(meteorobs) Reports of bright meteor from Queensland, Australia

[belatrix]

Dear George and Marco, LOL its a great story? - I thought it was 'War 
of the Worlds' quality for sure :-)
Yes, definitely not space junk - reports I have seen/read indicate it 
travelled from east to west.
Cheers
Kearn


On 17/05/2006, at 10:20 PM, GeoZay at aol.com wrote:
>  A crystal from Supermans "Fortress of
> Solitude"? Kryptonite? I tend not to think that a meteor nor space 
> junk would be
> still glowing after it hit the ground.
>
>>> Mr Vernon, who is in his seventies, said the object landed on a  
>>> steep
> section of land that was covered in undergrowth and was not easily
> accessible.<<
>
> It shouldn't be too hard to find, if he saw it roll down the side of a
> ridge. At least the search area shouldn't be many miles. Get a few 
> Mates up  there,
> they should be able to find the object within a couple hours.
>
>>> Astronomers are uncertain whether the object was a piece of  space 
>>> junk
> or a meteorite, however Jim Barclay from the Maidenwell  Observatory
> suspects it was part of a satellite or some rocket  casing.<<
>
> I don't think it was space junk. The wording of the report seems to 
> suggest
> it was faster than space junk should be. Also the color green suggests 
> meteor.
>  Space junk seems to be yellowish orange predominantly.
>
>>> "The  description that I received from phone calls was that it was 
>>> of a
> greeny  blue colour which typically suggests something metallic," Mr
> Barclay  said.<<
>
> I think it suggests atmospheric molecules of oxygen being  excited.
>
> George Zay
>