Unexplained Flash in The Sky

[Tommy Camp]

Hi
i was sitting outside with my sister when i saw a bright flash in the sky
it was orange in colour and lasted about 1 second.
my sister who was sitting opposite me saw the reflection of this flash in the window
so it was a high magnitude
my location was
Lat 31 54' 8" South and Long 115 57' 59" East
i couldn't find anything in my area so im interested to know.
the time was between 19:30-9:55 and it was the 21st of March

[Dennis]

If the flash was observed as a point of light like a star, it may have been a meteor that was travelling directly towards you. This would appear as a point rather than a trail. Not sure if there are any meteor showers around at the moment?

Other bright objects are Iridium satellites – maybe one of their solar panels or other reflective surfaces caught the Sun just at the right angle and therefore you saw a flash.

Cheers

Dennis

[[1ponders]]

There was an iridium flare for your area atFriday 21st March @ 20:41:29 (Western DST = GMT +9:00 hrs)

Position was 171° South 35° elevation. Mag -2 (as bright as Jupiter gets at is brightest)

Info from http://www.heavens-above.com/

[Tommy Camp]

i Thought it might be and i checked it out but there were none of high enough intensity in my area.plus the timing was wrong.
Maybe it was a meteor though the chances of that and it being so bright seem small.
Thanks

[Ingo]

It could have been that Gamma Ray Burst, though I'm not sure if it was visible in southern hemisphere. It quickly went from low magnitude numbers to high magnitude numbers