Residents in western Moscow said the sky was brightly lit telegram– channel “Caution, Moscow”.
Footage from the Troparevo-Nikulino area shows bright lights in the sky. According to one version, the Muscovites witnessed a rare optical phenomenon – a column of light.
As Sergei Bogachev, a professor at the Institute of Space Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, said, a bright vertical stripe in the sky above the capital could be a pillar of light. However, the scientist does not deny that people may confuse this phenomenon with some kind of bright light.
Last November, Muscovites was visible peak of the Leonids meteor shower
