An extremely bright shooting star crossed the sky above Tokyo early Thursday with many people saying they heard it explode.

Police and firefighters said no damage has been reported so far in the capital and neighboring Kanagawa Prefecture from what is believed to be a bolide, a fireball often compared to a full moon for its brightness.

(Supplied photo taken from footage captured by Daichi Fujii of Hiratsuka City Museum shows a fireball crossing the sky as seen from Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on July 2, 2020)

"I thought a person living (in the condo) above knocked down a shelf," wrote one Twitter user, while another said, "I thought my child sleeping on the second floor fell out of bed."

Social media came alive after the 2:30 a.m. incident, with many people saying they heard a large bang, with some saying they mistook the sound for noise made by people living above them.

"I thought a person living (in the condo) above knocked down a shelf," wrote one Twitter user, while another said, "I thought my child sleeping on the second floor fell out of bed."

Others who were awake at the time witnessed the sky suddenly lighting up.

Daichi Fujii, the 34-year-old curator of Hiratsuka City Museum, who captured the fireball with a camera installed at his home in the city, said it crossed the northern sky from west to east.

The National Astronomical Observatory said several fireballs are observed every month on average, but it is rare for people to hear anything.

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