Overview
- The fireball, recorded around 10:50–10:51 p.m. Monday, lit up the Buenos Aires sky and was also reported in Montevideo.
- Security cameras and phones captured the brief green flash, and the clips spread widely on social media within hours.
- The Observatorio Astronómico de Córdoba explains that such bolides are very bright meteors that can fragment in the air.
- News outlets reported no confirmed sonic booms or recovered fragments from this event as of Tuesday morning.
- The vivid green hue is often linked to metals such as nickel or copper vaporizing as the meteoroid enters the atmosphere.