Overview
- A very bright fireball passed over the provinces of Jaén and Córdoba and was widely seen by eyewitnesses before being recorded by scientific cameras.
- SMART/Red SWEMN data reconstructed a roughly 72‑kilometre atmospheric path that began near 89 kilometres altitude above Zocueca and ended near 42 kilometres altitude over Adamuz.
- The network assigned the event the identifier #SWEMN20260521_202732 and logged detections from multiple stations across southern Spain.
- There are no reports of ground impact or damage and researchers say detailed technical analysis of the recordings is still needed to confirm the object's origin and speed.
- SMART is a CSIC project that runs the South‑Western Europe Meteor Network and uses multi‑station observations like this one to track meteoroid entries and guide any follow‑up searches or studies.