[chaosagent]

As mentioned above, there were numerous sightings over a wide area of the fireball passing overhead before the explosion.

Several of them even thought the object changed directions, leading to the idea it was a crashing spaceship.

[aruanan]

Several of them even thought the object changed directions, leading to the idea it was a crashing spaceship.

Fire has been observed to streak through the skies in the vicinity of outgassings (such as off the coast of North America). An apparent change of direction would be more likely observed under these conditions than for a fireball of extraterrestrial origin.