‘It probably outshone the moon’: Singaporeans awed by meteor sighting on May 24

Facebook user Priyanka Vijoy uploaded a video of the occurrence onto the platform, describing the sighting as a “rare and thrilling experience”. - SCREENGRAB FROM PRIYANKA VIJOY/FACEBOOK

SINGAPORE: Russell Su was completing his night run in Queenstown on Friday (May 24)when he saw a bright blue streak of light dart through the sky.

Mesmerised, he initially thought the flying object might be a drone which had caught fire and was about to crash. “It looked exactly like the comet in the viral videos from Portugal recently,” said the freelance model and actor, 21.