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| ©Andrew Corner |
| Jet vapour trail or something else? |
A bright shining light that streaked across the Canterbury sky at sunset earlier this week has now been identified by the experts.
A deer hunter on a mountain top near Arthur's Pass caught the object on his video camera, allowing astronomers to take a look at it as well.
Andrew Corner did not expect to see an unidentified flying object flying through the sky as he hunted deer in the back of beyond.
Corner and his friends discussed the fireball burning across the sky, wondering whether it was a plane or space debris burning up. They say they did not discuss the possibility of aliens.
Craig Garner of Stardome Observatory says: "Looking at this particular picture I would say it's definitely a jet vapour trail."
The hunters failed to get any deer on the hunt but say the fireball sighting made up for it.
Craig Garner of Stardome Observatory says: "Looking at this particular picture I would say it's definitely a jet vapour trail."