A meteorite falls in Cuba: neighbors report a strong explosion

CUBA, Havana.- Some local media and weather agencies report the possible presence of a meteorite in Cuba., near the province of Pinar del Ro.

The United States National Weather Service in Key West, Florida, reported Friday about several people who spotted a meteorite a few moments before hearing an explosion in the west of the island, without knowing the origin.

"We are receiving information about a meteorite that was seen in the skies of the Florida Keys, apparently in western Cuba, near the town of Viales, in Pinar del Ro, early in the afternoon. noon, "reported the agency. in your Twitter account.

The same story shows the visible fragments of the meteorite, reported by CNN correspondent in Havana, Patrick Oppmann. "Only in Cuba, a meteorite seems to crush and it turns out that you know the owner of the house where he fell," Oppman wrote on his Twitter, along with photos of the fragments.

According to the journalist, the meteorite fell near the area where the "wall painting of prehistory", a huge dinosaur painted rock that, according to Oppamn, "was in turn extinguished by meteorites".