What Trevor said.
MANY years ago when I was a teenager, I saw an exceptionally bright "burst" of light, that lasted a few seconds. My mind raced, I thought supernova, but no way... next morning, I rang Mt. Stromlo... spoke to an nice Pommy astronomer, who explained it was a head on or "point" meteorite. We had a good 10 minute discussion about many things astronomy.
Wonder if they would do that these days?
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