WINDOWS rattled as a disintegrating meteor travelled the southern Loddon night sky on Sunday.
Woodstock West Fire Brigade captain Leigh Hercus said there a loud bang and rumble tonight at 7.37pm
“Our windows rattled and the noise continued for about 30 seconds,” he said.
Residents in Laanecoorie and Newbridge also said they heard the bang that some initially thought may have been an earthquake or tremour. 
The meteor was on a path between Ballarat and Bendigo.
Astrophysicist and astronomer Prof Jonti Horner, from the University of Southern Queensland confirmed it was a meteor that had lit up the sky. “It was definitely a meteor. Because of how bright it was, we describe it as a ‘fireball’ – which just means a meteor that was brighter in the sky than the planet Venus appears,” he was reported as saying on Monday.
“From how bright it was and the fact there was a widely heard sonic boom-rumble a few minutes after it appeared, it seems likely that fragments could have made it to the ground.”
Experts say the loud boom could be an indication that fragments of the meteor were close to ground level.
They say it may be possible fragments, as small as pebbles, may have landed in the region.