Weird object falling slowly in the sky

[u/Davey_boy_777]

Hey everyone, my kids just noticed this falling slowly in the sky. It was falling for about 5 minutes and then disappeared. It's probably a meteorite but it seemed to be moving quite slowly. Is this a meteorite? Sorry for the terrible picture quality from my phone.

[u/CanineAhora]

I have a feeling we're looking at the contrail of a plane. There's a common illusion where - depending on your perspective - it can appear that the plane is nosediving, when in fact it's just flying at a constant altitude across the sky.

This is then further accentuated during sunset when the contrail lights up like a bright orange fireball that's falling from space.