Collaroy, Australia Fireball Meteor 16OCT2011

Collaroy, Australia Fireball Meteor ~7:40 pm AEST 16OCT2011

At approx. 7:40pm (AEST) on Sydney's Northern Beaches (Collaroy), Australia, I stepped outside just in time to see a speck of light shoot across the sky for about 2-3 seconds. During this time the speck turned much brighter and larger and took on shades of red, orange and yellow. It looked like it turned into a fireball. I've never seen anything like it before. I've only ever seen just a streak of light. It's direction was roughly SE or SSE. Was it something breaking up in the atmosphere? Hopefully someone with more experience saw the same object. Regards, Ben R.  Thank you Ben!


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