Lights in the Sky
Sydney Observatory often receives reports from the public about mysterious and unexplained sightings in the sky. Many of these are fireballs, which are small rocks from space hitting the Earth’s atmosphere at high speed and burning up brightly as they reach the denser parts of the atmosphere about 30 or 40 km above the ground. Others turn out to be aeroplane vapour trails, ‘dump and burn’ manoeuvres by Air Force aircraft, satellites, weather balloons or even, as on 19 February 2007, exploding rockets.
We invite you to report your observations here. Other people may wish to comment on your observations if they have seen the same object or seen something similar at another time.
When leaving your observations please give as much detail as you can including
- Where you were
- The time
- The direction you were looking (north, east, south, west or in-between)
- How high up you were looking (horizon is 0° elevation, half way up is 45° and directly overhead is 90°)
- How long you saw the object
- The direction the object was moving
- Whether it was clear or cloudy
- Whether you could see the Moon or Venus or any other astronomical object
- Describe what you saw
Thank you
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anthony morrison on April 7th, 2010
We live on the south coast of NSW on the ocean front at Mollymook Beach. Last friday night I woke to go to the bathroom at 2.06 and immediately noticed from the bedroom window a huge glowing and pulsating bright orange – almost tangerine coloured ball of light moving in a northerly direction slowly, and silently under the very grey storm clouds. The light emitted from it was incredible. I woke my partner furiously, and exclaimed “oh my god -what is that? We both observed it from the window. It was very large and pulsated as it moved. It was quite magnificent and we knew it was a ufo sighting as we are both very interested in this field. We got the distinct feeling that it was surveying the coast line for some reason.
Has anyone else seen this recently?
MooroolbarkMatt on April 9th, 2010
Tonight, on Friday the 9th of April, I was in my backyard in Mooroolbark in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs) having a cigarette and I witnessed something truely bizarre. I saw a small white ball of light that looked exactly like a star in the sky, it was stationary. And I then watched it move (from a stand-still) amazingly fast in a northerly direction until totally dissapearing roughly 4 seconds later behind a cloud. It covered about 20% of the visible sky above me during the time in which it moved. I didn’t see it after that. It was the fastest moving object i’ve ever seen, and I’ve watched satellites in orbit move at roughly 30,000 km/h, this object looked to have moved at roughly 3 to 4 times faster than that. I am truly gobsmacked.
David on April 13th, 2010
In the early hours of this morning (13th April 2010) at Faulconbridge in the Blue Mts (north side of the ridge with direct views to Bilpin area on Bells Line of Road) I observed a bright burning light speed across the sky. It was the most unusual shooting star I have ever seen for a number of reasons. Firstly, it was so big and bright. Secondly, it seemed to be close and was falling to earth. It kind of burnt out before it reached the edge of the horizon. It gave me the impression it was falling to earth and landed close, perhaps in the Wollemi NP.
Natalie on April 14th, 2010
Tonight (Wed, 14th April, 2010) I was waiting at Emu Plains Station to pick up my husband. The sky was cloudless and the sun had just set. At around 6:05pm I saw a a bright orange ball descending towards earth in a north westerly direction. It had a glow and trail of orange light behind it. It disappeared behind some trees and the mountains over near the hawkesbury. By the time I noticed it I only saw it for a couple of seconds. I have definitely havent seen anything else like it before and was different to a shooting star overhead. Just like burning matter falling from the sky. Did anyone else see this?
gregcarter on April 14th, 2010
Spotted a green/blue light in the sky heading northwards towards Sydney CBD 14 April 2010 at approximately 6:05pm. Seen from Sutherland shire, Sydney by 3 individuals. Seemed to be about 10km distance and moved very quickly. dissapeared in the space of about 5 seconds. Please explain!
Cathy on April 14th, 2010
I saw a falling green light in sky about 6pm Wedesday 14th April 2010. Appeared to start as a dot(star size) and then as falling quickly to the horizon became larger and burning bright green. It was is the northern sky towards the hills district in Sydney. I saw it from Liverpool. It lasted only a few seconds.
Andrew on April 14th, 2010
This evening(14/4/10) at about 7.45pm a fast moving largish silver lit object was observed to the north east of Abbotsford, NSW heading in a northerly direction in a gently descending arc. It was NOT one of the helicopters which frequently uses the Parramatta River as a highway and was far too quick and silent for a plane.
