{"id":37936,"date":"2023-06-05T15:23:10","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T22:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/?p=37936"},"modified":"2023-06-05T15:23:10","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T22:23:10","slug":"very-bright-fireball-sonic-boom-over-auckland-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/very-bright-fireball-sonic-boom-over-auckland-new-zealand\/","title":{"rendered":"Very bright fireball, sonic boom over Auckland, New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>A bright fireball followed by a sonic boom was seen over North Island, New Zealand at 10:42 UTC (22:42 LT) on June 3, 2023.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The International Meteor Organization (IMO) received 19 reports from Auckland, Northland and Waikato, and 2 videos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor James Scott from Otago University\u2019s Department of Geology said he had received quite a few reports of meteor sightings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was seen across the top of the North Island, and captured on a security camera and also one of the fireball cameras,\u201d Scott told NZ Herald.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere was also a sonic boom heard by several people. There will almost certainly be more security cameras that picked it up but that often takes a few days to show up.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the witnesses described the event as a huge white ball flash heading north across the sky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Others said it was a \u2018massive meteorite\u2019\u2026 a beautiful sighting that lasted 10 to 30 seconds, with very bright white light, brighter than the moon followed by a long yellow tail and a small explosion before disappearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"oSkuCMmz6CI\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"AMS event #2882-2023 caught from Auckland NZ\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oSkuCMmz6CI?start=3&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"q4XdV1x6Dv4\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"AMS event #2882-2023 caught from Whangrei Heads NZ\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q4XdV1x6Dv4?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bright fireball followed by a sonic boom was seen over North Island, New Zealand at 10:42 UTC (22:42 LT) on June 3, 2023. The International Meteor Organization (IMO) received 19 reports from Auckland, Northland and Waikato, and 2 videos. Professor James Scott from Otago University\u2019s Department of Geology said he had received quite a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":754,"featured_media":34345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[289],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cww7news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/fireball.jpg?fit=700%2C389&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37936"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/754"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37936"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37937,"href":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37936\/revisions\/37937"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}