Terrified Russians think they are under attack or a plane has blown up as a large meteor EXPLODES in the sky
- Meteor described as ‘bright and noisy with long sparkling green and yellow tail’
- Spotted over Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Russia in broad daylight
- Locals said ‘beautiful’ UFO was extraterrestrial as it flew parallel to the ground
- The third major meteor or meteorite registered over Siberia in four months
A ‘large meteor’ exploded over Siberia causing ‘panic’ to witnesses in a major city who feared they had seen a plane on fire.
The space rock incursion visible from Krasnoyarsk in daylight was described as ‘bright and noisy with a long sparkling green and yellow tail’.
It was the third major meteor or meteorite event registered over Siberia in four months – and was followed around six hours later by an another ‘exploding meteor’ further west in Samara.
In the latest incident southern parts of the Samara were lit up in flashes of ‘green, then pink and violent’, said householders.
Next there was a ‘huge flash’ causing ‘windows and flower pots to vibrate, said a witness called Anna.
In Krasnoyarsk, a frightened local woman said: ‘I panicked as it sounded and looked like a plane on fire.
‘I got really scared of the noise and shine it created.’
Dash cam footage captures the bright spark first appearing in the sky above Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Russia as if out of nowhere
Various videos captured the fascinating sight from all angles as hundreds watched the terrifying flash
Spotted from different angles, the meteor appeared to travel parallel to the ground before disapearing
One woman called Svetlana doubted it was a meteor claiming the UFO flew ‘parallel to the ground’ and ‘vanished’ in the air instead of falling.
A man said: ‘It was incredibly stunning, really beautiful.
‘I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything as beautiful as this.’
After it vanished ‘we heard a noise – boom, boom! – as if something was exploding in the sky.’
Some residents said the meteorite was ‘blindingly bright, akin to the light and sparks created during intense welding work’.
The space rock split into several parts before vanishing in the sky eastwards over the Irkutsk region of Siberia.
It was visible for only around five seconds but its bright flash and booming noise meant it had many witnesses.
‘I pulled a phone out of my pocket, but it flew across the sky so fast that I only caught a long white trace it left,’ said one woman.
The local ministry of emergencies confirmed a meteor had been registered but said there was no threat to people or infrastructure, reported The Siberian Times.
Expert Viktor Grokhovsky from Ural Federal University, said: ‘It exploded quite high in the sky somewhere over Irkutsk region…
Part of the Krasnoyarsk meteor which hit on March 15 is reported to have landed in the Podkamennaya Tunguska
A local showing the size of the fragment of rock found in Podkamennaya Tunguska, Russia
‘Its structure must have been quite loose given that it split into fragments.’
This was thew third major extraterrestrial incident in four months over Siberia.
Earlier, on 18 December a meteor exploded close to Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula north of Japan with a force ten times more powerful than the Hiroshima atomic bomb, according to NASA.
On 15 March a meteorite slammed into Krasnoyarsk region with local reports saying it ‘warmed the air’ and ‘shook the ground’ after streaking across the sky in a green, yellow and orange fireball.
Part of this space rock is reported to have landed in the Podkamennaya Tunguska River smashing through 4ft of thick ice.
A bid is to be made to lift the meteorite from the river bottom.
The site is close to the world’s ‘largest known meteor explosion’ known as the Tunguska Event in 1911 which had the force of 185 Hiroshima bombs, wiping out 80 million trees.
The March space rock is now known as the Tura or New Tunguska meteorite.
Experts say the Samara incident was ‘most likely a meteor’ exploding at high altitude in the atmosphere.