DALCAHUE, CHILE— Fireballs falling from the sky, burning bushes... sign of the times?<br /><br />On September 25, residents of Chile's Chiloe Island saw a mysterious fireball streaking across the sky before fragmenting into smaller glowing orbs.<br /><br />According to TVN, a local woman said that following the incident, she found burning bushes near her house.<br /><br />Science Alert reports that Chile's National Geology and Mining Service issued a report three days later, saying it found no evidence of a fallen meteorite.<br /><br />CNet reports that since the object was not identified, it was officially an unidentified flying object, or UFO.<br /><br />According TVN, Chilean astronomer and astrophysicist Jose Maza had said the fireball was either a meteorite or space debris that fell back to Earth.<br /><br />Popular Mechanics reports that since the authorities ruled out a meteorite fall, the object may well have been parts of a spacecraft, satellite, or rocket booster.<br /><br />TVN reports that the National Geology and Mining Service is carrying out a detailed analysis of soil samples, and that it will release the results later this month.<br /><br />According to Science Alert, another explanation is that the falling object and the burning bush could be events that were entirely unrelated.
