'Mystery flaming object' spotted crashing to Earth in Australia
No debris found after Queensland residents call police over unexplained object the size of 'half a dozen jumbo jets' falling from the sky in flames
Queensland state police said they received several reports from the northern city of Townsville on Thursday evening about a burning object falling from the sky, possibly hitting the ground near Ross River Dam.
“[It was reported as] something about the size of a small plane travelling at a very high speed with a reddish-green flame coming out of the back or it,” a police spokesman told reporters.
“It was travelling at a very high velocity.”
“[Impact was] like an explosion but without a sound ... like an atomic bomb effect.”
Townsville resident Kim Vega told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) she thinks she saw the moment of impact, describing it as “like an explosion but without a sound”.
It would have been “like an atomic bomb effect” when it crashed, she added, with all the trees and the skies lit up.
