According to Japan's NHK television reported the evening of November 21st, about 9:30, sightings appear in the area from the area northeast of Japan to the Kinki region, one after another to reflect the people "to see a bright fireball across the sky". Astronomy experts say, this should be the asteroids celestial debris into the atmosphere, causing friction generated in the light is about to burn out the "fireball".

The evening of November 21st 9:29, NHK TV camera set in Kanagawa County Tian Yuan, captured a light, similar to the "fireball" object in the sky. The "fireball" appear in the southern sky, the dazzling light, draw a path in the fall, finally suddenly breaks out a green light, disappeared for about 3 seconds after.

The camera NHK television set in Shizuoka and Tokyo around the sky tree also captures the same objects.

On Twitter and other social media, a wide range of northeast Japan to the people in the Kinki region have witnessed the release of news. A witness in Mie city took the "fireball", and explained: "the south appeared light disappeared again. No sound was heard."

According to NHK television set to shoot in the small city of Tian Yuan of the camera, and then the comprehensive sightings within the scope of the same time, associate professor Yamaka Jun National Observatory said: "see the brightness of the shot, should be a few centimeters large meteorite fragments like east west into the earth's atmosphere, light when it is about to burn out. Light finally released, should be the debris due to overheating, and into the atmosphere when the impact caused by fragmentation."