Police dash cam shows meteor striking Canada

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SASKATOON, Saskatchewan (AP) — Scientists say they hope to find remnants of a meteor that brilliantly lit up the sky before falling to earth in western Canada.


University of Calgary planetary scientist Alan Hildebrand called it one of the largest meteors visible in the country in the last decade. Widely broadcast video images showed what appeared to be a speeding fireball Thursday night over Saskatoon that became larger and brighter before disappearing as it neared the ground.Hildebrand said Friday that he received about 300 email reports from witnesses.


"It would be something like a billion-watt light bulb," said Hildebrand, who also co-ordinates meteor sightings with the Canadian Space Agency.
Tammy Evans was wakened by her 10-year-old daughter who ran into the

bedroom."She said there was a flash of light, the house shook twice and it sounded like dinosaurs were walking," Evans said.


Hildebrand suspects it broke up into pieces and he plans to investigate around Macklin, Saskatchewan near the Alberta border.Rick Huziak, an amateur astronomer in Saskatoon, helped operate a camera on top of the University of Saskatchewan physics building that captured video of the meteor.


"It was quite spectacular. The ground lights up all over the place," he said.
Martin Beech, an associate professor of astronomy at the University of Regina, said meteorites are valuable to learning about the history of the solar system. "Picking up a meteorite is almost equivalent to doing a space exploration mission between Mars and Jupiter," he said.
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Holy crap! I can't even imagine what it would be like (or will be like) if/when something of substantial size hits us.
 
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masomenos85;2439707 said:
Holy crap! I can't even imagine what it would be like (or will be like) if/when something of substantial size hits us.
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It's gonna be a long day, that's for sure.
 
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I have always said that if one of those is going to hit Earth and ultimately destroy it, I want it to hit me right on top of the head. I don't want to have to go thru the agony of what that would cause....
 
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jimmy40;2440169 said:
Might be an extremely short day.
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Lmao...well played.

I was lucky enough to see a large meteor when I was fishing for bullhead in Vermont about 15 years ago. Damn impressive sight. Looked like it may have slammed down somewhere in upstate New York.
 
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Man the north pole gets all the light shows, all we get down here is Haileys comet...:D
 
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tomson75;2440474 said:
Lmao...well played.

I was lucky enough to see a large meteor when I was fishing for bullhead in Vermont about 15 years ago. Damn impressive sight. Looked like it may have slammed down somewhere in upstate New York.
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That explains alot with you :laugh2:
 
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You're all missing the real issue here: Was the meteor simply a clever subterfuge, hiding something sinister behind innocuous rocky veneer? In essence, what was inside the meteor?:D

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If the meteor truly is a prelude to Martian invasion, they can have Canada.;)
 
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