Perhaps you two should compare photos and do some triangulation... to estimate the distance.
It doesn't look like something very far away.
BTW, I saw something intriguing back in January this year.. it looked very much like meteor, aiming directly at where I was (Ballarat - there was no noticeable drift), coming from the direction of South Cross. Flash duration was couple of seconnds (I think light curve was quite irregular, but it had definite maxima).
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