https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-15/green-glowing-space-object-filmed-over-pilbara/12355358
Fireball that lit up Pilbara sky 'something special', but scientists not exactly sure what:
Scientists say the "jury is still out" about a mysterious green glow that travelled across the sky in the remote West Australian outback early this morning.
Night workers on remote sites from Cape Lambert to Hope Downs in the Pilbara saw the bright light just before 1:00am, and many captured it on video.
There were reports of sightings as far away as the Northern Territory and South Australia, according to Glen Nagle from the CSIRO-NASA tracking station in Canberra.
"It was really a spectacular observation," he said.
Speculation among astronomy enthusiasts was fevered, with some suggesting it could have been the remains of a rocket launched recently.
But Renae Sayers, from Curtin University's Space, Science and Technology Centre, said it was most likely a natural object.
"It's absolutely stunning," she said.
"It's a ball of green … what you are seeling is a giant flash of light, it's almost like a ball with this gorgeous long tail.
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Fireball that lit up Pilbara sky 'something special', but scientists not exactly sure what:
Scientists say the "jury is still out" about a mysterious green glow that travelled across the sky in the remote West Australian outback early this morning.
Night workers on remote sites from Cape Lambert to Hope Downs in the Pilbara saw the bright light just before 1:00am, and many captured it on video.
There were reports of sightings as far away as the Northern Territory and South Australia, according to Glen Nagle from the CSIRO-NASA tracking station in Canberra.
"It was really a spectacular observation," he said.
Speculation among astronomy enthusiasts was fevered, with some suggesting it could have been the remains of a rocket launched recently.
But Renae Sayers, from Curtin University's Space, Science and Technology Centre, said it was most likely a natural object.
"It's absolutely stunning," she said.
"It's a ball of green … what you are seeling is a giant flash of light, it's almost like a ball with this gorgeous long tail.
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