Residents of San Antonio, Chile were surprised by a large meteor fireball flying over their heads.
But, first, they believed they were being visited by extraterrestrials.
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How did these strange elongated clouds formed in the sky over Santiago de Chile and the port of San Antonio in Chile on July 7 2014?
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A UFO spaceship? A burning plane? Chemtrails? A piece of space shuttle re-entering earth’s atmosphere?
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After analysis by the National Meteorological Center of Chile, this strange sky phenomenon and the resulting smoke resulted from the passage of a meteor.
A huge meteor that probably ignited during its fly or fall through the atmosphere.