Any clues anyone?
Geoff on April 14th, 2010
Wow! Driving home tonight, 14th Apr 2010 at 6:06pm EST and looking almost due West from the M2 Motorway in Sydney I was lucky enough to watch a fireball for 2-3 seconds at an estimated brightness of -5 or so. It went from 30 degrees or so above the horizon to just above at 5 degrees. No clouds in the sky and no Moon as it is new later the same day at 10:29pm.
’twas awesome and much more intersting than the traffic jam ahead of me.
Cheers
Geoff
BlinkyBill on April 15th, 2010
14th April 2010 driving home after 6:00pm I saw the same big yellow/orange fireball in an arc heading North West (Hills Area). I thought I was going crazy until see the comments here. This thing was huge, very bright (there was still daylight) and very fast across the sky.
Sam & Grandad on April 18th, 2010
Sam and I were returning from walking our dog Emmett. It was at dusk, about 6:00pm to 6:30pm. Our attention was captured by a large bright light in the sky. It was much bigger than your average shooting star. We reckon it was worth about 7 wishes!!! at least. We were looking to the north at about 30 degrees elevation, and saw it heading to the west towards the ground at an angle of about 25 degrees from the horizon. We were wondering if it had anything to do with reports from Canada a day or so later??
Baggles on April 20th, 2010
I apologise first because this is not my sort of thing but I witnessed what looked like something breaking up about 9.30 ESTD in Brisbane or specifically Bray Park heading south easterly. I wonder if many others saw this, and if you can enlighten me on what it was? I have to admit I have only really seen shooting stars but this was nothing like it. I would go into description but feel I would embarrass myself! Haha! Thanks
Bayani on April 23rd, 2010
- Where you were
Foresville, New South Wales, Australia
- The time
0229 EST
- The direction you were looking
North-North East
- How high up you were looking
~45°
- How long you saw the object
~5-7 seconds
- The direction the object was moving
East
- Whether it was clear or cloudy
Clear
- Whether you could see the Moon or Venus or any other astronomical object
Did not note.
- Describe what you saw
A bright, orange-hot (What I presume to be) meteorite, gliding through the sky.. entering the atmosphere! Stunning!
daniel on April 25th, 2010
a coupla wednesdays back i was watching my
son do football training at cambridge park.
i was standing infront of cambo hall facing
towards dunheved rd,(night time),at 6:03pm
wed 14th april a mate was standing to my side talking to me when i seen a light blue and
aqua coloured orb. it appeared to be from
where i was standing above cranebrook area.
it appeared mid sky and free fell out of the sky-
but it was faster than free falling, it was
bright and stood out because there was a black sky behind it any one that was looking in that direction at that time couldn’t have missed it
-any one who knows cambo footy fields knows
there is a cricket nets bottom left hand side of oval well beside them is a big tree so from where
i was standing it dropped from mid sky fast came
down far over the back of the tree but as it hit the top back bit of the tree it hooked back up
and vanished it lasted 2-3 secs seen it clear
as day from the point it appeared to the point
it disappeared. then i was spinning out asking my mate did he see it, he was laughing at me
until the women sitting behind said that she seen it to and she has the same story(another witness)
and i dont even know her. i still cant stop thinking about it – it was logit!!!!!!!!!!
Ev on April 25th, 2010
bright green & blue light shooting to earth approx 9:39pm 24th Aprill looking south from Mittagong. prosumed Meteorite?
ktulu23 on April 26th, 2010
hi everyone im pretty new to this telescope thing but i was just checking out the moon and think i have seen a new crater.i have not noticed it before and it look alot brighter(shinier if you will) it appears to me top left side of moon through my scope which would actually make it bottom left if i understand correctly i first viewed it monday 26th april at 845pm any feedback is very welcome as i need to learn more about astonomy. thank you jl
donald fish on April 29th, 2010
It was exactly 11am on the morning of Thursday,April 29,2010-
I stood on the verandah of my farmhouse at Kangaloon in the
Southern Highlands of NSW and looked up at a cloudless sky-
a sheet of blue silk.
To the North I saw a shimmering white contrail at about 40,ooo ft
Why do airliners have to fly so high,I wondered.
AS I watched I noticed that the contrail was unusually bright and
had wave patterns in its tail.
I then saw a dark shape-about the size of a pinhead to me,at
it’s front.
Suddenly it disappeared in a brilliant flash,and the whole contrail
vanished.
