‘Meteor' crashes to earth with loud bang & leaves houses shaking after lighting up night sky in Australia
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A BLAZING fireball lit up the skies over Australia before a deafening bang rattled homes and sent social media into meltdown.
The suspected meteor was spotted just before 8pm on Sunday by Victoria residents who thought they saw a blinding flash followed by a ground-shaking boom.
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A suspected meteor lit up the skies over Australia before a deafening bang rattled homes and sent social media into meltdown
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Residents thought they saw a blinding flash followed by a ground-shaking boom at around 8pm on Sunday
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Dashcam footage caught the dazzling celestial body on camera
One shocked witness wrote on social media: "Just saw something fall from the sky near Daylesford and a huge bang. Never felt anything like it."
Another claimed: "Hubby saw a red light falling, followed by a loud bang! The house was shaking."
One motorist said they 'nearly shat' themselves when a red lightning bolt appeared overhead, while another joked they mistook the noise for 'a wombat slamming into the gate while a heavy possum ran across the roof.'
Dashcam footage shared on X shows the meteor's brilliant trail streaking across the Melbourne night sky around 8.30pm, flaring before breaking apart in a burst of white light.
Another clip, time-stamped 7.49pm, captures the fireball blazing over Victoria, so bright it briefly lit up the landscape, before fading – moments before residents say they heard the bang.
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