Large 'fireball' seen falling over Singapore skyline

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Large 'fireball' seen falling over Singapore skyline

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more like aeroplane flying towards the direction of the sun..
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I think it is a space debris
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Something reentered the atmosphere and burned up. Could be anything though. Old rocket/satellite parts or simply a meteorite.
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it is superman
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Post by kingkong »

Bergkamp_ wrote:more like aeroplane flying towards the direction of the sun..
i concur. it looks more like contrail being lighted up by setting sun. pretty, but not an uncommon sight...
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The video show the lighted trail is moving too slow for a falling object.
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Post by vivid »

Wah lao, the trail got 2 distinct smoke trails lah.....

And meteors can turn ah.... (one of the pic shows it changing dir) :)
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