The flash appeared to be about one centimetre wide,so,in fact,
it would have been about One Kilometre wide.
So,what was it ?
A meteor ? An exploding aircraft ? What ?
Donald Fish
NB on May 1st, 2010
24th April 2010, 9:30pm’ish, saw white ball shaped object with green-blue trail moving east to westerly in the south from where we were, in a car around Pheasants Nest area on the Hume Highway. Height looked just above the tree line, watched the object for 10-15 seconds and disappeared out of sight. It was a clear night.
Zeus3rd on May 3rd, 2010
1st May 2010, approx. 10 pm, standing on the Federal Hwy at the middle-north end of Lake George.
Spotted a small but bright speck of light for .5 of a second grazing the atmosphere in a South Eastern direction directly away from my position.
Light went from 70° to 30° elevation as it traveled before disapearing.
Sky was clear at that time, almost Full moon visible aswell.
ER on May 5th, 2010
04/05/2010 approx 19.10hrs
Loction: Kogarah
Facing North North East.
Observed a white glowing object falling from the sky (travelling in a northerly direction)with a long tail with blue green trail and yellow/orange “sparks” coming off the back/trail. Object appeared quite low and appeared to go into a set of clouds illuminating them as it passed through. Lost sight of object.
Lasted all but about a second and although I exclaimed, the two others with me missed what I saw. it was travelling at the speed of most meteorites but this appeared extremely low and quite large. By my calculations it probably crossed the flight path of planes using the old east west runway at Sydney Airport.
Ziren on May 7th, 2010
7.10pm on 4 May 2010
Location: Freshwater, Northern Beaches
As I was coming to the top of a steep hill – 30 degree gradient – looking straight ahead and due north, I saw a bright compact white ball of light very low overhead heading north/north north west. It was travelling incredibly fast and gone in an instant. Never seen anything quite like it.
Bron on May 8th, 2010
7.12pm 4 May 2010
Fairlight, Northern Beaches
Looking out my living room window towards the north saw a football sized object bluish white in colour fall very quickly through the sky. Was visible for only a second or two.
CJ on May 8th, 2010
4 May 2010 Approx 7.10pm
Location: Federal Hwy near Collector NSW
Brilliant white round object, travelling north west, viewed through the windscreen of my car. It seemed quite large to me but I am new to this! Travelled quickly for maybe one second and then disappeared beyond the horizon. The sky overhead and to the north was clear at that point but we had driven through some heavy storms to the south only a few minutes before. I would love to know what it was.
Anonymous187 on May 12th, 2010
- Where you were
Namibia, Windhoek
- The time
19h00 local (20h00 South-African)
- The direction you were looking
West.
- How high up you were looking
75″
- How long you saw the object
approx 6 seconds
- The direction the object was moving
From North to South in a straight line at a constant and very high speed.
- Whether it was clear or cloudy
Not a cloud in the sky and the first stars were just appearing for the night.
- Whether you could see the Moon or Venus or any other astronomical object
Few stars, it was around dusk.
- Describe what you saw
As I was returning from a local gas station a moving object caught my attention. I saw a speck of light which exactly resembled a star in the sky move from North to South through the sky. I paused and tried to identify whether the object could be an airliner at a very high altitude but no flashing lights caught my attention. After a few seconds I was straining to keep the object in sight. I finally lost sight of it facing South-West at around 75″. Probably a satellite reflecting the last sunlight from the setting sun, right?
pjsydney on May 14th, 2010
Date: 12/5/2010 & 13/5/2010
Time: 22:30 & 21:30 (abouts)
Direction: South West
High up: about 40 degrees
Duration: about 20 and 10 minutes the second time
Direction moving: it didn’t appear to be moving on either occasion. The first night it was clear second night some cloud. First night did see some other stars the next night did but only when cloud lifted
Description: Both nights saw something, it was blue red yellow and white and on the first night it appeared to jump around (using binoculars), the second night it was same but did not appear to jump around, on both occasions it was gone by about 23:00. The second night it was further west than on the first night.
