Jupiter Struck Again?

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/06/03/science/AP-US-SCI-Jupiter-Hit.html?hp

Anthony Wesley does it again:

An amateur astronomer in Australia peering at the giant gas planet Thursday reported witnessing a bright flash from an object hitting the Jovian surface.

''When I saw the flash, I couldn't believe it,'' said amateur astronomer Anthony Wesley. ''The fireball lasted about 2 seconds and was very bright.''

Reports are that there may have been multiple impacts.
Looks like I'll be crawling out of bed in the wee hours.
Could be a nice black scar when it rotates back around.


"The discovery was later confirmed by another amateur astronomer in the Philippines."
That would be Christopher Go.
Here's his brief footage.

http://astro.christone.net/jupiter/jupiterimpact.wmv

Linton

Maybe I am way off in questioning this, but is it possible this was not an impact but an ejection of some type? Perhaps it's just coincidental the equatorial belt this occurred in has changed in appearance radically over the recent past.