(meteorobs) A bright skyflash in the Ural region

[Marco Langbroek]

Andrei Ol'khovatov schreef op 18-11-2014 16:12:
> Dear All,
>
> There was a skyflash some days ago (the last week-end?) seen in the
> region of the city of Ekaterinburg, Russia (official name - the
> Sverdlovsk' region).
> Not much info:
> 1) a news story (in Russian):
> http://urfo.org/ekb/518345.html/print/
> 2) video:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOwTSzjC6Ew


Hmmm. I doubt this one is a meteor.

 From the video, it appears that the person shooting it was already starting to 
pay attention well before the peak event. In the video, you can see a pulsating 
red glow in a stationary position well before it becomes very bright, the latter 
only happening 18 seconds in the video. The bright peak, of several seconds 
duration, also seems to be quite stationary. So the event, whatever it was, was 
already going on for at least 18 seconds, and it does not seem to be moving 
during that time.

My guess this is something originating on Earth. To me, it looks like a fire or 
series of small explosions and subsequent large explosion or flash fire 
reflecting on a cloud deck. The Russian article (in Google translation) seems to 
suggest there is a major chemical plant nearby? I wonder if any explosions were 
heard some tens of seconds after the movie ends.

- Marco

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Dr Marco (asteroid 183294) Langbroek
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