Colombian authorities confirmed that a "giant fire ball" that fell from the sky in the central Santander department was a meteorite.
The Colombian media has been buzzing with eye witness accounts of the fireball, which fell out of the sky and caused a massive explosion at 3:15PM local time Sunday.
Andina.com reported Bucaramanga Mayor Fernando Vargas as confirming that the phenomenon was a meteorite that left a crater 100 meters in diameter where it crashed into the earth in the San Joaquin municipality in Santander.
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The Colombian media is going wild with speculations over a "giant fire ball" that crashed into the earth in the Andean nation's central Santander department.
Colombian media are reporting that authorities are unable to locate the remains of the giant fire ball, which is believed to have been a meteorite, despite reports by international media that it had been found.
Andina.com reported Bucaramanga Mayor Fernando Vargas as confirming that the phenomenon was a meteorite that left a crater 100 meters in diameter where it crashed into the earth in the San Joaquin municipality in Santander.
However Santander Governor Horacio Serpa told Colombian media that authorities have been unable to locate the presumed meteorite.
"Something happened, but we aren't clear about what it was, there is a lot of speculation. I myself hear the noise and I thought it was a bomb," Serpa told W Radio.
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