Al on May 15th, 2010
On the 9th of May, continually between 16:30 and 17:00, my family and I observed what appeared to be a string of white (light?) very high up in the sky above the Hills district. The object remained motionless for 10 to 15mins before slowly heading from an 80 degree Northerly position, to NE position. The “tail” facing in a downwards direction although sometimes appearing to waft slowly into a slight curve. It was a cloudless day with a clear blue sky, there was a slight breeze. The object was plainly not a party balloon (we’ve seen these before being blown away and disappearing out of sight) but we speculated that perhaps it could be a weather balloon-although we thought that that would be odd. I managed to take some photos with my 75-300mm Canon zoom lens and the results after loading on computer and zooming in are even more bizarre: the “head” is not much larger than the width of the long “tail” but it’s distinctly glowing brighter, while the tail is also comprised of bright, slightly wavy/bumpy lights (almost like a string of white Christmas lights). It had a definite and clear beginning and end to it which remained the same during the whole observation. When observing with the maked eye was only a few centimetres long from where we stood but higher than an airplane’s cruising altitude. It was really strange how it appeared to “hang’ in the sky, barely moving or changing direction… just getting higher over the course of 30 mins. It slowly wafted out of sight. It sounded similar to what donald fish saw, but without the flash. Any ideas anyone?
Us4 on May 15th, 2010
At approximately 6.00 pm 15/5/2010 in Singleton NSW we observed a bright orange light moving across the sky. It approached from the east at about 45 degrees and moved to the north to maybe 70 degrees and was moving quite fast. It appeared larger and brighter than the ISS which we have observed on many occasions. Any ideas??
mags on May 28th, 2010
On the 1/ 11 /10,i went into my garden .As i looked up to the sky,i saw an orange ball traveling aceoss the sky.It was not a shooting star it looked too big to be one.Afew seconds later another one followed and then another.they traveled west and slowely faded.They all took the same path..i couldnt belive it..
philippa on May 28th, 2010
Hi, anyone see the fireball, out to the east, heading south from Sydney around 5:30 Friday 28th May. I saw it from the car whilst on the M4, how bright would it have been (magnitude) if it saw it in full monnlight and saw it strongly cosindering the peak hour traffic glare? Any other reports?
natashka on June 2nd, 2010
On Friday night whilst observing the beautiful full moon looking nth east from Balgowlah towards Manly I saw what appeared to be a giant falling star with a silver stream following. It was glowing silver white and traveled fast heading downwards. It was one of the most amazing things i have seen and am not sure if it was a meteorite or a big star or space junk or??? Can anyone shed some light on what it may have been or if anyone else saw it. It happened around 6pm.
spacecadet on June 3rd, 2010
Four of saw 3 greeny/Blue lights at appr 9.45pm on the 28/05 they appeared to be traveling above the water off coogee/maroubra in row going very fast we couldn’t hear any helicopter noise or see a wake from a jetski or boat, we could see the swell in the glow of the lights they went around malabar headland and we lost sight of them on the horizon to the south was an orangy red glow which disappeared a few minutes later
spokoney on June 5th, 2010
Where you were:
West Wyalong, NSW, Australia
- The time
approx 05:45 – 05:50
- The direction you were looking
approx North East.
- How high up you were looking
45″ then down to the horizon
- How long you saw the object
approx 30-40 seconds, however i noticed it while it was low in the sky and it could have been around for longer than that.
- The direction the object was moving
In a North East direction following some straight line (wasn’t moving around in differing directions) at a constant speed.
- Whether it was clear or cloudy
Not a cloud in the sky
- Whether you could see the Moon or Venus or any other astronomical object
The moon was very nearly directly above
- Describe what you saw
A very bright spec larger than what a star is with a bright white spiral trailing out from it. I only saw it for a very short time before it moved down beyond the horizon.
sevend on June 5th, 2010
Today-5th of June @ around 5:50(that’s am) – saw a bright, white/yellow light in the sky. It was surrounded by a glowing spiral and moved across the sky in about a minute from West to East. I thought it was a sky beamer at first, but a) the bright spot in the middle was too bright – it looked more like a really bright star b) it did not have any reflections from the light beam c) when it went behind the clouds, it went behind the clouds d) we were able to see it in the clear sky as well.
Most interesting was the spiral around it.
I have never seen something like this before and it was really fast.
DL on June 5th, 2010
- Where you were – near Gundaroo NSW
- The time – 5.45 am Saturday 5 June
- The direction you were looking (north, east, south, west or in-between)- north east
- How high up you were looking (horizon is 0° elevation, half way up is 45° and directly overhead is 90°)about 22.5 degrees
- How long you saw the object – about 1 minute
- The direction the object was moving – moving east diagonally down to the horizon.
