[meteorite-list] Another Bright Light Seen Over Australia

[Ron Baalke]

http://townsvillebulletin.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,7034,20840321%255E421,00.html

Residents report bright light in sky at Ballarat
Townsville Bulletin (Australia)
November 29, 2006

FOR the second night in a row residents in western Victoria have
reported seeing a bright light in the sky.

Residents at Ballarat, west of Melbourne, said they saw something that
looked like a UFO after spotting an orange coloured light in the sky
about 10pm (AEDT) yesterday.

The object hovered for more than one minute.

But one resident said it could have been a model helicopter.

"A lot of guys fly night choppers here and they have the LCD lights
around the blades and they have lights all down the boom and tail
rotor," the man, identified only as Ian, told Southern Cross Broadcasting.

"These models can hover and they can go from zero to about 100km/h in a
few seconds."

On Monday night, people in South Australia and western Victoria deluged
police and media with reports of a spectacular meteor sighting.

Police in SA said they took calls from just after 8pm (ACDT) on Monday
from Renmark and Loxton in the Riverland, most Adelaide suburbs and then
from people living south of the city, with reports of something looking
like a fireball in the sky.

In Victoria, callers to ABC Radio from Bendigo to Horsham in the state's
north-west down to Colac in the south-west, reported seeing a bright
green coloured object shooting westward in the sky.

An SA Police spokesman said later that the Bureau of Meteorology
confirmed the object seen on Monday night was a meteor.