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Originally Posted by leon
Grant you are lucky indeed, it is not many that actually see one of those, I have only seen two in my life time.
They certainly put on a spectacular show, don't they.
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Leon, I have never seen anything like this before! Was impressive!
Previously I had only observed the occasional light streak across the sky lasting but a few seconds...
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Originally Posted by pmrid
We are located NW of Brisbane and the Air Force at Amberley regularly use our place as a trig point in their training flight manouvers. It can be a bit startling sometimes. Is it possible you were watching something like that - a night flight of the new F18s or whatever?
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Hi Pete - yes we all love a good show by our defence services! Lucky if you get to see this on a regular basis!
But I believe this appeared to be high altitude burn up of something hitting and burning up in the atmosphere (I am by no means any expert though - lol).
The group I was with suggested that it was most likely a piece of metal space junk - as that would account for the spectacular bright orange/red glow.
Cheers
Grant