SYDNEY, Sept 11 AAP - What is believed to be a spectacular meteorite shower
has lit up skies across New South Wales with the Bureau of Meterology being
flooded last night with phone calls from observers throughout the state.
A bureau spokesman said an abormally high number of calls have been received
reporting "bright lights" from locations as far spread as Sydney, the Hunter
Valley, Bathurst, Mudgee, Coonabarabran and Walgett.
"We don't know really to make of it", the spokesman said.
"At this stage it seems as though a very bright meteorite shower may have
passed through the skies, altough we've had no reports of any matter landing
at this stage."
The spokesman said there had also been reports of a "sonic boom" being
heard in some areas.
Meanwhile, the National UFO Hotline also had its phone lines jammed with
callers with some reports taking on extra terrestrial dimensions.
The hotline spokesman said while the amount of calls seemed to correspond
with something in the order of a meteorite falling to earth, one sighting in
Warialda claimed to see lights coming out of the ground.
"We had one caller who claimed to see an orange and blue glow coming out
of the ground in a wide area of illumination," he said.
"While this doesn't mean we're being invaded from forces from outer
space, it's certainly a most unusual sighting and one we intend to investigate
further."
AAP jel/lw
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