Thousands of people from
northern and central Argentina have taken to social media to ask what caused an
enormous ball of light to momentarily light up the night sky in the early hours
of Sunday morning.
Video footage shot around 3.30am at Santiago del
Estero, in Argentina's north, shows a large ball of light soar through the sky,
completely illuminating a quiet street below.
Startled locals quickly took to Facebook and
Twitter to ask what had caused the night to briefly turn to day, with some
speculating the phenomenon had been caused by a falling meteorite.
Jorge Coghlan, director of the Astronomical
Observatory of Santa Fe, suggested the light could have been caused by a meteor
that entered the atmosphere at high speed.
"This object disintegrated and was high so it
could be seen for hundreds of miles, " he said.
Several other provinces in Argentina's north and
centre also reported seeing a large ball of light that had lit up the dark sky.
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