‘Fireball' shoots across city's night sky in what the Perth Observatory believes to be space junk
Perth Observatory received an abundance of reports from curious sky gazers eager to know what they had just seen.
'Our messages are blowing up, which means one thing. The Autobots are arriving!!!!!,' a hilarious post on Perth Observatory's Facebook page was captioned.
The observatory was quick to clarify the stunning event was likely space junk.
'Unfortunately, the fireball seen over Perth a few moments ago isn't Optus Prime or Bumblebee, it does look like space junk.
Fellow West Aussies shared their footage and experiences from different vantage points across the State as they watched on in awe of the spectacle.
'We were just driving home from Perth and were about 5 kms from Denmark and we saw it. It was so bright and huge and it stayed visible for at least 25/30 seconds after we first saw it. Incredible to see!!!,' one local commented.
One said: 'We were just driving home from Perth and were about 5 kms from Denmark and we saw it. It was so bright and huge and it stayed visible for at least 25/30 seconds after we first saw it. Incredible to see!!!'
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