a bolide was seen in the sky above Serbia last night.

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Milan Jeličić of the Ruđer Bošković Astronomical Society says that a bolide was seen in the sky above Serbia last night. “A bolide is a luminous meteorite which is more luminous than Venus and is accompanied by sound effects which are created as it disintegrates,” he explained. According to him, one could not see anything from the observatory Kalemegdan observatory due to unfavorable weather conditions. Tanjug news agency correspondent from Vranje reported that a light ball was seen in the sky last night at 19:32 in several towns in that part of the country. The luminous body flew across the sky at great speed and a strong detonation was heard afterward. The Ruđer Bošković Astronomical Society says that bolides, celestial bodies often confused with meteorites, fell four times in Serbia so far and the last time it was near Čačak in 1919. Jeličić says that there is a possibility that the bolide even fell to the ground. “A bolide, unlike meteorite which combusts upon entering atmosphere, can get to the Earth’s crust and sky stones which we find on the ground are actually meteorites,” he explained. Aside from Čačak, meteorites were found near Soko Banja in 1877 and at Mt. Jelica in 1889. According to Jeličić, a bolide flying through the Earth’s atmosphere and falling to the ground is a normal phenomenon and observing the entire planet it is not rare at all. He also stressed that bolides could “enter and exit” the atmosphere without falling to the ground.

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Here is the picture somebody took of it...

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And then i saw this on RSOE Edis:

13.11.2010 - 20:33:10 2.4 Europe Serbia Ismeretlen Kraljevo EMSC Earthquake......

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Its the same region where the bolide came down????

Could it be...........??? same event???

I saw one on saturday early morning but without the noise. It fell so slowly I had time to tell my mate to look and we still had 1-2 seconds. Overall we saw 7 in the space of 40 minutes, the former being the largest. It was so bright it illuminated the clouds more than the steel mill which was pouring on a similar angle of observation. Brighter than plane landing lights too. Way brighter than any planet i've seen. Was amazing! One of the coolest shooting stars I've seen short of a shower we had in the mid 90s in New Zealand, they went across most of the sky.
Other thing I noticed was the light was way more orange/yellow, not usual white colour.

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my grandma just rang me from serbia im in australia, she said a few nights ago somekind of fireball hit a house 600 meteres from her house. My auntie confirms this is true. There was a loud bang, it blew the roof tiles off the house, left the wood in place knocked down one wall and fryed all the electrical work. She said within half hour police and ambulances arrived, but they couldnt find anything?? she lives in boljevec on the sava about 30ks from belgrade. anyone have news of this or pictures? she is 30% blind and still seen the fireball?