the mysterious flash in the sky of kyiv could be due to a meteorite, according to the Ukrainian Space Agency

The darkness is gradually dissipating on the brightness seen in the sky of kyiv. After considering the fall of a NASA satellite to explain this flash that appeared above the Ukrainian capital on the night of Wednesday April 19 to Thursday April 20, the track envisaged now leads to a meteorite. “We cannot identify the thing exactly. Our hypothesis is that it is a meteorite, but to establish its exact nature, we lack data”the deputy head of the control center of the Ukrainian Space Agency explained on Thursday.

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Earlier, the kyiv military administration assured that the mysterious glow was not due to the use of a weapon. “It’s up to the experts to find out what exactly it was. The most important thing is the safety of Kiev and its inhabitants. It was not a missile attack and our anti-aircraft defense did not resorted to his weaponssaid a military official.

The first track considered, that of the fall of a NASA satellite, had been denied by the American space agency. She had claimed that her satellite Rhessi had not yet entered the atmosphere at the time of the light flash observed above Kiev. The US space agency announced earlier in the week that the satellite, weighing some 300 kg, would return to the atmosphere at an undetermined time on Wednesday.