack.
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Ukrainian space officials said on Thursday that a bright flash that lit up the sky over Kyiv late Wednesday probably came from a meteorite entering the atmosphere and not a NASA satellite or a Russian military attack.
A bright flash of light seen in the sky over Kyiv late on April 19 was the result of a NASA space satellite crashing to Earth, according to preliminary data by Kyiv City Military Administration head Serhii Popko.
Security camera video and other images posted to social media show sky suddenly light up as a bright object flashes and appears to fall toward horizon and then disappear at about 10 p.m. Kyiv time Wednesday
A blinding flash of light set off air raid alerts across Ukraine’s capital city. Officials at first thought it was a falling NASA satellite, but the space agency has said it isn’t.
