Russian scientists claim to have located a spectacular meteorite that 'warmed the air' and 'shook the ground' after streaking across the sky in a green, yellow and orange fireball.
A team of leading scientists were sent from Moscow to examine the mysterious Siberian phenomenon at the crash site in the Podkamennaya Tunguska River.
Spectacular new footage from NGS.ru shows the 'small meteorite' flashing across the sky in Evenkia district of Krasnoyarsk region moments before impact last month.
The small meteorite whistles through the sky above the Evenkia district of Krasnoyarsk region, Russia
It was described as a 'glowing ball' that turned the evening 'bright and warm' close to the site of the world's largest 'meteor explosion' which had the force of 185 Hiroshima bombs.
Footage showed the dazzling flash changing colour from green to yellow to orange.
The meteorite split in two shortly before it hit the frozen river.
Experts say one part of the cosmic rock smashed through more than 4ft of snow and 3ft of solid ice into the river.
The 'glowing ball' turned from green, to yellow, to orange and split into two before one part landed in the Podkamennaya Tunguska River
Scientists from Moscow's Vernadsky Institute say they have located the ice hole where the cosmic rock fell and an attempt will be made soon to retrieve the rock from the river bed.
They are working with the Finnish Meteorological Institute on the project.
The head of administration in the village of Uchami, with a population of 96 and close to the site, felt the ground move, reported The Siberian Times.
Russian scientists believe they have found one part of it that broke through a 3ft-thick layer of ice, ending at the bottom of the river
'I was home when I heard loud thunder which sounded like an explosion.
'There was a huge glow, the floor trembled and dry branches fell off a birch tree in the yard,' said Natalia Moskvitina.
'I panicked and called my brother who lives some 300 metres away.
'He said he wondered if this was a plane crash.'
One witness claimed the edge was taken off the minus 20C cold by the eerie phenomenon.
'The night got bright and warm, as if a giant light bulb was switched on in the sky', said witness Pyotr Bondarev from Tura village.
