Fireball, South Australia 12th Feburary 2013.

With all the different threads about meteoroids all over the place this week I want to add my own sighting from earlier this week.

It was on tuesday night at 11pm and I was just leaving a mates place. He lives in a small township just south of Adelaide, South Australia. We were standing out the front having a smoke as I don't smoke in my car. I noticed a shooting star that faded rapidly to the southern part of the sky. A minit or two later as I walked up to my car, I heard a crackling sound and as I looked up there was a fireball comming in at a steep angle.

It was bathed in a blue flame with a bright red outer flame that left a classic fire tail, kind of like a bunsen burner. I noticed only a short smoke trail but it was pretty dark. It would have come down 1-2 kms away I'd say but again it was hard to judge the distance. The sighting only lasted for about 3 seconds before it disappeared from view behind some close trees.

I did'nt think much of it as I have seen a couple before, but after seeing all of the other threads I'm guessing that the Earth is passing though debris of some kind. Was it a meteor field with the main body of it hitting Russia the other day?

I too live in a small town just south of adelaide.Do you reckon it hit earth and could you ascertain roughly where?It might not be that hard to find.

It looked like it came down over Old Noarlunga from where I was standing.
It was close enough for me to hear it first.

Originally posted by LeLeu
It looked like it came down over Old Noarlunga from where I was standing.
It was close enough for me to hear it first.

Mate, thos things are worth money, I would try and find it if I were you. I wish I had seen one.