Residents of Novorossiysk, Anapa, and Rostov-on-Don reported a bright flash in the night sky — presumably, a small bolide disintegrated over the Black Sea. Observation cameras recorded the phenomenon on March 11, 2026, between 22:24 and 22:36 Moscow time, according to the Laboratory of Solar Astronomy of IKI and ISZF SB RAS.
According to preliminary estimates by astrophysicists, the object was several tens of centimeters in size — possibly up to half a meter. Judging by the nature of the flash and fragmentation, it disintegrated in the atmosphere without reaching land. Experts do not rule out the man-made origin of the object. Traces of the bolide probably also appeared on surveillance cameras in Krasnodar and other settlements within a radius of 100–200 km along the coast.
There is no connection with the fall of a meteorite in Germany on March 8. The average frequency of such sized bodies falling to Earth, if it is a natural object, ranges from one to several events per day.