Breaking News- MBIQ Detects NSW QLD ACT VIC TAS Australia Meteor Approx 2145 AEST 10JUL2014 - Confirmed!
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Initial Meteor Sighting Reports-
Toorak, Melbourne.
We saw a fireball dropping from the sky at approximately 9:50pm, we were unsure what it was, but googled and this website came up. We just thought we would report to you!
We saw it falling for about 10 seconds. - Rochelle and Tahna
10JUL2014 Dyllon Peiris Melbourne, VIC, Australia 21:40:00 AEST 25 seconds East to North Warm white streak, could see parts of the meteor breaking off Moon yes couldn't get a clear photo, watching through a window.
10JUL2014 Patrick Andreoli Noble Park, Melbourne, Australia 21:47:00 AEST lasted about 15 seconds from the NE heading NNW facing North 5 degrees about 25 degrees high in the sky no sound but along of red and green with two large tails of varying size as bright as the moon short small bursts of brightning granula fragmentation amazing
10JUL2014 Kim Oliver Paterson NSW 10.45pm 40-50 seconds sth to Nthwest in weston sky Bright Fire Ball extremely bright yell/orange looked like welding sparks very long tail
10JUL2014 Rory Buchanan Melbourne, VIC, AUSTRALIA 2145/UTC+10 40+ seconds S-N White/no sound Same as moon Yes, multiple large tail and coma, bright point, flames not straight
10JUL2014 Jude Billard Footscray, Victoria, Australia 2135 30 East to west. I was facing north Fireball I thought a plane had caught fire No big ball of flame A glimpse on my iPad camera
10JUL2014 JACQUIE SUNBURY, VICTORIA AUSTRALIA 20.45 30 FACING EAST TRAVELLED S/E TO NORTH BRIGHT WHITE , LONG WHITE SPARKLY TAIL, TRAVELLING VERY FAST. SLOWED DOWN SPARKS CAME OFF AND TAIL TURNED PINK. HEAD EVENTUALLY TURNED PINK AND DISSAPEARED BRIGHT WHITE YES REAL FAST TRAVELLING
10JUL2014 shelley handley Devon North, Australia 21:45:00 6 SECONDS ? SE TO NW WHITE LINE AND RED VENUS YES THE PART BEHIND WHITE LINE LOOKED AS IF THEY WERE ON FIRE
10JUL2014 JACQUIE SUNBURY, VICTORIA AUSTRALIA 20.45 30 FACING EAST TRAVELLED S/E TO NORTH BRIGHT WHITE , LONG WHITE SPARKLY TAIL, TRAVELLING VERY FAST. SLOWED DOWN SPARKS CAME OFF AND TAIL TURNED PINK. HEAD EVENTUALLY TURNED PINK AND DISSAPEARED BRIGHT WHITE YES REAL FAST TRAVELLING
10JUL2014 Sarah Terry Northern country, Victoria, Inglewood, Australia 21:45:00 30 seconds Sth east heading nth west Bright, sparks and trail Sun Yes Very slow moving
10JUL2014 chris berowra, Australia 2140 15 Australia orange sun yes long tail, look like there were 2 objects the same size/ apperance, did not have phone on me to capture picture
10JUL2014 Wes Price ELMHURST, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA 21:48:00 30 sec Travelling from south to north. Right to left Large yellow ball with a trail of bright cyan blue, appeared to glow orange and change to blue venus no Sensational viewing.
