00:00this weekend the Perseid meteor shower is expected to reach its annual climax but what you're seeing
00:09here is no natural phenomenon this video was captured in the skies over the australian city
00:14of melbourne with reports coming in from many individuals who witnessed the occurrence some
00:19mentioned hearing sonic booms which means that large pieces of debris were not entirely burned
00:24up and entered the lower atmosphere a worrying notion for anyone on the ground in the areas
00:29immediately surrounding the event so what is it experts say it's likely the remnant of a russian
00:34soyuz 2 rocket re-entering the atmosphere after sending a satellite into orbit director of space
00:39technology and industry institute at swinburne university of technology alan duffy writes for
00:44science alert you can tell it's man-made by the colors it's giving off some videos the fire
00:49appears to glow orange revealing the burning of metal and plastic however he adds despite the
00:53australian space agency saying it likely came from russia and was debris headed for the ocean
00:58nothing was predicted to re-enter the atmosphere her space debris tracking website set view
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