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NASA has given its verdict after jaw-dropping footage of a ‘fireball crashing to Earth’ left the Internet baffled.
Amateur photographer Howard Gowan shot the mind-boggling clip from a tower attached to his assisted-living facility.
The 75-year-old then shared the video online, sparking discussion as to whether he’d accidentally caught a meteor plunging to the ground.
“I’m in an assisted living facility and attached to it is a six-storey penthouse tower with a 360-degree view that I have access to," Howard said.
“I often go up for sunrises and sunsets, and I was there around 7am, just looking at the sunrise, when I happened to turn and look to the south and there was this big old fireball.