This Huge Fiery Ball of Debris Caught on Video Falling From The Sky

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This video was captured in the skies over the Australian city of Melbourne, with reports coming in from many individuals who witnessed the occurrence. Some mentioned hearing sonic booms, which means that large pieces of debris were not entirely burned up and entered the lower atmosphere.

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00:00this weekend the Perseid meteor shower is expected to reach its annual climax but what you're seeing

00:09here is no natural phenomenon this video was captured in the skies over the australian city

00:14of melbourne with reports coming in from many individuals who witnessed the occurrence some

00:19mentioned hearing sonic booms which means that large pieces of debris were not entirely burned

00:24up and entered the lower atmosphere a worrying notion for anyone on the ground in the areas

00:29immediately surrounding the event so what is it experts say it's likely the remnant of a russian

00:34soyuz 2 rocket re-entering the atmosphere after sending a satellite into orbit director of space

00:39technology and industry institute at swinburne university of technology alan duffy writes for

00:44science alert you can tell it's man-made by the colors it's giving off some videos the fire

00:49appears to glow orange revealing the burning of metal and plastic however he adds despite the

00:53australian space agency saying it likely came from russia and was debris headed for the ocean

00:58nothing was predicted to re-enter the atmosphere her space debris tracking website set view

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