Overview
- Video from PHIVOLCS’ Ligñon Hill camera and afarTV showed a bright green fireball near Mayon on Monday night, May 25, that ended in a very bright terminal flash as it broke apart in the atmosphere.
- PHIVOLCS first posted that the meteor struck Mayon’s northern slopes but hours later reviewed seismic, infrasound and additional camera records and confirmed the object disintegrated before reaching the ground.
- Scientists and livestream operators said the green color likely came from burning metals such as magnesium or nickel, and a small ascending light seen after the flash was identified as likely a satellite.
- Mayon remains at Alert Level 3 with enforced exclusion zones and about 300 families relocated from nearby slopes as authorities continue to monitor effusive lava flows, dome collapse events and ash emissions.
- PHIVOLCS issued a public reminder after AI‑generated and misleading posts spread online, stressing that combined camera, seismic and infrasound checks are used to tell atmospheric breakups from true impacts.