An unknown fireball with a long lighted tail was seen passing through the night sky over Karachi and other parts of Sindh province on Saturday night.
Multiple eye-witnesses spotted the bright meteor, streaking across the sky shortly after 7 pm. The meteor was visible from many areas of the province including Karachi.
Astronomical societies have confirmed that a rock could be seen in the video burning up in the Earth’s atmosphere, before crashing to the ground.
According to Weather Analyst, Jawad Memon, such meteors do not pose any threat to the population.
A meteor is a space rock—or meteoroid—that enters Earth’s atmosphere.
