South Africa Meteor (VIDEO)

This amazing video, taken from CCTV footage, shows a meteor lighting up the sky over South Africa the weekend before last.

One resident described the sight to Eyewitness News in South Africa as "like an orange stripe in the sky, followed by a very bright explosion where the sky lit up as if it was daytime."

As of last week, scientists were still looking for where the meteor may have landed, according to the Telegraph.

Comments

[Bond007]

11:35 AM on 01/26/2010

South Africa will be a lot worse than Zimbabwe in 10 years. 10 years people,, remember this statement!

[davistn8]

05:01 PM on 12/02/2009

That must have been really hot!!

[blueskybigstar]

01:25 PM on 12/02/2009

Wow. There was one in Indonesia recently too.

[jackstpaul]

02:49 AM on 12/02/2009

It was some alien tourists on a UFO snapping their version of a Polaroid of earth. Or terrain mapping for the invasion.

[hottingers]

02:14 AM on 12/02/2009

That's what happens when a rookie giving his first an al probe accidentally ignites the flatulence.

[JAL12]

11:59 PM on 12/01/2009

This is probably what happened in Japan over Tatsunokuchi Beach on Sept 10, 1271. Nichiren was right in rhythm.

[richsmith]

11:37 PM on 12/01/2009

It good not to be getting a massive load of UFO babble on this one.

[brahdog]

06:58 PM on 12/03/2009

yes, because it's clearly been proven that ufos can't possibly exist

[AnalyzeIT]

10:19 PM on 12/01/2009

Aaaaah, Gauteng aka the, "Place of Gold", now I understand the reason for the spotlight. Everything happens for a reason. Absolutely everything!!!

[b1986]

10:11 PM on 12/01/2009

That would have scared the c rap out of me.

[BethS]

09:56 PM on 12/01/2009

Just foreplay for 12/21 2012.

[Sing Out and Slap Iron]

10:11 PM on 12/01/2009

O I do hope so!

[notadumbblonde]

10:37 PM on 12/01/2009

If anyone is a craft entrepreneur, get your 2012 ideas moving, you will make a fortune. Then we can look back and laugh like we do about cabbage patch dolls, mood rings, and pet rocks.

[Kristen777]

02:18 PM on 12/02/2009

I love it! Thanks for the tip!

[circusfifthfloor]

09:04 PM on 12/01/2009

And don't get any ideas about using "Earthismine", wise guys. It's registered already.....HA.....CFF It was only a hoax.

[Intelligentia]

07:19 PM on 12/01/2009

Looks like a weapons test to me. Not necessarily by Sa

[Sing Out and Slap Iron]

10:15 PM on 12/01/2009

Really! Have you had your tin foil hat refitted recently?

It's more likely a meteor like the one that exploded above the Tunguska River in 1908, only much smaller. Look it up and get educated.

[peterg76]

12:52 AM on 12/02/2009

There aren't any witnesses from 1908 alive today.

[Coinyer101]

06:57 PM on 12/01/2009

That was not a meteor......,


I was testing out my new giant bong idea.....,


It worked......, so...., get used to it......,

[Moshe]

06:59 PM on 12/01/2009

Wow! That is pretty amazing!

Shalom friend.

[BradGd]

07:17 PM on 12/01/2009

Puff Puff Pass :)

[bbriani3842]

06:53 PM on 12/01/2009

Awesome. . .totally awesome!!!

It was SFW blessing us with his noodly appendage!!!

. . .or crapping a meatball.

[bbriani3842]

06:56 PM on 12/01/2009

Dang I'm tired. . .my apologies to the Flying Spaghetti Monster. . .I meant to say "F-S-M". . .totally screwed that up. . .

[MsMcgee]

05:34 AM on 12/02/2009

Dyslexia rules when you’re tired.

[Commie]

05:54 PM on 12/01/2009

District 9.

[algemeen]

11:31 AM on 12/02/2009

Crap!

They better stay out of Cape Town! LOL