Residents across western Japan were treated to a dazzling celestial display as a brilliant fireball streaked across the night sky on August 19. The phenomenon, identified by experts as an exceptionally bright meteor, was spotted by many in the Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures.

A flashing fireball dashed across the skies of western Japan, shocking residents and dazzling stargazers, though experts said it was a natural phenomenon and not an alien invasion.