- Whether it was clear or cloudy – misty/foggy
- Whether you could see the Moon or Venus or any other astronomical object – Moon was overhead.
- Describe what you saw – was in bed looking out the window at what looked like the moon through the fog, then realised it had a large spiral halo, woke up my partner who saw it too, went to the window and realised the Moon was overhead. By the time I managed to get the video camera out it was dissappearing behind trees and over the horizon. I’ve just noticed that the sun has just come up at about the same point that this phenomena went down on the horizon.
Siliggy on June 5th, 2010
About 5.50 AM this morn 5th june 2010 we saw a big bright white object leaving a wide bright spiral of light (wife, daughter, and self). Seen from Queanbeyan NSW. Looking up at about 35 -40 degrees and toward the north east at about 40 – 50 degrees east of true North. It would have been about 5 to 10 degrees wide. It spiraled around and fell to the horizon. the bright dust it was leaving fell with it. It was all over in about a minute.
Mark on June 5th, 2010
This morning while doing my newspaper delivery run at 5:45am, I was standing on Karina Crescent, Belrose when I saw a bright spiral in the sky that was rotating anti-clockwise. It was travelling about as fast as a helicopter, perhaps even slower.
It had a bright point in the centre that was smaller than the moon, but the spiral itself was much larger than the moon. It was only a one lined spiral, not lots of lines.
This lasted for about 30 seconds.
I phoned my sister who was on her own newspaper delivery run on Hews Parade, Belrose. She saw what I saw for about 15 seconds.
It was moving in a NNE direction towards Narrabeen/Collaroy.
When we got home, we googled “strange lights in the sky” and saw pics of the exact same spiral light that was seen over Norway on December 9th, 2009, Russia 2006 and China 1988.
Any idea what this was?
jodieplace on June 5th, 2010
any info on the light this morning around 5.40 am the oblect was similar to the spacestation with a large swirl of light (clockwise) around it ..moving northwords at a fair pace.?( I am on the south coast NSW)
Andrew Jacob on June 5th, 2010
Hello Everyone,
Thanks for all your wonderful reports. And thank you for answering the questions posted at the top of this page – that’s most helpful.
At present our best explanation for what you all saw this morning (Sat June 6, about 05:50am) is the result of a rocket launch.
The SpaceX company from the USA launched their Falcon 9 rocket at about 04:45am (Eastern Australian Standard Time). The rocket reached orbit about 10 minutes later – it doesn’t take long to get to space. If they were going for a Low Earth Orbit (which has a 90 minute orbital period) that would put the rocket over Eastern Australia about an hour later – i.e. around 05:50am.
If you go to their web site you can see a video of the launch (http://www.spacex.com/updates.php). This shows the rocket spiralling while in orbit.
Do you remember the failed Russian missile in 2009 that left a spiral in the sky? This may be a similar phenomenon. A spinning rocket venting fuel leaves a spiral cloud of vapour behind it, like water out of a spinning hose.
Keep those sightings coming in!
Update – June 7, 2010:
Phil Plait, author of the former “Bad Astronomy’ blog has posted a good summary of the event at his new site.
Even better, and I have been waiting for this, the Heavens Above site now includes the Falcon-9/Dragon spacecraft. Simply define your ‘Current Observing Site’, then click on the ‘Falcon-9′ link. This link shows when you will next see it passing overhead.
The Heavens-Above site even allows you to look back in time: Click on the ‘Prev.’ link to see where it was on the morning of Saturday June 5, 2010. Ignore the passes prior to June 5 – these are dummy passes resulting from the automated nature of the program! Click on the ’5 Jun’ link to see the spacecraft’s path across the sky.
Best of all, there is a ‘Ground Track’, showing clearly the path of the spacecraft over Eastern Australia at 05:50(EAST) on the morning of June 5.
Update – June 18, 2010:
The web site space.com is quoting SpaceX founder Elon Musk as saying “I heard people in Australia thought UFOs were visiting :) The venting of propellants, which is done to ensure that an overpressure event doesn’t produce orbital debris, created a temporary halo caught the sun at just the right angle for a great view from Australia. I thought the pictures looked really cool.” See the article.
Update – July 12, 2010:
Spaceflightnow.com has reported that the Falcon9/Dragon rocket burnt up in the atmosphere after its orbit decayed. This happened on Sunday 27th June, 2010.
