Near-Earth objects and close calls

[sToRmR1dR]

Bright fireball captured streaking in the sky above Portugal and Spain.

Published on Oct 16, 2025 (1:57)

 

[mabar]

From Solar Astronomy Laboratory of the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Reports of a bright fireball sighting in Biysk
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The fireball was also expected to be seen in Barnaul, Gorno-Altaysk, Novosibirsk, Kemerovo, and very likely in northern Kazakhstan.

Time of passage: approximately 15:59:30 Moscow time. The trajectory probably ran roughly along the border of Russia and Kazakhstan from east to west (this information is preliminary and needs verification).
The fireball was also expected to be seen in Barnaul, Gorno-Altaysk, Novosibirsk, Kemerovo, and very likely in northern Kazakhstan.

Without verification

 

[sToRmR1dR]

A bright fireball lit up the night sky over the Zamora, Spain.

Published on (1:43)

 

[sToRmR1dR]

Bright fireball captured streaking in the sky above Algeria.

Published on Oct 26, 2025 (1:52)

 

[mabar]

Fireball over Moscow

From RT Russian

A video is circulating online showing an object resembling a falling meteor over Moscow.

 

[Gaby]

Fireball over Moscow

Discussion of the anomalies here:

Лаборатория солнечной астрономии (XRAS)

Предварительная информация по траектории болида показывает наличие некоторого числа странностей В комментариях было прислано видео, снятое в районе города Жуковский, которое позволяет определить направление на болид и сделать оценки траектории его движения. Это оказалось возможно благодаря...

t.me

Preliminary information on the trajectory of the fireball indicates the presence of a number of anomalies

A video filmed in the Zhukovsky area was sent in the comments, which allows us to determine the direction of the fireball and estimate its trajectory. This was possible thanks to the presence of two stars in the video: Vega and Deneb, whose direction and height above the horizon at the time of observation are well known.

Video in question here: https://xras.ru/info/images/video_mo.mp4

It should be noted right away that studying this information has so far created more mysteries than answers.

Based on current estimates, the trajectory of the object passed north of Moscow in an east-west direction. The visibility time was approximately from 06:32:15 to at least 06:32:40, i.e., at least 25 seconds (possibly even longer). At the moment of appearance, when observed from the Moscow region, the object was at an altitude of about 9 degrees above the horizon in a direction of about 35 degrees to the northeast (if counted from the direction to the north). At the moment of the end of the observation, the altitude was about 5 degrees; at this moment, the object was already observed at an offset of about 30 degrees to the northwest.

If we assume that the object was moving at an altitude ranging from 100 to 60 km, this means that its trajectory passed at a distance of 350 to 700 km north of Moscow. The most likely distance, taking into account the ballistic nature of the movement, is between 450 and 500 km.

Based on estimates of distance and observation time, the object's speed ranged from 14 to 30 km/s, with the most likely value being around 20 km/s. If the preliminary estimates are correct, such speeds almost certainly indicate that this is an asteroid.

At the same time, this estimate is in serious contradiction with the unusually long observation time of the fireball, which is characteristic of space debris objects. In addition, the observed intense fragmentation of the body is also more typical of artificial bodies that do not have the same strength as stone or iron-nickel meteorites.

Additional unusual points include the fact that there is currently no evidence (or none has been received) of observations of the object at its zenith (above the head), which should be quite numerous based on the calculated trajectory passing over large populated areas, as well as the presence of strong flashes, which should have been clearly visible given the darkness of night. It is also somewhat surprising that the bulk of the observations came from Moscow, rather than from St. Petersburg or the cities of Vologda and Cherepovets, which are located on the trajectory of the object's movement.

In this regard, it is even possible to assume a fundamentally incorrect estimate of the altitude of the body's movement, which could have been either 400-500 km (but in this case, the object would have had to have an extremely high speed), or, conversely, the object could have been moving at altitudes much lower than those typical for asteroids. In this case, the body was significantly closer to Moscow than the calculation suggests.

Overall, the nature of the object remains unclear at this time.

I think the nature of the object is clear - a fireball. It's the para-normal nature of its trajectory and visualization that makes it very interesting. We'll see.

 

[Niall]

Discussion of the anomalies here:

Лаборатория солнечной астрономии (XRAS)

Предварительная информация по траектории болида показывает наличие некоторого числа странностей В комментариях было прислано видео, снятое в районе города Жуковский, которое позволяет определить направление на болид и сделать оценки траектории его движения. Это оказалось возможно благодаря...

t.me

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Video in question here: https://xras.ru/info/images/video_mo.mp4



I think the nature of the object is clear - a fireball. It's the para-normal nature of its trajectory and visualization that makes it very interesting. We'll see.

No anomalies here, just the observer's faulty assumptions.

 

[Niall]

Interesting timing... One of Laura's greatest hits has just been published on SOTT for the first time:

Independence Day

Comment: The following was written by SOTT's founding editor Laura Knight-Jadczyk over 20 years ago. Thus it was written during the first Bush administration and predicted, correctly, that the psychopaths and lunatics who emerged from the shadows...

www.sott.net

 

[Gaby]

No anomalies here, just the observer's faulty assumptions.

Right, these people are as brainwashed on the nature of fireballs as everyone else. As we/they see more, the picture will become crystal clear.

 

[mabar]

Right, these people are as brainwashed on the nature of fireballs as everyone else. As we/they see more, the picture will become crystal clear.

Perhaps not even that, I mean the "Cold war " between institutions might darken their vision.

From Solar Astronomy Laboratory of the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences

NASA has closed access to information about asteroid 2025 US6 in its databases

Information about the trajectory and other characteristics of asteroid 2025 US6 has been removed today from NASA's close approach database. As of this morning, before the appearance of information about the observation of a bolide in central Russia, this information was present and publicly accessible.

The object, estimated to be 2 meters in size, was calculated to pass at a distance of about 150 thousand kilometers from Earth tomorrow, October 28, 2025.

Currently, data about the object is unavailable both in NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) basic catalog and on the mirrors of the European Space Agency. However, a copy of the information about the object is present in the Yandex cache, saved yesterday. Links from that page now generate errors.

There is a high probability that the object is currently being considered in connection with today's events in central Russia. The reasons for the closure of the information in the catalog, as well as how widespread this practice is in general, are currently unclear.

 

[Gaby]

Perhaps not even that, I mean the "Cold war " between institutions might darken their vision

Yeah, I saw that. The Europeans also have their restrictions:

It should be noted that the European Space Agency's data access policy in many cases provides for access restrictions for a period of six months or more. Some media outlets have reported that data from a number of instruments on board the ExoMars Martian spacecraft was recently closed for a period until 2099, but there is no objective confirmation of this information. In some cases, the year 2099 is set in the archives of the European Space Agency as the "default date". It is possible that this is the case, and the deadline will be updated later.

It's a hit for James McCanney, who is being talking and writing about the censorship and restrictions for decades.