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