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A video has captured the moment a bright object in the sky explodes over the city of Izimir in Turkey before crashing towards earth on July 31, 2021. 

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The spectacular event has sparked speculation, many people are convinced that the object may have been a meteor, but others suggest that the object could have been space junk, rocket debris or even a crashing UFO.

 

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