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Old 23-11-2011, 11:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Groove View Post
Wondering if anyone on here saw the spectacular fireball on Sunday Evening 20 Nov - not sure of the exact time, but was between 7:30 - 8:30 i estimate.

There was a bright orange trail looking west from Briabane and heading from south to north at high velocity, and lasted for a good 15 seconds before a more intense bright glow (assume explosion) before it disappeared.

I was actually attending a local 'urban observers' group at the time, and those that saw it were impressed like i was!

Being new to all of this i found it pretty exciting... the highlight of the night!

Cheers
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?
Peter
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