Overview

• A bright green-tinged fireball streaked across WA skies just after 9:30pm on August 6, prompting hundreds to share footage on social media.
• Perth Observatory’s Matt Woods confirmed the object traveled between 16 and 50 km/s; he attributed its green glow to a stony-iron composition.
• The meteor fragmented into a series of small explosions and burned up entirely in the atmosphere, leaving no recoverable pieces.
• Researchers are using data from the Desert Fireball Network alongside public videos to reconstruct its atmospheric path and entry angle.
• Last month’s Perth fireball was identified as space junk, highlighting the challenge of distinguishing natural meteors from re-entering debris.