Meteor fireball lights up night sky in Perth, Australia

Dozens of phone calls have been made to the Perth Observatory after people reported 'a giant fireball' above south-west Australia. The fireball is believed to have been a meteor that entered the Earth's atmosphere at speeds of up to 20km per second, according to the observatory. Scientists from Curtin University are investigating whether the meteor completely burned up in the atmosphere or hit the ground near York, a town about 100km east of Perth

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[OnimeNoRice]

They had to put this cheesey music in to cover up all the F words

[mike-rayner-videos]

totally amazing! and quite beautiful to see it going through the clouds

[davide]

I'm sorry but that looks really cool as it breaks through the atmosphere

[King-mjbn]

0:17 0:25 0:30 0:36 Hey thanks for that, I would have never seen the giant fookin fireball in the sky without it

[thalun]

I once saw it, it was one of the best moment i've ever had. I laid down on the carriage of tractor with a loaded grain. We pass the road and suddenly a fireball came flying. It was amazing.

[beatmoder]

I remember seeing this when I first came to Australia, It was far away but I still see it slowly reaching the ground

[kinotara__]

Pretty good footage of the meteor!! looked pretty going through the clouds.

[romanticdonkey]

I used to drive from Las Vegas to Los Angeles round trip 6 nights per week. I’ve seen dozens of fireballs while driving through the desert, but never one this bright.

[gloomsouls]

I saw one where I lived, it wasn't on the news and no-one I knew had seen it, it was just this super fast flash of white that streamed through the sky and I had to convince myself that I had seen it due to the shock.

[MRTS]

That was just Malcolm Turnbull falling back to Earth

[rospendragon]

That's me, sorry it shouldn't have been that obvious.

[mctabish]

That is very much like one I saw in the late 90s while on a beach in Lancelin, pitch black night and it lit the place up. It happened very quickly my girl thought it was a blue flash I thought more of a green one, amazing!

[unlimitedduckgamer]

*meteor falls down to earth*
Me: *starts playing Arrival to Earth*

[chrisa.]

At 5:08 am Tuesday Aug.13th in the western sky in Texas I saw two and they broke apart in the same manner.

[fatmaalsabah]

I just saw one in kuwait, had to search it to find out what it was, it was burning red with an orange reddish streak behind it, it traveled very low and lasted for about 5 seconds, it was AWESOME!

[mskittysraiinbowpass]

This is amazing and scary At the same time

[joebuzz]

Music choice is to program u to not feel threatened by what u see.... wonder y? Hmmmm? Imagine seeing that with dark music..

[annlorayb]

I saw this in California too. My neigbor and I both saw it.

[beebopvroop]

Thanks to the genius who came up with the idea of circling the huge fireball coming from the sky. I would never have been able to see it otherwise.

[gwenynorisu]

More amazingly than that, it seems that everyone in Australia drives around at no less than 68 and no more than 71km/h.