Pada tanggal 7 september 2015 sebuah bola api misterius tiba tiba muncul di langit kota bangkok yang telah diabdikan dengan vidio rekaman penduduk lokal sampai ke sosial media juga melihat kejadian ini tetapi belum ada konfirmasi apakah benda itu pesawat luar angkasa yang hilang atau satelit yang jatuh . . .
Spoiler for CNN:
(CNN)Asteroid? Balloon? Space junk?
Social media in Thailand lit up Monday morning as commuters posted photos and videos of a mystery fireball that briefly illuminated the Thai capital's sky.
The fireball was seen from various locations throughout the city during the morning rush hour. The object briefly flared up before dying out, streaking toward Earth.
Dashcam footage from across the city was uploaded to social media, some clearly showing the path of the object as it burns up in the clear blue morning sky.
Expert: Object most likely an asteroid
"There is a high possibility that the object spotted this morning... on social media, is an object from outer space," Saran Poshyachinda, Deputy Director of National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand, told CNN.
He said that he believed it was extraterrestrial, as a satellite would have been traveling on a west-east axis, whereas the object traveled in the opposite direction before bursting into flames.
"It looks like an asteroid traveling to Earth and grazing through the air and it turned into a fireball."
From the video and photographic evidence, he said, he estimated the object burned up about 100 kilometers (62 miles) above the ground.
"It might not weigh that much, I think about a few kilograms."
So far it appears to be an isolated incident, he added, although he said there was insufficient evidence to say definitively what the object was.
The Bangkok Post quotes an official at the Bangkok Planetarium, who suggests it could have been a burning balloon.
The report also examines the possibility that it could have been space junk burning up on re-entry -- citing the Satview website, which notes that an object from orbit was due to burn through Earth's atmosphere at around that time.
The flash in the sky was also seen from Kanchanaburi province to the west of the capital.
The province's deputy governor told the Bangkok paper that it was unlikely that it was a downed aircraft -- there were no reports of any helicopter or other aircraft crashes in the province.
Spoiler for Liputan 6:
Liputan6.com, Bangkok - Media sosial di Thailand dihebohkan dengan sebuah bola api meledak di langit kota Bangkok pagi Senin (7/9/2015). Banyak dari mereka memposting video detik-detik jatuh dan meledaknya bola api itu.
Benda tersebut terekam di berbagai kota di jam sibuk pagi hari. Objek itu menyala lalu kemudian menghilang, saat menghujam ke bawah.
Salah satu akun Nipon Ployngarm merekam meledaknya bola api tersebut dan ia posting lewat Facebook.
Posted by Nipon Ployngarm on Sunday, September 6, 2015
"Ada kemungkinan objek yang direkam dan banyak beredar di media sosial adalah objek luar angkasa," kata Saran Poshyachinda, wakil direktur Nasional Insitut untuk Penelitian Astronomi, kepada CNN Senin (7/9/2015).
"Benda itu seperti asteroid menuju Bumi, melintasi atmosfer hingga seperti bola api," tambahnya lagi. Menurut bukti yang terlihat beredar di media sosial, ia memperkirakan benda tersebut terbakar di 100 km dari atas tanah.
Akun Thitapa Siripipat juga berhasil merekam meledaknya benda tersebut, seperti terlihat di Twitternya.
— Thitapa Siripipat (@Pingz_TRnews) September 7, 2015
"Tidak terlalu berat, mungkin hanya beberapa kilogram saja," jelasnya lagi.
Sementara itu, Planetarium Bangkok mengatakan bahwa kemungkinan itu adalah balon yang terbakar. Beberapa instansi pemerintah memprediksi benda tersebut adalah sampah luar angkasa yang tertarik gravitasi Bumi dan terbakar saat melintasi atmosfer.
Objek yang sama juga terlihat di Provinsi Kanchanaburi, barat ibukota.
Aparat keamanan seperti dikutip di media lokal Bangkok mengatakan, bahwa itu bukan pesawat tempur yang jatuh. Karena sejauh ini belum ada laporan mengenai hal tersebut. (Rie/Tnt)
