A meteor the size of a minivan swept over Washington

Wednesday night, many Washington residents witnessed an unexpected spectacle: the sky was illuminated by a huge fireball. Eyewitnesses reported a loud, buzzing sound; others said that they were shaking when the object raced across the sky.

Power was both surprised and puzzled by the sudden event and appealed to the Federal aviation administration and other services in an attempt to figure out what was the cause of the accident.

Investigation local officials have not shown any signs that the object or the machine crashed to the ground. The Federal aviation administration later confirmed that no lethal means or any other known object could produce noise and light. All this led to the assumption that the source of the turmoil was the meteor.

Specialists Space center, NASA Johnson confirmed that the sky flying a very large meteor — fireball. Cobblestone space entered the Earth's atmosphere, where it burned, giving a beautiful show for the residents of Washington, flying at 22.5 km from the coast. Various instruments, including weather satellites and seismographs were used to monitor the meteor.

Seismometers in the Pacific Northwest seismic network recorded a humming sound around 7 PM local time. American society for the study of meteors mapped the likely trajectory of the fireball, and also indicated the place where the meteor was seen.

The fireball was seen in the North, in the region of Vancouver and South to Portland. According to Freis from Mark's Johnson Space center, it was one of the largest cars in the last two decades. It is estimated that the meteor has reached the size of a minivan at the entrance to the atmosphere. When he reached the ocean, it was only a piece the size of a brick.

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