Neki su rekli da je zvuku prethodila jaka svetlost na nebu i da sumnjaju da je u pitanju meteor koji je pao na Zemlju. Ipak, neki su rekli da su videli i ogroman plamen kako pada sa neba i to jako blizu njih.
@MyGlendale About 20 min ago, heard an explosion, now this? and helicopters...what's going on? pic.twitter.com/hN0bFcm3BU
— Amanda Green (@GreenstheWord) November 20, 2015
Brojni teoretičari zavere uključili su se u raspravu o tome šta je to moglo da bude, jer smatraju da možda uopšte nije bio meteor već NLO ili možda deo vanzemaljskog broda.
Niko se još nije zvanično oglasio o ovom čudnom događaju niti je potvrdio da li je u pitanju bio pad meteora.
NASA camera near Huntsville, AL picked up the fireball #meteor in the #WLKY area on their network. Details to come. pic.twitter.com/ySls2xMP2O
— Matt Milosevich (@WLKYMatt) November 20, 2015
.@Michael4Biz friends in vicinity heard loud explosion- impact? I hope everyone is OK
#meteor #Indiana
— Angie Renae (@AngieHopperton) November 20, 2015
Anyone see that bright #fireball at 10:45 pm tonight? It looked like a blue meteor streaking below the Moon.
— Dean Regas (@DeanRegas) November 20, 2015
HUGE #fireball in Charleston WV area. Looking due W from NWS office, b/t Moon and horiz, 10:45 PM. Broke into several small pieces. #WVwx
— Michael Charnick (@charnick_wx) November 20, 2015
Komentar: Ovaj youtube video prikazuje veliku meteorsku vatrenu kuglu kojeg je snimila sigurnosna kamera negdje u srednjezapadnom/južnom SAD-u, 19.11.2015.: