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A fireball “as bright as a full moon” was seen in the sky over western Japan early Sunday morning, according to Japanese media.
Images of the incident reportedly showed a large ball of light illuminating the night sky. Some social media users said they heard a rumble when the light was seen.
The light was so bright it could be seen through closed curtains, according to NHK News.
According to Kyodo News, the object would have been a fireball, which is a very bright meteor. Takeshi Inoue, director of Akashi Municipal Planetarium in Hyogo Prefecture, told Kyodo News that such bright meteors are rare and the meteor appears to have been “as bright as a full moon.”
A similar meteor was seen over Tokyo in July, fragments of which were later found in Chiba Prefecture.
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