(meteorobs) Fwd: [EAMN] Meteor lights up central Victorian [Australia] sky - 2004 July 29

[Lewis J. Gramer]

Forwarded without Peter Skilton's permission, from the East
Australian Meteor Network (EAMN) online forum.

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Lew Gramer <owner-meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
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-----Original Message-----
From: EAMN at yahoogroups.com [mailto:EAMN at yahoogroups.com]
   Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 08:33:45 +1000
   From: "Skilton, Peter F SAL-OAFPA/2" <Starman at a...>
Subject: Meteor lights up central Victorian sky - 2004 July 29

Relaying an ABC news report from yesterday (Thursday, July 29, 2004. 8:37am (AEST)):


A huge meteor has been seen in the skies over central Victoria.
There have been reports of a big red and blue light streaking over
the Castlemaine area just after 1:00am AEST today.

Policewoman Senior Constable Sharon McEachern says she was on patrol
duty with a colleague in Maldon when she saw the light in the sky.
She says it was a spectacular sight that lasted about 15 seconds.

"A bright blue light going across the sky...not coming straight down
and it just had a large blue tail and a bright red ball and then as it
went across it just exploded into pieces, so I'm not sure whether it
was a comet, or a meteor, or what it was," she said.

Peter Skilton

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