On Saturday evening just before midnight local time a spectacular fireball was witnessed by hundreds of people and caught by a number of cameras!

 

We already received 450 reports concerning this event from the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Luxembourg, Denmark, and even France!.
The time could be determined by the witnesses and camera observations and was found to be 4 April 2020 around 21:44 UT (23:44 CEST).

Here

The IMO reports with computed trajectory for the fireball from 4 April 2020


If you witnessed this event and/or if you have a video or a photo of this event, please

Submit an Official Fireball Report
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The fireball was also recorded by at least 4 cameras of FRIPON:

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FRIPON detection of the fireball from 4 April 2020 by the stations in Denekamp, the Netherlands and Oldenburg, Germany.

The event was also caught on six cameras of the AllSky7 Network.

Fireball caught with the Ketzur camera of the AllSky7 network on 4 April 2020.

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