Sky in Turkey turns green like Sci-fi movie, was it UFO or some satellite? Watch

An object that streaked over the city of Izmir and disappeared leaving a green flare behind sparked speculations of the object being a falling satellite or an Unidentified flying object (UFO) among the residents.

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Ankara: The sky in Turkey’s Izmir turned bright green after a meteor crashed into the Earth's atmosphere in the early hours of Saturday (July 31). In a video, an object is seen streaking over the city of Izmir and it disappears leaving a green flare behind. This situation sparked speculations of the object being a falling satellite or an Unidentified flying object (UFO) among the residents.

As per a video shared on the microblogging site Twitter, the incident occurred near the Turkish city of Izmir at around 2 am on Saturday (July 31). One of the videos shows a ‘meteor’ crashing to the ground causing a loud explosion and changing the sky’s colour to green for a few seconds. Another video shows the meteor flare in a bright greenish-white before falling towards Earth

Meteor in İzmir Turkey.
A bizarre green meteor fell to Earth. Footage Shows Meteor turning the sky a Brilliant Green.@AliSahin501 pic.twitter.com/cD10gVqOIv

— Syed Muhammad Madni (@M1Pak) August 2, 2021

The video went viral and surfaced all over social media platforms. Internet users filled the comment box with the messages praying for Turkey, some considering it UFO while many suggested it’s a satellite or some intergalactic junk.

However, a Turkish astrophysics professor Dr. Hasan Ali Dal cleared the doubts and explained the reason behind the incident. In a Twitter post, he said that the event known as a “fireball” occurs when a meteor begins to burn up in the atmosphere.

Geçtiğimiz gece saat 01:54 civarında İzmir’de gökyüzünde video kaydı yapılan olay bir meteor olayıdır. Daha önceki yıllarda gündüz saatlerinde yaşanmış çok benzer bir olayın buradaki video kaydındaki gibi görünen ve “Fireball (Ateştopu)” olarak bilinen bu olay, pic.twitter.com/tMKe56ClSj

— Hasan Ali Dal (@hsnldl) July 31, 2021

Dr Hasan Ali wrote: “It usually burns away in the upper atmosphere. It should be considered as a more specific version of the phenomenon known as a shooting star among the people and it often experienced during periods of meteorite rains.”