Rob Cattanach on August 17th, 2010 At about 2.00 pm on 17/8/2010, my wife and I were fishing in the Bermagui River and we observed what appeared to be a meteorite travelling from south east to northwest. We saw a ball followed by a very bright slender light. As it descended at about 45 degrees, the tail sparkled like fireworks and the object then became invisible. Source
Many of us heard the loud rumble, and some were even lucky enough to see something in the sky, but simply everyone is talking about the supposed meteor that exploded over the Tombong area last Tuesday afternoon. A huge number of locals report having heard a loud unexplained "thundering" noise on Tuesday at around 2pm, while others tell of seeing a light falling through the sky at around the same time. Read more