[FPSPACE] Any satellite or rocket re-entries over Australia on 12-27?

[Larry Klaes]

Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2000 14:12:21 -0800 (PST)
From: baalke@jpl.nasa.gov
Subject: Night Sky Boom Rattles Australians, Baffles Police
Reply-To: neo-owner@www.jpl.nasa.gov
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http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/space/12/27/australia.spacejunk.reut/index.html

Night Sky Boom Rattles Australians, Baffles Police 

December 27, 2000

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian authorities were baffled
on Wednesday by overnight reports of bright lights and
booming noises in the sky which shook some houses and
prompted fears of falling space junk or meteorites.

Police said they received numerous reports of
``explosions in the sky, sonic boom-type noises and
flare-type lights'' over a two hour period on Tuesday
night from residents along a 124 mile stretch of the
country's east coast.

Full story here:

http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/space/12/27/australia.spacejunk.reut/index.html