Incredible footage has captured the moment an asteroid crashed through Earth’s atmosphere over Siberia.

The space rock, named COWECP5, appeared in the night sky at 11:14 p.m. local time (11:14 a.m. ET).

Locals posted videos on social media showing the asteroid disintegrating into a ball of flames before disappearing into the abyss.

The space rock exploded in a stunning red light over Yakutia, hovered above the bright city lights and was seen shooting flames as it flew over Olekminsk.

The Emergencies Ministry in Yakutia said all officials were put on alert as the asteroid approached, but noted that no damage was reported after its descent.

“Residents of Olekminsk and Lensk districts were able to observe a comet-like tail and a flash during the night,” it said.

A NASA-funded telescope in Arizona identified the asteroid about seven hours before impact and found it to be about 27 inches in diameter.

The small size meant it would likely burn up in the atmosphere and posed no danger to the local people.

COWECP5 is only the 12th time that scientists have accurately reported an asteroid before its impact, and the fourth time it has hit our planet this year.

The last space rock impact occurred over the Pacific Ocean in October, with others following in September and January.

Residents of Olekminsky and Lensk districts “observed a comet-like tail and flares” and shared some of the first videos of the event.

The Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia reported that it was put on high alert after the publication of reports about the asteroid.

The agency reported that the space rock caused no damage or casualties, writing on Telegram: “Fortunately, the asteroid flew above the atmosphere.”

“The life safety of the population was not at risk.”

The NASA-funded Kitt Peak National Observatory, a project to track near-Earth objects, also discovered the asteroid early Tuesday.

Richard Moissl, head of the Planetary Defense Office at ESA, said Kitt Peak’s Aegis system calculated the asteroid’s “impact corridor” and narrowed it down to 125 miles east of Lensk.

The Aegis system is used by the U.S. Navy to identify air and ground threats using radar technology and computer programs and is, according to Lockheed Martin, “the most capable multi-mission combat system deployed in the world today.”

Before the asteroid hit, Alan Fitzsimmons of Queen’s University Belfast in Ireland told New Scientist that the asteroid would pose no threat to people on the ground.

“It may be small, but it will still be pretty spectacular,” Fitzsimmons said.

“It will be dark over the impact site and a very impressive, very bright fireball will be visible in the sky for several hundred kilometers.”

According to a 2017 study, only asteroids at least 18 meters in diameter are potentially deadly if they head toward Earth.

The early sighting of the incoming asteroid was unique in that very few were spotted before entering Earth’s atmosphere. However, Fitzsimmons reported that it was a positive sign that astronomers were able to identify the asteroid so early.

“It’s a win for science and (for) anyone who happens to be in Siberia tonight,” Fitzsimmons told New Scientist, adding: “There’s something to take your mind off what will undoubtedly be quite chilly temperatures.”

These asteroids are categorized as Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) because they come within 120 million miles of the Sun thanks to the gravitational pull of other nearby planets.

The more asteroids are observed, the more accurately astronomers can predict where an object will be years or decades into the future.