Andrew Jacob – Acting Curator, Sydney Observatory
rizingtide on June 5th, 2010
June 5th Saturday morning 5.45am roughly. Woke up, saw to the nor-nor-east and only about 30 degrees high, what I thought was a beautiful spiral cloud over the moon and was about to get my camera when I realised it was moving east and downwards. Woke my wife but by then it went behind the silhouette of a tree and was gone. She didn’t see it, and we went back to sleep convinced I’d dreamt it until we heard it on the news. Photos make it look small but it was as large as the moon, with a glow around it much larger again.
Narooma NSw. Maybe lasted a minute or so, but I only saw it as it came into the window frame, so it could have been going on for longer.
Retaw on June 5th, 2010
Oxford falls, Sydney’s Northern Beaches
between approx 5:49am – 5:52am (called my brother at 5:50 to get him to have a look)
First sighted when looking west. Watched it for several minutes travel across the entire sky in a north-easterly direction. In the sky where I first sighted the object were clouds and at first all I saw was a bright circular light. The light appeared to be traveling through the clouds and initially I thought it might of just been a helicopter however this light seamed quite different, dispersing light evenly through the clouds in a 360 radius and with no flashing lights or noise. I followed the object as it continued north/east into clear skys. As it left the clouds, it looked as if the clouds were still moving with it until it was fully visible in clear skys and I could see what looked like spiral clouds around the center light.
The moon and a planet (venus?) were both visible.
Tennisdad on June 5th, 2010
We were about 10km North of Gympie at 5.50 am this morning. When we saw the white object to our south with the spiral of smoke/cloud appearing to be coming out of it. It travelled in an easterly direction. The sky was clear and the moon was nearby in the sky. We observed it for 1-2 minutes before it disappeared behind a hill.
JimJim on June 5th, 2010
5:50am, traveling in westerly direction in car from Revesby station to panania station, over my shoulder and to the right a massive white light spiral of light, visible at a 45degree elevation for a few mins, witnessed by all 4 people in car.
closest things i have found online is failed russian misile, but i think this was somthing else.
Cindy Kay on June 6th, 2010
Hey,
On the 5th June, maybe at about 2-3 in the afternoon. Me and my bofriend were at the Wentworth waterfalls lookout. Looking into the valley and above that mountain range in the middle, we both saw a bright blue streak accross the atmosphere. We both think it was a meteor that burnt up before it hit the earth. It went for 3-4 seconds. There were a few clouds but otherwise clear skies. Just wondering if anyone else saw this, and if it was actually a meteor or just some space junk.
Thanks
john on June 7th, 2010
Yes in regards to andrew Jacob on June 5th yes around 5.45 saw the same spiral cloud, travelling from west to east around 35 degrees, I thought it was the international space station at first looked it up on my Iphone app but was not it. I then video film it on my Iphone. Where can I send the footage?
Regards,
John
john on June 7th, 2010
Andrew, Have posted the video on you tube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWo4ArmyPr8
it was the best I could get.
Regards,
John
John
Andrew Jacob on June 7th, 2010
Thanks for that John,
It is difficult to get good video of this sort of event, but I _can_ see the spiral in yours. Nice work!
Andrew Jacob
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Amo on June 10th, 2010
We are in Chullora and our whole team witnessed a falling object in the sky. It was large and left a red burning trail. This went on for a few minutes. This is approximately 5 pm when I was called around to see it.
Sharmila on June 10th, 2010
Hi there was a shooting star like object in the sky this afternoon at around 5 pm – north sydney skyline.
It first spiral out and then to a straight line – burning ball falling slowly.
We had observed it from Cremorne Point Wharf.
emilyhogg on June 10th, 2010
Hi.
Well I was walking home today in rosebery when I looked to the east and saw a bright cloud looking thing. I was red and white in the middle, I watched it for a bit longer and it moved down towards the horizon. It was 5pm til 5:20pm and I was looking west it move from about 60 degrees to 45 in the time i was watching it. I saw another one as well but then moved away and couldnt see it anymore. The sun was setting and it was clear, no clouds. I took some photos as well.
rica2c on June 10th, 2010
wetherill park nsw,
on thursday 10th june at around 5pm i was on the veranda and next thing i knew there was a bright orange line in the sky it was going straight then it spiraled down ways and kept going north west at about 45° in the sky it lasted about half an hour and then disappeared did anyone see it