Object that lit up Bahrain skies was not UFO: Meteorological Department

Manama : The mysterious object that lit up the Bahrain skies on Monday night was not an Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) as circulated in the social media by many in the past two days, DT News has learnt.

Clarifications from the concerned departments and experts in the Kingdom varied, as it was thought to be a shooting star or remains of a satellite, but all parties agreed that “it wasn’t a UFO”.

Bahrain Meteorological Department of the Civil Aviation Affairs in Transportations and Telecommunications Ministry said in a statement that the “the object was only a shooting star”.

However, Bahrain Astronomical Society President and Applied Physics Professor in the University of Bahrain Dr. Waheeb Al Nasser said the object was the remains of a Russian satellite and that it was seen in several countries in the Arabian Gulf region.

“The object was seen for few minutes in the skies of Bahrain, Oman, the UAE and the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.  The six-meter-long object is a part of a Russian satellite and it’s believed that it has fallen in the Indian Ocean,” Al Nasser clarified.

The statements came after footage of the burning object in Bahrain sky went viral on local social media networks, as some claimed that it’s an UFO while others believed that is a
missile.