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It was moving fast Ian, probably no more than 4 to 6 sec which seems to me that it may have been coming in almost vertical from my position. I've seen a few impressive fireballs but never anything like this. It was awesome. I'm betting it was space junk as I've not seen a fireball or meteor behave like this one. The size of the thing was enough to blow me away, but the colour was unbelievable. I described it above as electric arc greenish white, but now that I have had time to collect my thoughts and calm down I would describe it as the most intense nacre colouring (mother of pearl, almost rainbow shimmering through the glowing head but, intensely bright) with an electric blue halo around the head. And the orange and red colours where like stramers breaking away from the main part and being left behind as the main body punched through the atmosphere.
It was one of those time when you wished you had a video camera already rolling, or a multiple shot camera all ready to go in your hand.
Sorry Slice, yes it was around 6:30 - 6:45coming from near the zenith heading towards the ESE with a very steep path
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