Very bright fireball explodes over Bariloche, Argentina
Image credit: Actu React (stillshot)
A very bright fireball entered Earth’s atmosphere over Bariloche, Argentina, and disintegrated in a series of bright flashes around 03:36 UTC on September 9, 2023. The event lasted up to 5 seconds.
Local residents reported sonic booms associated with the event.
It is likely that pieces of the object survived the entry and were scattered on the ground between Calbuco, Chile and Bariloche.
The fireball was captured on video and by NOAA’s GOES-East satellite.
Teo Blašković founded The Watchers in 2011 and edited it until 2026, covering seismic and volcanic activity, extreme weather, space weather and near-Earth objects. Articles on this page are his archive.
