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(2) ATMOSPHERIC EXPLOSION PUZZLES SPACE EXPERTS

>From Associated Press, 5 September 2002
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020906/ap_wo_en_po/austr

alia_sky_flash_1

BRIGHT Bright blue flash and loud booms in sky over southern Australia
puzzle space experts

ADELAIDE, Australia - Astronomers on Friday were investigating reports
from
southern Australia of a bright blue flash and loud booms. One said it
probably was a comet, while another suggested it was debris from a space

mission.

Dozens of people along Fleurieu Peninsula, about 100 kilometers (60
miles)
south of Adelaide, said they say the flash about 6 p.m. (0830 GMT)
Thursday.


The witnesses said the light was followed by a smoke trail and two loud
booms that shook the ground.

Astronomer Bryan Boyle said Friday it was probably a meteor breaking up,
and
probably came within 30 kilometers (20 miles) of hitting the ground.

But Colin Norris, director of Australian International UFO Research
center,
said its color and course suggested it was more likely debris from a
space
mission re-entering the atmosphere.

Astronomers were expected to begin a more detailed investigation of the
incident, including a possible search for material that might have hit
the
ground.

Copyright 2002, AP

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