Meteorite sighting reported in North West

AT LEAST two meteorites are thought to have fallen in North West at the weekend.

Several people claimed on social media to have seen at least two bright fireballs striking the province shortly before 7pm on Saturday.

Barend Swanepoel, a farmer near Ottosdal in North West‚ shared CCTV footage on Facebook of what appeared to be a meteorite hitting the earth at 6.49pm.

The Suburban Control Centre said one meteorite had fallen between Lichtenburg and Mahikeng‚ and the one in the video fell between Hartebeesfontein and Coligny‚ eNCA reported.

Michelle Starke said in a Facebook post: “We saw 2! And one was direction Johannesburg and one was direction Hartebeespoortdam.

“One towards Joburg was seen 18.09 and the one towards Harties was seen 18.40.

“Both looked the same‚ very fast bright and massive.”

A Johannesburg woman‚ Chiarra Chapiro‚ said she had made a wish, thinking it was a shooting star.

“My husband and I were on our way to dinner at Chicago’s on Beyers Naude [and] when I was at the [traffic light]‚ I witnessed a huge shooting star.

“It was huge. Then a bit of the sky lit up. I thought it crashed and landed somewhere and my husband laughed at me.

“Now I feel cool that I saw it and he was the one laughing at me. I even made a wish upon that meteorite‚” she said. – TimesLIVE