The cameras did not record a luminous object that allegedly flew over the territory of the Irkutsk region on Wednesday night, which was previously reported by eyewitnesses, Sergei Yazev, director of the astronomical laboratory of Irkutsk State University, wrote on his Facebook page.
The cameras were unable to record a certain luminous object that allegedly flew over the territory of the Irkutsk region on Wednesday night, which was reported by eyewitnesses, Sergey Yazev, director of the astronomical laboratory of Irkutsk State University, wrote on his Facebook page.
Earlier, he noted that eyewitnesses began to receive reports of a bright fireball observed at 00.05 last night (from February 16 to 17). Object may have been seen "roughly - to the west - possibly northwest - as viewed from Irkutsk." According to him, the pictures from the cameras could help clarify the situation with the flying object.
“There is no midnight fireball in the recordings from our two meteor cameras the previous night. Either it was going much further north, or it was already shining low (it was not visible beyond the mountains of the Tunkinskaya valley). The exact direction … remains unknown. An eyewitness from Ust Orda said - where the sun sets. But the sun sets very differently at different times of the year. The cameras were working, the sky was clear, there was no fireball on the records,”Yazev wrote on his page.
According to the media in the region, residents of the Ust-Ordynsky village saw a bright flying object. The media cite their evidence that "something very luminous flew across the sky, similar to a meteorite, but much brighter." According to eyewitnesses, cited in the media, the object was yellow-blue and literally "burned with fire."
“Apparently, the story with the car will end there - two eyewitnesses reported that they had seen, - well, that's it… There are many such cases throughout the year,” the scientist summed up.