Bright fireball recorded over western Hungary
Image credit: AllSky7 - Cam2@AMS71 (Becsehely). Operator: Krisztián Sárneczky, Balázs Csák
A very bright fireball was recorded over western Hungary at around 16:28 UTC (18:28 LT) on October 20, 2021.
The American Meteor Society (AMS) has so far received 39 reports1 from users in Hungary and neighboring countries of Croatia, Slovenia, Austria, and Slovakia. Users from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Romania also reported seeing it.
Image credit: AMS
AllSky7 fireball network has posted 6 videos of this event.2
References:
1 Event 6766-2021 – AMS
2 AllSky7 Fireball Network Archive – AllSky7
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