People are reporting that they heard a loud explosion or bang and their homes shook due to the shock wave from Urunga to South West Rocks with a bright blue orange light seen across the entire Mid North Coast. 

Social media networks lit-up across the Mid North Coast early Saturday morning with many people trying to understand what happened.

Kempsey local, Troye Barker, said it was really weird when it first happened

”I was outside when it happened and I thought it was like a bomb when it went off and I swear I felt the heat come off it.”

Jeanie Redman from Temagog said the light was like stadium bright inside her home.

“There was a flash of intense bright light followed by two lesser flashes but I didn’t hear any noise,” while Macksville local Karen Perkins said the explosion woke her up and it shook the entire house.

Dave Reneke from the Mid North Coast Astronomy group said in his opinion it was a fireball from a rogue meteor.

“To me this was a huge bit of rock that could have been the size of a basketball of maybe bigger,” Mr Reneke said.

“They burn up about 20km to 30km above your head and there is no chance it could have hit the ground as it would have blown up into smithereens.

“When it burns or blows up it creates a very distinctive sound usually associated with a boom like thunder and people always report different flashing colours when it does explode.

“It’s rare but not unusual and we are coming into a period of meteor activity or showers called the ‘Irionids’ here in Australia and it could be most likely proceeding that.”