NEW DELHI: The skyline over Delhi and surrounding areas witnessed a mysterious streak of light, leaving residents in awe and sparking a wave of excitement on social media. Some stargazers took it as a meteor shower, while others speculated it to be part of debris of an old satellite falling on Earth. However, there is no official confirmation about it.The dazzling streak of light was visible across several cities, including Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon, and even in Aligarh. Videos of the lit-up skyline surfaced on social media platforms, showing a fiery trail shooting across the night sky before fragmenting into smaller pieces. Eyewitnesses reported the bright object over Delhi and Noida around 1.20 am on Saturday. When contacted by TOI, Isro remained silent on Saturday’s mysterious skyline event.Shresth Gautam, an influencer, shared a video and wrote, “Can you believe this happened last night over Delhi at 1:20 AM? It started as a usual Friday but ended unlike any other. I have never seen anything like it. Most probably it’s meteor debris, but no words can do justice to the view.”
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Another X user Ujjwal Yadav said, “Just witnessed this incredible fire streak in the night sky… Looks like a meteor or maybe part of a rocket burning up in the atmosphere-nature’s own light show from my rooftop. Did anyone else spot it too?” Yet another post from Gurgaon described it as a meteor shower: “Meteor Showers over Sector 77, Gurgaon at 1:25 AM. It was a bright streak of light… Extremely beautiful and fortunate to watch.“A Grok comment on X suggested the lights were likely space debris from a Chinese CZ-3B rocket body reentering Earth’s atmosphere. The claim was based on video analysis and predictions, pointing to the object’s slower speed and visible fragmentation.Earlier, space experts had predicted that two newly-discovered comets would brighten the heavens in mid-October. A newly discovered comet, C/2025 R2 (SWAN) and another comet, C/2025 A6 (Lemmon), could become visible to naked eyes. The predictions said that stargazers may witness the rare sight of two comets and a meteor shower peaking together in the same week.However, there is no confirmation yet that Saturday’s mysterious skyline event was linked to these comets.
