Fireball as unidentified flying object crashes into mountain

theaustralian ^ | June 19, 2009 | Robyn Ironside and Leanne Edmistone |

[JoeProBono]

AN air and ground search of area in central Queensland where a bright flash and explosion was witnessed early this morning has failed to find an obvious cause. Emergency services initially believed a plane may have crashed into a mountain at Takilberan Creek northwest of Gin Gin but the Australian Search and Rescue Authority received no mayday or distress calls from aircraft, according to the Courier-Mail. Although a search found a fire on the mountain, there was no evidence of any wreckage or risk to human life.

A spokesman for the AGL Action Rescue Helicopter said a crew had not been able to identify what caused the fire.ve conducted ground searches as well as an aerial search, he said. There is a fire up there but it could have been caused by a space junk or meteor strike, or even a lightning strike. Police from Gin Gin have also been involved in an air and ground search in the thickly forested area following a 000 call about 6.30am.

Space authorities said it was not uncommon for natural material to hit the earth, with about 100 tonnes of material entering the earth's atmosphere every day. A resident of Dalby, about 350km southwest of Takilberan Creek, said she saw an explosion of white-yellow light streak across the sky about 6am. "It was brighter and larger and too low in the sky to be a falling star,'' Jo Kemlo said. "It was just a flash, it was kind of like a comet tail, but just for a few seconds. "It was a ball of light that went to a tail.'' A UFO Research Queensland spokeswoman said they had received no reports about the incident.

[Quix]

Thx

[SunkenCiv]

Nah, it was my Cloudbuster.

[KoRn]

"Nah, it was my Cloudbuster."

Was that the one those Asian gals stole from you and handed over to the Chinese government?

[SunkenCiv]

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[SunkenCiv]

My pleasure.