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(meteorobs) Fwd: Fireball Flashes Over Australia



Here's another report, but this one's from
"downunder":

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From:  Ron Baalke <baalke@zagami.jpl.nasadot gov> 
  To:  meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com 
Date:  Tue, 3 Jul 2001 08:58:00 -0700 (PDT) 

Subject:  Fireball Flashes Over Australia
<
http://www.abcdot net.au/news/newslink/weekly/newsnat-3jul2001-37.htm
> 
Fireball flashes over WA's south-west
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
July 3, 2001
 
Residents in Perth and the state's south-west were
treated to a natural lightshow last night as a meteor
entered the atmosphere.

The meteor was first spotted over Denmark near Albany
about 6:30pm AWST, before travelling north-east and
burning out over Northam.

The Perth Observatory's Peter Birch, says many people
in the south-west caught a glimpse of the meteor.

"But there were quite a lot of people in Perth that
saw it in its final phases through the clouds," Mr
Birch said.

"It was very, very bright indeed, quite startling and
we call them fireballs when they're that bright."

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