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Elvin on 23/07/2025 1:12am
I saw a bright white light descending eastwards from Hamilton about 1.02am Wednesday 23/07. No tail, visible for about 1 second.
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Neil Sinclair on 22/07/2025 7:20pm
I think I spotted an extremely bright flash in lower south eastern sky thus morning, a bit after 5am. I wasn’t aware of any trail only the bright flash.
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Troy on 22/07/2025 6:48pm
At 6am in Wellington a bright phosphorescent flash moving very fast, and a faint line left in the sky for a few seconds.
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Benjamin on 22/07/2025 8:35am
Just saw what I believe to have been a meteor or fireball about 20 mins ago at approximately 8:15pm over Dannevirke. Was visible for a couple seconds. Very bright, almost white in color with long orange tail.
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Selina on 21/07/2025 11:38pm
Just watched a small meteor shower over Mt Grey in North Canterbury, 11.30am. Very cool. Got some video of a few of them.
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Richard on 20/07/2025 7:43am
Saw it too. From Blenheim, lit up the western sky heading North. Visible for a few seconds. Quite impressive.
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Arun on 20/07/2025 4:36am
Saw a bright blue fireball in the sky today around 4 PM when I was at Epsom, Auckland. It was too close and very small.
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Matt on 19/07/2025 11:02am
Bright white streak headed north over Hokitika approx 22:50
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Heath davies on 21/07/2025 1:31pm
I seen this too in Tauranga
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cam on 18/07/2025 9:49am
9.35pm 18.7.25 just heard a loud sonic boom/bang in the sky above west auckland, its so still outside, no thunder clouds & all the animals dead quiet. very eerie…
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