[meteorite-list] Mystery light seen above NSW
From: Jeff Kuyken <jeff_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:31:23 2004 Message-ID: <005401c3f5db$3536e9a0$56378690_at_mandin4f89ypwu> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0051_01C3F637.66F0D800 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1046746.htm Mystery light seen above NSW Astronomers have been busy discovering what caused a mysterious coloured = light seen in the sky by many people across western New South Wales just = after 6:00am (AEDT).=20 The light was seen by people from as far as Lightning Ridge, Gulgong, = Oberon and Young.=20 Callers to ABC Central West and Western Plains this morning described = the light as a slow moving shooting star travelling west to east, low on = the horizon.=20 "Yeah, it was very low and very, very bright, just a bright green object = ... might be one of those Martians," one caller said. "It started to break up, red pieces started to come out the back of it, = then it disappeared," said another. "I was right beside the shearing shed and it was so bright it was like = the truck was coming with full beam on," said a third caller. John Smith from the CSIRO Radio Telescope at Parkes says the light was = most likely a meteor burning lower in the atmosphere than normal. ------=_NextPart_000_0051_01C3F637.66F0D800 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2><A=20 href=3D"http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1046746.htm">http://www.abc= .net.au/news/newsitems/s1046746.htm</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2><STRONG>Mystery light seen above = NSW</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV> <P class=3Dwallacepara><FONT size=3D2>Astronomers have been busy = discovering what=20 caused a mysterious coloured light seen in the sky by many people across = western=20 New South Wales just after 6:00am (AEDT). </FONT></P> <P class=3Dwallacepara><FONT size=3D2>The light was seen by people from = as far as=20 Lightning Ridge, Gulgong, Oberon and Young. </FONT></P> <P class=3Dwallacepara><FONT size=3D2>Callers to ABC Central West and = Western Plains=20 this morning described the light as a slow moving shooting star = travelling west=20 to east, low on the horizon. </FONT></P> <P class=3Dwallacepara><FONT size=3D2>"Yeah, it was very low and very, = very bright,=20 just a bright green object ... might be one of those Martians," one = caller=20 said.</FONT></P> <P class=3Dwallacepara><FONT size=3D2>"It started to break up, red = pieces started to=20 come out the back of it, then it disappeared," said another.</FONT></P> <P class=3Dwallacepara><FONT size=3D2>"I was right beside the shearing = shed and it=20 was so bright it was like the truck was coming with full beam on," said = a third=20 caller.</FONT></P> <P class=3Dwallacepara><FONT size=3D2>John Smith from the CSIRO Radio = Telescope at=20 Parkes says the light was most likely a meteor burning lower in the = atmosphere=20 than normal.</FONT></P></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0051_01C3F637.66F0D800-- Received on Tue 17 Feb 2004 11:53:50 PM PST |
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