10JUL2014 Renita Wallan, Victoria, Australia 21:40:00 90 Facing north, it travel SE TO NW White Moon Yes, had a very long white tail Was driving so didn't get a photo, but it was pretty big
10JUL2014 Matt Melbourne, Australia 21:39:00 20-25 seconds from SE to Nw bright light with tail, bursts of light not constant light hot type sun type light, with bursts of brightness no but had a long visible tail It was quite big moving very fast and had some big bursts of light as it interacted with the atmosphere
10JULY2014 Jade Setter Sydney, NSW, Erskine Park, Australia 21.45 approx 10-15 seconds Travelling up Peppertree Drive Erskine Park travelling south-west, sighting in the sky travelling in a north-west direction. started from left to right. at first bright like a star, like a shooting star- then changed to a dark colour spread out with red/orange spots at first bright like a bunch of stars together then turned to a dark colour yes there was- turned to orange like specs in the sky dragging downwards started off looking like a shooting star and lasted longer than would be expected and then turned into a dark colour which looked like it was being spread out with red/orange parts spread behind it falling to the ground until it disappeared
10JUL2014 Sean Wilson Launceston, Tasmania, Australia 21:42:00 10-15 secs Traveling from NNE to North. I was facing north. Golden-ish with sparkling tail no sound Simular to moon or star Just a trail of sparks behind, no fragments breaking off. n Smoke like trail after sparking tail for a short distance
10JUL2014 ellen stone northcote melbourne australia 21:50:00 over 30 secs NE bright white and glowing yellow sun yes four tail headed due north, then descended
10JUL2014 Lynda Trundle NSW Australia 21.45pm 40sec s to nw red, orange, green, pink venus yes awesome sight
10JUL2014 Nathan Vermey St Georges Basin NSW Australia 2145/ 10+ GMT,PM descending slowly maybe 10-15 secs, looked more like a very fast plane West / traveling north, left to right Red orange trail, orange lead fragment and bright white trailing fragment in the trail of the first one, the second fragment was bright and twinkled like a star, no sound but the car was running Brighter than any stars, yes one main fragment behind buring bright white (for a few seconds), looked like many smaller fragments Had a massive trail behind it, holding a ruler at arms length it was about 5-6 cms, didn't hear a sound but the car was running, this is the first meteor i have seen, it was AWESOME!
10JUL2014 jennifer melbourne, Australia 21:46:00 60seconds heading NW bright white breaking off into several small trails moon yes large red tail behind meteor before breaking off
10JUL2014 Goran Doreen, Victoria 21:45:00 60+ facing east, light travelling left. yellow white moon parts were trailing it travelling for over 1 minute , then I lost it in the mist. had a huge glow around it.
10JUL2014 Jeremy Mcpherson braybrook, Australia 9.47 3 min West Red/orange/white tail very bright burned out close to round too late to photo
10JUL2014 Daniel Clarke Frankston, Melbourne, Victoria 2140 8 seconds facing 102°E went right to left white tail with orange ball about same as moon brightness no disappeared behind clouds, perhaps it burnt up?
10JUL2014 darren b Batemans bay nsw 2536 australia 22:00:00 around 30secs SW to NE Blue and white bit brighter than moon yes from my point of view was 10 inch long
10JUL2014 Mish Melbourne Victoria australia Approx 9.35 pm 60 sec North South I think Yellow/ gold Same as the sun Yes Biggest I have ever seen, very clear with a tail of light
MBIQ Data Set-
Croydon, Victoria arrived from google.com.au on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for report meteor sighting australia.
20:55:00 -- 1 minute ago
West Hoxton, New South Wales arrived from google.com.au on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: MBIQ Detects NSW & QLD, Australia Meteor 30NOV2012" by searching for meteorit sightings nsw.
20:51:58 -- 3 minutes ago
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20:50:41 -- 3 minutes ago
Australia arrived from bing.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for meteor sightings.
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Sydney, New South Wales arrived from bing.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for 10 July meteor.
20:50:12 -- 3 minutes ago
Ryde, New South Wales arrived from google.com.au on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for sighting in sky tonight.
20:49:31 -- 4 minutes ago
MBIQ Data Set-
Croydon, Victoria arrived from google.com.au on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for report meteor sighting australia.
20:55:00 -- 1 minute ago
West Hoxton, New South Wales arrived from google.com.au on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: MBIQ Detects NSW & QLD, Australia Meteor 30NOV2012" by searching for meteorit sightings nsw.
20:51:58 -- 3 minutes ago
Sydney, New South Wales arrived from bing.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK Red Meteor Fireball 24MAR2011" by searching for newcastle meteorite.
20:50:41 -- 3 minutes ago
Australia arrived from bing.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for meteor sightings.
20:50:23 -- 4 minutes ago
Sydney, New South Wales arrived from bing.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for 10 July meteor.
20:50:12 -- 3 minutes ago
Ryde, New South Wales arrived from google.com.au on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for sighting in sky tonight.
20:49:31 -- 4 minutes ago
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