A stunning and completely unexpected moment.
This video shows a bright meteor crossing the night sky over Portugal, captured purely by chance.
The intense light, short duration, and straight trajectory strongly suggest a meteor, also known as a fireball when particularly luminous. No sound of impact was reported, and there is no confirmation that any fragment reached the ground.
Such events happen regularly in Earth’s atmosphere, but they are rarely filmed so clearly, especially without any preparation. That is what makes this footage so striking and widely shared.
