A "fireball" startled residents across southern Western Australia when it lit up the sky on Wednesday morning.
People from as far apart as Corrigin, Nannup, Albany, Newdegate and Esperance reported a bright flash and loud explosive sounds just after 5am.
The meteor was caught on video by Perth Observatory and by private surveillance cameras.
Simon told ABC Radio he was driving between Nannup and Bridgetown at about 5:15 this morning when he noticed a "green ball" that he thought was lightning.
He said the display lasted about five seconds.
"As it came closer it just disintegrated," Simon said.
"I was freaking out a bit."
Steve was driving in the lower Great Southern when he saw something similar.
"I saw a greeny-blue light up the whole sky."
Elizabeth in Albany said the sound was like two trucks colliding.
"It was a great big metallic bang," she said.
Gone in a flash
Curtin University researcher and member of the Desert Fireball network Hadrien Devillepoix, said similar sightings happened across Australia "hundreds" of times a year.
He said the network's cameras in the lower Great Southern did not detect an explosion, but a report was made to the International Meteor Organisation's crowd-sourced website.
One contributor, Sharon, reported a sighting at 5.25am this morning at Redmond West, just outside Albany.
Mr Devillepoix said meteors burned up quickly when they hit the atmosphere.
He said they travelled at 10 to 20 kilometres per second.
"Rocks tend to get destroyed," Mr Devillepoix said.
