Meteor lights up skies over Western Canada

Nov. 21, 2008

ALGARY, Alberta - A massive ball of fire that lit up the skies over two Western Canadian provinces on Thursday evening was likely among the biggest meteor events to be witnessed in Canada this year, one expert said.

The fireball, which streaked through the darkening skies over Alberta and Saskatchewan at about 5:30 p.m. Calgary time, likely weighed between 1 and 10 tons and shone brightly enough to be seen over an area 435 miles (700 kilometers) wide.

"It was somewhere between the size of a chair to the size of a desk," said Alan Hildebrand, a planetary scientist at the University of Calgary and a coordinator of a fireball reporting service.

"This one was pretty spectacular. For this year it will be one of the biggest that happens over Canada. ... Something like this radiates like a billion-watt bulb. It's a pretty bright light in the sky."

Hildebrand said the meteor may have broken into hundreds of smaller meteorites that likely landed in central Saskatchewan near that province's border with Alberta.

The fireball lit up the skies for about five seconds, he said.

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[08joshy]

its optimus prime

[NinjaMonster13]

Free healthcare? Large fireballs? I'm moving to Canada.

[YoMamaWearzArmyBootz]

@NinjaMonster13 ...and lots of jobs. :D

[gabbybolt]

i live in Ontario . One day me , mom and dad dropped my sister off at grandmas and we were driving through fergus ontario. We saw a comet [i think what its called] It was GREEN and GLOWING and on fire and it was shooting through the sky ! it was even on the news !!!!!!!

[nikeshocksshocks]

That looks scary. Just imagine that is big like earth. A lot of people would've been dead by now. :(

[KISIMOV]

Super Saiyan!!!!!

[thectutorials]

wasnt me mum

[illlite]

didn't this happen in siberia like a 100 years ago?

[goldencricket]

That is so awesome.

[lucy9359]

@whosyourdiddy No I will be raptured and dining with Jesus when those who are sitting in Fema Camps are sitting in them... In fact I will be there with fellow Americans and you may unless of course you repent be there with fellow Canadians...

[whosyourdiddy]

@lucy9359 I'm sure I will......Don't forget that Canada is a testing ground for what ever will happen here. You think FEMA death camps and the NWO ( horse shit), if its even real, is just an American deal? You go ahead and bury your head in the sand. You Canadians are the most convoluted freaks I have had the misfortune to talk to. What makes you think that if something went down that you would be treated any different? To them, you are just another stupid eater that they have to take care of.