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An unusual occurrence in the sky caught the attention of a local resident while driving south through Highland into Griffith yesterday around 10:30 am. The observer initially thought it was a low plane, but the object’s behavior quickly dispelled that notion. The object didn’t leave a long trail that dissipated into the air like a plane’s would. Instead, it made a gentle arc, changing its course completely. The observer watched as the object broke up into three pieces, which then faded away. The incident left the observer puzzled, wondering if anyone else had witnessed the same spectacle and could provide a logical explanation.
Answers from Social Media
The incident sparked a lively discussion on Reddit. One user humorously suggested it could be a weather balloon or swamp gas. A more serious proposition was that it could be space debris hitting Earth’s atmosphere and becoming meteorites, given the amount of junk orbiting the planet…