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February 2nd, 2019
GOES-16 data showing high Flash Extent Density values from the area above Cuba at the same time of the meteor report.
Credit: NASA/SPoRT
A meteor has rocked the skies of western Cuba on Friday, exploding mid-air, shattering windows and raining charred meteorite rocks on people’s homes. Before its demise, the space rock was seen flying above Florida.
Credit: Caribbean Online Weather
Handout picture released by Tele Pinar, a local television station of reported fragment.
Credit: Tele Pinar/Fátima Rivera Amador
The suspected meteor rained debris in and around the tourist town of Viñales, some 112 miles (180 kilometers) west of Havana.
Handout picture released by Tele Pinar, a local television station of reported fragment.
Credit: Tele Pinar
National Weather Service Key West radar may have detected the meteor, reporting a signature was detected near Viñales, Cuba, at a height of over 26,000 feet above ground level.
The space rock was seen flying above Florida with Caribbean Online Weather posting a photo of the fireball.
Meanwhile, a NASA project dubbed SPoRT pulled up satellite data/imagery from GOES-16 — Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) and Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS) software — finding some relatively high Flash Extent Density values from the area above Cuba at the same time of the meteor report.
According to the Cuban News Agency, no casualties have been reported.
This video contains sonic blast from the incoming object:
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