News presenter Mark Ferguson said he “couldn’t believe it” when a meteor was spotted entering the Earth’s atmosphere during the bulletin.
Mark Ferguson was presenting the 6pm bulletin when a meteor was visible in the live feed of Sydney’s skyline in the background.
Some eagle-eyed viewers noticed the object and posted about it on a Facebook group dedicated to meteor sightings.Sunrise this morning and spoke about the incident, telling the breakfast show hosts: “I didn’t know too much at the exact time but within a few seconds of throwing to the commercial, Jess our cameraman quickly said, ‘Mate, something has just flown behind you. I reckon it’s a meteor.’Astrophysicist Dr Brad Tucker from Australian National University later confirmed to“It travelled all the way down towards the NSW/Victoria border, and there are reports that it exploded around Jindabyne.
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