A blinding light trail over Wellington’s skyline has Kiwis buzzing. Was it a meteor or falling space debris? See the viral footage.

If you were looking at the Wellington skyline on Monday night, you might have thought The Last of Us was becoming a reality. A mysterious, luminous light streak was captured on webcam footage (maybe meteor or not), showing a brilliant trail slicing through the sky over the harbor.

The clip has since gone viral, with residents from the Hutt to the South Coast reporting a silent, intense flash. While some are convinced it’s a classic meteor burning up on entry, others point to the growing problem of “space junk”—old satellites finally falling back to Earth. With over 6,000 human-made objects currently orbiting us, scientists say these “fireballs” are becoming more common. Whether it was a space rock or a piece of an old rocket, it definitely gave the capital a show they won’t forget.