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This event was captured north of the Shannon.
Photo: Laocaohenmang / Pixabay
New Zealanders in the North Island reported seeing a fireball And a large flash that streaked across the sky Thursday afternoon, accompanied by “grinding” sounds, could be what scientists believe could be a meteorite.
Local media and social media were inundated with reports and inquiries about the sighting, with some witnesses describing noises, thunder, cracking ears, hair falling out, windows rattling, or lightning or a light explosion. Smoke. path.
Geonet seismologists picked up a suspicious sound wave from the object, and Metservice meteorologists believe they picked up the object or its smoke trail on radar.
Here are pictures of the alleged meteorite:
The incident was captured by Curtis Powell while driving north of Shannon on Thursday at 1:39 p.m.
“We were on our way to work in Shannon when I saw a blue streak across the sky and then a big bright light.” told the Guardian. “I realized my dashcam was recording and downloaded the video – a once in a lifetime show.”
On social media, people shared photos and traded stories of their sightings, with many actually mistaking the loud sound for an earthquake.
“We thought it was an earthquake, but it didn’t sound right, like a big heavy truck, with a beeper, but there were no trucks near our house at that time. The house also shook a bit,” said one Twitter user.
Dr. Duncan Steele, a Wellington-based rocket scientist who worked at NASA, told the outlet. The object is probably a meteoriteAnd seeing one during the day was a rare experience.
“I have only seen one meteor during the day in my life. Macrometroids in the atmosphere cause them to arrive very quickly, typically around 30 km/s. To see it during the day, it has to be really big, the size of a rugby ball or bigger, and that’s what makes them so rare.”
Some eyewitnesses described hearing an explosion as the object moved across the sky, which Steele described as an “electrophonic sound.” Alan Gilmore, from the University of Canterbury’s Mount John Observatory, told local media that meteorites and their accompanying electrical charges could make some people lose their hair.
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