Scientists say the “jury is still out” about a mysterious green glow that travelled across the sky in the remote West Australian outback early this morning.
Night workers on remote sites from Cape Lambert to Hope Downs in the Pilbara saw the bright light just before 1:00am, and many captured it on video.
There were reports of sightings as far away as the Northern Territory and South Australia, according to Glen Nagle from the CSIRO-NASA tracking station in Canberra.
“It was really a spectacular observation,” he said.
“People have captured something very special here.”
Speculation among astronomy enthusiasts was fevered, with some suggesting it could have been the remains of a rocket launched recently.
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