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Meteor brilliantly lights up sky - and breaks into pieces ( Video that works ....)
Times Onlin ^
| November 24, 2008
| staff
Posted on 11/24/2008 11:32:30 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Scientists are today searching for remnants of a meteor that brilliantly lit up the sky in western Canada before breaking into pieces.
Alan Hildebrand, a University of Calgary planetary scientist, called it one of the largest meteors visible in the country in the last decade.
Video images showed what appeared to be a speeding fireball over Saskatoon which became larger and brighter before disappearing as it neared the ground.
Mr Hildebrand said that he received about 300 e-mail reports from witnesses to the event.
It would be something like a billion-watt light bulb, said Mr Hildebrand, who also co-ordinates meteor sightings with the Canadian Space Agency.
Tammy Evans was woken up by her 10-year-old daughter who ran into the bedroom of their home in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, last Thursday. She said there was a flash of light, the house shook twice and it sounded like dinosaurs were walking, Ms Evans, a nurse, said.
Mr Hildebrand said he suspected that the meteor had broken up into pieces and added that he planned to investigate an area around Macklin, Saskatchewan, near the Alberta border.
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TOPICS: Canada; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: catastrophism; meteor
Police Patrol car captures video images.
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Yes but did they have a warrant for the fugitive video images?
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posted on
11/24/2008 11:33:46 AM PST
by
Young Werther
(Julius Caesar (Quae Cum Ita Sunt. Since these things are so.))
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Gee, you mean it wasn’t the Transformers landing?
(chuckle)
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posted on
11/24/2008 11:35:31 AM PST
by
Badeye
(If he's a Messiah, how come his brother lives in a mud hut?)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
So THAT’S what happened to that tool bag they lost on the space station.
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posted on
11/24/2008 11:35:49 AM PST
by
Just another Joe
(Warning: FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Prolly that toolbag Heidimarie dropped last week.
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posted on
11/24/2008 11:36:34 AM PST
by
Dr. Zzyzx
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
It would be something like a billion-watt light bulb, said Mr Hildebrand, That wouldn't make Al Gore happy.
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posted on
11/24/2008 11:38:39 AM PST
by
ElkGroveDan
(Reagan is back, and this time he's a woman.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
France surrendered to the meteor...
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posted on
11/24/2008 11:41:40 AM PST
by
JRios1968
(Sarah Palin is what Willis was talkin' about!)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
We had a pretty good one flash brilliant green over the bay of LaPaz, BCS, MX last thursday night around 9:30 PM MST. I saw the initial brilliant green flash behind me, and turned around to see the rest of the copper burn off and leave a faint trail behind. Meteor or space junk, I dunno.
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posted on
11/24/2008 11:41:44 AM PST
by
xcamel
(Conservatives start smart, and get rich, liberals start rich, and get stupid.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Wow! I would have freaked and had an accident.
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Finally! Superman is here
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Finally! Superman is here
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Finally! Superman is here
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Was Joe Dirt seen anywhere in the vicinity?
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posted on
11/24/2008 12:10:36 PM PST
by
TexGuy
(If it has the slimmest of chances of being considered sarcasm ... IT IS!)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
She said there was a flash of light, the house shook twice and it sounded like dinosaurs were walking, Ms Evans, a nurse, said. I love that kid's description!
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posted on
11/24/2008 12:19:44 PM PST
by
Gondring
(Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston.)
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11/24/2008 2:37:10 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
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11/24/2008 2:37:39 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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