Experts claim that it is not space debris.
the Miners working in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, noticed that the night sky flashed glowing greenish ball.
Bright green fireball illuminates the sky over Cape Preston in Western Australia yesterday June 14th
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the Incident occurred at about midnight local time Monday, according to Newsweek. The glow lasted so long that witnesses managed to record it on the phone.
“We don’t think it’s space junk, since the picture is somewhat different from how he usually burns in the atmosphere. But it’s very similar to a large meteor,” said astronomer Rene Sayers from the University of Curtin in the comments to 7News.
A green fireball has been spotted streaking across the sky in Western Australia… who ordered Martians to 2020? pic.twitter.com/KXEwBRqMK5
the Intense greenish color of the fireball suggests that the object is mostly iron, said astronomer Glenn Nagle in comments to ABC.
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