A Mysterious Fireball Crossed the Sky in the South of France

Surprised, the people of southern France sighted on Wednesday night the passage of a “fireball” in the sky.

The sky of southern France was crossed by a strange “fireball” Wednesday around 6.20 pm. On Twitter, the testimony of spectators flocked phenomenon, sharing their surprise.

y’a eu chez pas quoi c’etais un truck énorme on aurait dit une météorite ou un avions en flamme à st raph ! Chez moi pic.twitter.com/9EMkZfqOyN
— Nico … 萨科 (@nico83np) February 17, 2016

Météorite à Grenoble : trois impacts confirmés en Isère [PHOTO] https://t.co/h7NDfueNAv via @LInternauteInfo pic.twitter.com/lkazP4jQeC
— LInternaute.com (@LInternauteInfo) February 18, 2016

Un truc est tombé vers 18h au dessus du #campus de #grenoble ou j’ai rêvé?! #météorite ou feu d’artifice? #isere
— Kevin Froment (@FromentK) February 17, 2016

Première fois que je vois une #météorite dans le ciel de Savoie.
— Adrien A-F (@angermannA) February 17, 2016

According to the newspaper Le Dauphiné , the phenomenon has been observed in “several departments (…) throughout the south of France” . And “three impacts have affected the department of Isère” . In an amateur video, we see the space of a moment the flying object illuminated the sky.

[VIDEO] Une boule de feu, probablement une météorite, filmée dans le ciel du Sud Est de la France hier (Val Thorens) pic.twitter.com/EFeeBnoLk7
— Djamel Mazi (@djamel_mazi) February 18, 2016

A possible “meteor shower”In testimonies collected by the newspaper, readers evoke “a green ball with a trail, a beam” or“a long trail of fire after a big white ball that exploded” . To explain the appearance, the prefect of the Isere has advanced the hypothesis of a “meteorite rain” on his Twitter account.

A 19h30 aucun aéronef signalé disparu. Phénomène probable de pluie de météorite au dessus de l’Isère.
— Préfet de l’Isère (@Prefet38) February 17, 2016

First, as explained in the Dauphiné, the trail of a passage of the International Space Station (ISS) above locations had been considered. But, at 6.18pm, it flew over the Pacific Ocean.