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Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Aug 2
Fireballs Aotearoa Urges Search for Meteor Debris After 2 New Zealand Sky Flashes
Updated
Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Aug 2

Fireballs Aotearoa Urges Search for Meteor Debris After 2 New Zealand Sky Flashes

1 articles · Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Aug 2

Summary

  • Lower North Island residents were asked to look for possible meteorites after Tuesday's suspected meteor produced a bright flash and reports of a sonic boom.
  • Multiple videos from dashcams, security cameras and Fireballs Aotearoa equipment captured the event, and director Steve Wyn-Harris said the boom suggests the object came relatively close to the ground.
  • A second suspected meteor had lit up the South Island just days earlier, while witnesses to the North Island event described a loud rumble that startled birds, cattle and residents.
  • Only 10 meteorites have been officially recovered in New Zealand in roughly 150 years, but Fireballs Aotearoa's 200-camera network and growing home-camera footage could improve future finds.

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