Some skywatchers describe a silvery or blue-tinted ball of gas that gradually turned red and disappeared.

Shocked witnesses tell of a big "glowing ball ... falling from the sky" like they had never seen before.

Colourful streaks across the sky have been spotted across eastern Australia as a "fireball" meteor passed through the atmosphere.

The evening sky over New South Wales, Australia, was briefly illuminated by a meteor that caused a bright flash as it streaked across the sky.

For a brief moment on Thursday night, a tiny rock approximately the size of a microwave turned up unannounced somewhere near our galaxy.