On the evening of November 6, 2026, a huge fireball briefly lit up the night sky across many parts of northern China. Residents in Beijing, Hebei, Shanxi, Tianjin and Henan witnessed the event, and many dash cameras captured clear footage.
Witness videos showed the fireball glowing green, yellow, red and other colours. The display lasted about three to five seconds, and its bright light briefly penetrated the clouds.
According to The Beijing News, Li Xin, head of the science education department at Beijing Planetarium, said that, based on the video recordings currently available to him, sightings in Beijing, Shanxi and Hebei were of the same fireball. In a separate interview with Red Star News, former Beijing Planetarium director Zhu Jin said the phenomenon in the video appeared to be a fireball, was a sporadic meteor event, and that events of this kind could leave meteorites.
On November 7, Xinhua published a report titled “Fireball Appears Over Yangquan, Shanxi — Tsinghua Team Reconstructs Its Trajectory in an Animation.” Meteorites have significant scientific research value. If a suspected meteorite is found, leave the site undisturbed and contact a professional institution for testing. Avoid indiscriminate searching or damage.
