| Sighting Report |
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| Occurred : 5/21/2003 19:45 (Entered as : 05/21/2003 19.45) Reported: 5/27/2003 12:45:24 AM 00:45 Posted: 5/27/2003 Location: Brisbane (QLD, Australia), Shape: Fireball Duration:05 seconds |
| Myself and one other person witnessed a LARGE fireball with a bright incandescant core and a long flaming tail pass overhead in a NNE heading SSW.There was a Heavy passenger (>B737)jet heading overhead at about 20-25000ft in a westerly direction at the same time. I am unsure if the flight crew had witnessed the event,but I would be most surprised if they missed it. I have had a long career in aviation but never witnessed anything as large or as terrifying as this event. I thought that there would be a cataclysmic event when this object impacted.I truly thought that this object was going to impact in the near vicinity. it disappeared out of my line of sight behind MT Samson (approx 950ft)which was about 2 -3 kilometres away. |