Updated January 8th, 2019 at 18:29 IST

WATCH | Meteor or Russian Satellite? New Zealand netizens investigate after spotting mysterious fireball in the sky

Netizens in New Zealand were stumped after a bright fireball flew across the sky. The mysterious fireball has turned netizens into sleuths as some say it is a meteor and others claim it is Russian satellite .

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Netizens in New Zealand were stumped after a bright fireball flew across the sky.

The fireball appeared to many as a meteor and several who were able to capture it posted videos and photographs of the fireball.

Just saw what might be a meteorite over Gisborne- looked like it went to earth further east. Hear us all buzzz out! pic.twitter.com/Ylow0bD9ZT
— Simon Pound (@simon_pound)

#meteor shower #Auckland #NewZealand Wow! pic.twitter.com/auRCRPZ2kR
— Katrina Power (@Katrina_Power)

Caught a good view of the sunset meteor shower over the east coast of New Zealand 🇳🇿 ☄️ @nzherald @NewshubNZ pic.twitter.com/0AhnH7p7lK
— Daniel Kraemer (@dcakraemer)

Was casuallyfilming at the end of the beach and suddenly a bright light rose above the horizon it then started breaking into flames #meteor #meteornz #newzealand @1NewsNZ @nzherald @NewshubNZ @NewshubBreaking @NewshubFeatures pic.twitter.com/T3kmAkKD4U
— MBH Films (@MBHFilms)

But the theory put forth by the netizens that the fireball was a meteor was quickly dispelled by someone on Twitter.

Ok -- internet seems to be saying it WAS space junk, a Russian military early warning satellite; would have been over NZ at the right time; was predicted to reenter, although this is a week or two early https://t.co/q0bAiDHkwQ
— Richard Easther (@REasther)

Since Richard Easther's tweet saying that the fireball is possibly a space junk, a Russian military early warning satellite at that. Easther in his Twitter bio and tweets mentions that he is a rocket scientist.

But the mystery about the fireball has only deepened.

Easther's tweet has got major personalities from across professional spectrum into sleuths to find out about the mystery fireball.

Reading Bill Bryson’s history of everything on dumping of nuclear waste and he says Russia, the US, most of Europe, China, Japan and New Zealand (!) we’re “enthusiastic dumpers”.

There’s no citation - can anyone shed any light? eg we’re we doing this on behalf of anyone else?
— paulbrislen (@paulbrislen)

could it be medical nuclear waste?
— Simon Pound (@simon_pound)

In reply to this tweet, people have begun looking for the dump site in New Zeland's oceans.

Reading Bill Bryson’s history of everything on dumping of nuclear waste and he says Russia, the US, most of Europe, China, Japan and New Zealand (!) we’re “enthusiastic dumpers”.

There’s no citation - can anyone shed any light? eg we’re we doing this on behalf of anyone else?
— paulbrislen (@paulbrislen) January 7, 2019

" New Zealand001.041.041954–76East coast of New Zealand, 4 sites, 9 containers, 0.62 m3"https://t.co/DqyralQr9I
— Foxy (@FoxyLustyGrover)

Looks like only 1.04 x 10^3 not the 1.04 x 10^12 that Wikipedia cites. pic.twitter.com/7QnjpHf8LM
— Dylan Reeve (@DylanReeve)

Published January 8th, 2019 at 18:27 IST

WATCH | Meteor or Russian Satellite? New Zealand netizens investigate after spotting mysterious fireball in the sky

Netizens in New Zealand were stumped after a bright fireball flew across the sky. The mysterious fireball has turned netizens into sleuths as some say it is a meteor and others claim it is Russian satellite .

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