Excitement, mystery after 'phenomenally big' object lights up skyAUGSBURGER WUNDERZEICHENBUCH, FOLIO 70/ WIKIMEDIA COMMONS Comets and meteoroids have long fascinated people. Others described what sounded more like slower-moving space junk. A resident in the Upper Hutt suburb of Totara Park thought it was space junk, after seeing three bright objects. READ MORE:* The meteor that wasn't: Object could be space station debris* What is space junk and why is it falling over NZ? Human-made space junk debris generally moved more slowly than meteoroids.

Source: Stuff August 20, 2016 04:41 UTC