After bright streaks of light streaked across the Phoenix night sky on Tuesday November 14, 2017, eyewitnesses immediately took to Twitter to speculate about aliens or "rational" explanations for this amazing phenomenon (see video below).
Strange bright flares appeared just days before the Leonids meteor shower, which crosses Earth's orbit in mid-November, so the huge fireball that was seen in the American Southwest is most likely a regular meteor, not an alien space ship or military test apparatus.
"The American Meteorological Society (AMS) received 85 eyewitness reports from Arizona, as well as California, Nevada, Utah and New Mexico," AMS wrote on its website.
“The Leonids meteor shower is active in November and is expected to peak this week. However, it is unclear if these outbursts are associated with this meteor shower, "- reports the publication" Arizona 12 ".
“3 hours ago in Phoenix saw what definitely looked like a plane crash. I am not the only one who saw this, but I can not find any explanation for this, except for the version with a UFO, - wrote in his tweet Tim Sylvester.
Starfall Leonids got its name from the constellation Leo. It is one of the most stunning and brightest meteor showers, and according to NASA, it is best observed "lying on your back with your feet turned to the east."
Voronina Svetlana