OZ File Sighting Report
5th September 2002
Report taken from the AUFORN Mailing List
Follow Up - 1800 Callin Code: 02060 05.09.02 SA
Many thanks to Keith Basterfield for this follow up.
Regards,
Charmaine Ballam
AUFORN - Sth Australian State Director
http://www.hypermax.net.au/~auforn
Report on Call in 02060
Note: This observation appears part of a number from
that date and time in South Australia.
Date: Thursday 5 September 2002
Time: 5.55 p.m. CST
Location: On road between Peake and Tailem Bend, South Australia.
Reporter: Zee
Zee was travelling in a vehicle halfway between Peake
and Tailem Bend heading towards Tailem bend. The
vehicle was pointing NNW at this stage. She saw a red
light appear in the sky to the front of the vehicle,
and then there was a bright blue flash. The blue flash
vanished just like a light bulb being switched off. A
crooked trail of "smoke" was left in the sky for some
time. The pre-smoke observations' duration was a
"couple of seconds." No sound was heard above the
noise of the vehicle.
Zee's companions were Tina and Kerry. Tina forwarded
an electronic sighting form to UFOR(NSW). In that form
she described her sighting. Out of the corner of her
eye she saw what she thought was a shooting star. It
became a blue ball shaped object with a red/orange
light around it. It was trailed by a bright white
stream similar to that which jets leave behind in the
sky. It then seemed to explode and disappear. Total
duration was "a matter of seconds." No sound was
heard.
Additional observations:
1. The ABC News Online 6/9/02 9.25am AEST carried the
following:
'Great fireball spotted in South Australian skies'
"A leading Australian astronomer believes a large
meteor may have hit the earth near Adelaide last
night.
"Early yesterday evening, South Australian Police were
inundated with reports of sonic booms, earth tremors
and sightings of a blue streak in the sky.
"Ken, from Hindmarsh Island, 100 kilometres south of
Adelaide says he heard a whoosh.
"It came straight over the top and left a huge smoke
trail and there was two huge sonic booms afterwards, "
he said. "It was incredible. I've never seen anything
like it.""
2. The Adelaide Advertiser Newspaper 6/9/02
'Sky trail caused by debris'
"Debris is the likely cause of a strange display in
South Australian skies last night.
"Colin Norris, director of the Australian
International UFO Research, said he received telephone
calls from people around the state who reported: "a
bright light with a tail." "It's debris because a
meteorite usually has a purple or white front and just
goes straight on." Mr Norris said, The debris probably
came from a rocket."
3. ABC News radio "Star stuff." 8/9/02
A piece included:
1. Interview with man from Hindmarsh Island. Observed
object travelling East to North West. Had 3-4 "heads"
to it. Went straight over.
2. Interview with man from Victor Harbor. Observed
object travelling straight over Victor harbor.
Duration 1-2 seconds. Seen slightly N of West.
3. Interview with astronomer who stated that an E to W
trajectory probably excluded space debris and made it
more likely a meteor.
Additonal information relating to: Callin code:1800 Callin Code: 02060 05.09.02 SA
The Adelaide Advertiser dated 9/9/02 a story the main
piece being as follows:
'A fleeting star turn, then meteor burns out'
"A meteor that flashed across the early evening sky on
Thursday probably failed to hit solid ground, an
astronomy expert says.
Astronomical Society of South Australia technical
information officer Tony Beresford said the meteor
burned up in the sky west of Victor Harbor.
"I doubt whether anything from the meteor would have
survived to Earth," he said.
"It is possible some small pieces and dust made it
into the gulf but certainly nothing would have landed
on the ground."
Dozens of people from across the state reported seeing
the meteor shortly before 6pm.
Victor Harbor residents saw the meteor disintegrate
seconds before a sonic boom rang out, frightening
animals and making buildings shudder.
Victor Harbor Council inspector Tim Read said the
meteor was "the talk of the town" yesterday.
Mr read was watching television when he heard the
sonic boom. "It sounded like someone jumping up and
down on a tin roof, My dog went berserk and I ran
outside thinking someone was trying to break into my
house."
Encounter Bay resident Iris Shaw was walking her dog
when the object passed over. :"I heard a sizzling
sound overhead and looked up to see a silvery stream
going over" Mrs Shaw said. "I saw it explode but there
was no noise until a few seconds later."
Mrs Shaw said a neighbour's television set flickered
as the meteor passed.
Witnesses also spotted the meteor from Adelaide. Alan
Grace saw it while walking at Stirling East. "I saw a
flash of light then the meteor exploded in the air and
I stood there in absolute awe" he said.
SA Museum spokesman Ben McHentry said he received a
call from a man who saw the meteor from Balhannah in
the Adelaide Hills. "The man said it looked like it
was 300m to 400m up in the sky and was angling
down,"Mr McHenry said."
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Keith Basterfield
uforesearchersa@yahoo.com.au
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