[meteorite-list] Unidentified Light in Australian Night Sky

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri Apr 30 19:54:22 2004
Message-ID: <200404292113.OAA06843_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

http://www.abc.net.au/southeastnsw/stories/s1097227.htm

Unidentified light in the night sky
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
April 29, 2004

While watching television near Lake Eucumbene
in the Snowy Mountains town of Adaminaby last
night, Kath and Adrian Town were distracted by a
light in the sky.

"It was quite a bright green, my husband
described it as a copper green," Kath Town said
on ABC South East NSW, "And it was travelling
in the sky towards the west across the lake. It
kind of had a great big ball and a bit of a tail and
then it disappeared."

"A minute or so afterwards there was what
sounded like a sonic boom, kind of an explosion ...
it was quite dramatic, it set our ducks off
chattering and the dogs barking."

Kath Town said the light appeared in the sky for
three or four seconds and was a distinct, vivid light.
"It was quite large when you compare it to shooting
stars and that sort of thing."

Suspecting it was a meteorite, she rang the
Astronomical Society of Canberra who said there had
been meteorite spottings recently but couldn't
confirm that was what she had seen.
Received on Thu 29 Apr 2004 05:13:26 PM PDT