Possible Daytime Meteorite Sighted in Groningen

A object speculated to be a rare daylight meteorite was seen streaking across the skies of Groningen, in the Netherlands, on April 21.

This footage, captured by a camera attached to the Groningen office of Gasunie, a Dutch natural gas company, shows a glimpse of the falling object.

“I’m not an astronomer, but it does look like a meteorite or shooting star,” Gasunie spokesman Michiel Bal told Dutch daily newspaper Dagblad van het Noorden. “It is the first time that we have captured such a natural phenomenon.”

Dagblad van het Noorden also interviewed local astronomer Theo Jurriens, who could not definitively identify the streaking object as a daylight meteor, and added that such phenomena were “very rare.” Credit: Gasunie via Storyful