Incredible footage shows suspected meteor streaking through north Canterbury skies.

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The trajectory of the suspected meteor that streaked through north Canterbury skies on Monday night was captured in photos and videos by multiple witnesses to the spectacle.

The sky was lit up in dramatic orange and red tones as the mysterious object made its way through the atmosphere.

Herald reader Lindsay Williams captured video footage and photos of the flying object over Oxford, in north Canterbury.

People took to social media to share images as soon as it happened, reporting a "sonic boom" as the object passed through the skies.

In Sefton the Coster family heard a "massive kind of rumble", or "sonic boom", just after 6pm on Monday, Stuff reported.

Amanda Coster said when the family looked out the window they saw an object "burning up and coming down" in the sky, heading towards Mt Gray.

Coster thought it was a meteor, with an "orange glow to it" and leaving a long trail, Stuff reported.

Another person posted on social media: "Heard this and thought is it an earthquake, plane or just straight-out old Superman?"

The object was reportedly sighted in the Kaiapoi and Rangiora areas as well.

North Canterbury stargazers are grappling with a dramatic sighting last night.

Photos taken about 6pm yesterday from North Canterbury show what looks like a massive smoking object hurtling from the sky.

Pictures of the object have gone viral over the internet.

Other media are reporting the incident to be a suspected sonic boom from space junk or meteor.

Lisa Murray, from Rangiora, was at home looking after her family's animals when she heard an unusual sound.

"I just actually had gone outside to feed my animals ... and I looked over out to the west and saw this odd thing coming from the sky.

"I did hear a noise, at the time I didn't even think it was a sonic boom but now that people have mentioned that that's what it was, it makes sense.

"I wasn't really sure, I heard a bit of a rumble and then heard what, the best description would be, dropping a boulder or something really heavy into the back of the truck, that sort of big really loud bang noise."