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Last updated

Friday, 03 June 2005.

REPORTED SIGHTINGS

SINCE 1999.

DATE TIME(WAST) DESCRIPTION OBSERVER LOCATION

28/09/99 1230 SW-NW Orange coloured light, moving slowly without trail. Pingelly
02/01/00 2115? 1315 ? ? Bright whitish light, similar to lightning flash. Pin. Hts.Obs'y
11/02/00 2145? 1345 S N 'Triple satellite formation, triang. pattern, Pin. Hts.Obs'y
12/02/00 2000? 1200? S N Bright white meteor and persistent trail.Narrogin town.
12/01/01 2030 1230 E W Brilliant white with a bright trail, moving fast, low in the sky.
20/03/01 2130? 1330? S Deep red glows in the sky accompanied by silvery white streamers or searchlight beams. Pin. Hts.Obs'y WA
31/03/01 2100 1300 SE SW Deep red glows in the sky accompanied by silvery white streamers or searchlight beams. Pin. Hts.Obs'y WA
11/04/01 ? ? ? ? Deep red glow in the sky. Pin. Hts.Obs'y WA
13/04/01 1900 1100 S Deep red glow in the sky. Narrogin/Williams WA
20/06/01 2200 1400 N W Bright white, followed by loud 'bang' after about 5 min's. Narrogin WA
20/06/01 2200 1400 ? ? Narrogin Town WA
20/06/01 2200 1400 NW NE Albany WA
21/06/01 1815 1015 SW S About 40 deg's elevation, bright light leaving a long bluish/white trail Narrogin WA?
09/08/01 2155 W SE Yellow light, low trajectory, travelling SE, followed by a loud explosion. Narrogin WA
09/08/01 2155 N Flash of light towards the North, accompanied by a loud explosion. Narrogin WA
09/08/01 2200 SW SE Reddish light, moving horizontally, 10-15 deg. trail, followed by a loud explosion min's later. Narrogin WA
15/10/01 2215 N N Stationary vertical Blue-white light in the shape of a fluoro' tube, about the size of Orion's handle. Pingelly WA
28/09/02 2000-2215 1200-1415 NE NW Series of bright meteor-like trails moving steadily across, red,green,yellow in colour. Kalbarri, WA.
01/10/02 2106-2140 1306-1340 SE-SSW N/A Auroral display: strong pink/red glows from the South, vicinity od Canopus & Southern Cross. Pin. Hts.Obs'y
27/11/02 2149 SSE SE Very bright white light moving slowly from South to East, flaring to extreme brightness. Pin. Hts.Obs'y

HUGE FIREBALL seen on May 30, 2005: 1930(WAST)

A large & brilliant FIREBALL accompanied by showers of flaming sparks, travelling at high speed and low altitude, moving from the north towards the south and also in an easterly direction was seen on Sunday evening, May 30. The colours ranged from RED, through GREEN, BLUE AND YELLOW and left a clear and distinct lasting trail in the sky. Several observers described it as looking like an aircraft about to crash and it appeared to come very close to the ground. Rob Stone and his son, Luke, were driving into PINGELLY, WA, when they noticed the 'object' heading in their direction and travelling from west to east. Rob described it being like an aircraft on fire and surrounded by reddish coloured sparks and flames. They thought that it might have come down somewhere south-east of the town-site. Kathy and Graham Bassett from BROOKTON, were heading home along the Great Southern Highway from Pingelly at the time. Both Kathy and Graham described the 'object' as being just like an aircraft in trouble heading their way. It was surrounded by what appeared to be flame-like sparks and seemed to be coming down in the vicinity of McCabe's Farm, south of Brookton. They both described the event as the most spectacular thing that they had ever seen in the night sky! Anita Lockyer and her partner were driving back home in TAPPING, near to Joondalup at the time. She said that it was a most impressive sight and the brightest thing she had ever seen, a brilliant,colourful 'fireworks' like display even something akin to a missile. Anita described how it started out as huge ball of light which subsequently broke up into two smaller pieces producing multi-coloured trails of reds, greens and blues! Travelling fast and at a low altitude it then it appeared to fizzle out to nothing. She said that in 46 years she had not seen anything like it before!

Strange interference to television reception was reported around this time as well as the temporary loss of telephone connections.

New reports are still coming in from Narrogin and Williams which confirm the descriptions already given. One observer, a Roo Shooter from Williams, Danny Fowler, says that he was in a paddock at the time and well clear of any lights. He said it was appearing to come towards him and looked very much like an aircraft that was 'on fire' and coming in to land, somewhere nearby. The large bright yellowish coloured flaming sparks, which left quite a trail in the sky, disappeared before hitting the ground. It was the most awesome thing he has ever seen. Another observer, Rick Bee, from Narrogin was outside his house when he saw what looked like an aircraft coming towards him. Again, with showering sparks and flame-like fragments coming away from it. He thought that the 'object' was several thousand feet up in the sky but heading in his direction and moving from west to east. He did not think that it was close to the ground when it disappeared from sight.

From these descriptions, it would appear that it was either a large chunk of meteoric material or the re-entry of 'space-junk'. Whatever it was, these observers will remember this event for many years to come.

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