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Massive object crashes over Edmonton, Canada

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posted on Nov, 22 2008 @ 10:14 PM
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Cheers zorgon


Yeah, that through the clouds one is lovely isn't it!

The Australian fireball is a classic - I played it over hundreds of times when I first saw it
I've got a fairly high quality version of that in .avi format. LMK if you want it.

Have you seen this one before:
www.sendspace.com...

Not a real meteor, but have you seen the "stardust probe reentry" footage...
www.sendspace.com...

Watch out though - that last vid you posted is not a meteor. I thought it was when I first saw it too, but it's definitely not a meteor. It had some real experts fooled for a while as well, but most now agree that it's a military aircraft using it's after-burner (or a missile)!



posted on Nov, 22 2008 @ 11:18 PM
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For those wondering why the MSM wasn't mentioning this, it looks like it is starting to make the rounds:


ABCnews (this same AP report is also on Foxnews.com): Witnesses: Large meteor flashes across Canada sky; scientists seek remnants


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.

Please visit the link provided for the complete story.




MSNBC: Fireball would rank among the year’s sky highlights, expert says


CALGARY, 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.

Please visit the link provided for the complete story.



Looks like central Saskatchewan is the likely place for landfall. Any Saskatchewanians around? Got some free time... and maybe a metal detector*?


*Anyone know what a good way to find possible debris might be?



posted on Nov, 22 2008 @ 11:59 PM
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Originally posted by Phage
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Less common, but still not rare. Since June there have been over 100 reported meteors of magnitude -13 (full moon) or brighter reported here.


I wasn't sure whether you are counting the reports, or the specific unique meteorites. For example, this recent one in Edmonton has 17 reports on the list, but it's one meteorite. And people's time of reporting is not always close and people can see them across states.

But I do thank you for the web link reference!



posted on Nov, 23 2008 @ 12:19 AM
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Yeah, I only saw the first MSM report here in the UK on it a few hours back (which I posted a while back in this thread) - MSM are always slow to catch things like this. I'm sure they must pick up on these things, but it seems they don't consider them high enough priority, or they don't think the public is interested.

Re: meteorite hunting - I'd familiarize yourself with what meteorites and "fusion crust" looks like...

Links:
How to Identify a Meteorite
METEORITE OR METEORWRONG?

Keep in mind, it was recently proposed that the fusion crust of some meteorites might appear whitish in color.

Try looking in areas that don't have much cover for meteors to hide - on and by the side of roads, dried out lake-beds etc

Then it's just a matter of systematic combing of an area. Rope in some family and friends to help perhaps, and you can cover allot more ground.

Basically all you need is good legs, a sharp eye, and a little bit of luck.

Hope you find something!

[edit on 23-11-2008 by C.H.U.D.]



posted on Nov, 23 2008 @ 12:28 AM
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Note that in the list, multiple sightings of the presumed same meteor have a letter suffix. I only counted meteors, not sightings. BTW, I copied the table then pasted it into excel to sort by magnitude.



posted on Nov, 23 2008 @ 12:45 AM
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I found the article Space.com posted on this year's Taurid meteor shower predictions, which indicated a rare year for fireball activity...



posted on Nov, 23 2008 @ 01:57 AM
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A clarification regarding this video:

This was filmed in Piracicaba, Brazil on July 2007
It show a skydiving with flares performance, like this one:

the author of the jump is Mauro Escolano, a specialist on this stuff, which is a very popular attraction in LatinAmerica
In Piracicaba there are at least two fields also dedicated to this stuff: this one and this one.




[edit on 23/11/2008 by internos]



posted on Nov, 23 2008 @ 03:55 AM
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have you chaps seen the youtube video of this, taken from a police officers car?

uk.youtube.com...

Apologies of this has been posted already

POS

[edit on 23-11-2008 by pinchofsalt]



posted on Nov, 23 2008 @ 07:43 AM
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More videos, possibly related, from Idaho:

Surveillance cameras have captured what is thought to be a meteor shooting through the sky above the US.
BBC NewsCourtesy Idaho Air National Guard - first broadcast 20 Feb 2008

Link # 2Video from an Idaho Air National Guard security camera at Gowen Field in Boise, Idaho, captures a meteor sighting Tuesday about 5:30 a.m. PST.



posted on Nov, 23 2008 @ 08:19 AM
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thats amazing def a meteor. Check out how it illuminates the whole area literally transforming it to daylight! Id have bricked it if i saw that lol!



posted on Nov, 23 2008 @ 08:52 AM
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found this posted today at a site. mufoncms.com...



posted on Nov, 23 2008 @ 09:45 AM
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Google Video Link

Great meteorite doomsday scenario clip from Japan



posted on Nov, 23 2008 @ 11:01 AM
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Whatever this object was it sure lite up the sky over Canada. Its one of two
things, man made or organic. Next has anyone considered the military might be using meteors for target practice? Its not far fetched with today's technology.

There has been a reported increase in flying exploding objects over North America in the last 10 years.

Lastly I'd like to point out that something like this was recorded exploding over the Matansuka Valley in Alaska around Jan 9, of 1999. The state patrol started to investigate ... suddenly the military told em to stop after three days.
Nothing more was ever reported in the media.



posted on Nov, 23 2008 @ 11:20 AM
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Originally posted by warrenb
Great meteorite doomsday scenario clip from Japan


Thats no Meteorite... that's Nibiru


Show that film to those planning survival for 2012


Now how about this theory?

We all know about the Secret War being fought in Space... Perhaps the increase in these 'falls' is a result of the war getting closer to Earth space and the bright fireballs are photon type torpedoes that miss their target


I mean its getting dangerous out there... falling chunks of exploded spacecraft narrowly missing jetliners...


'Flaming debris' nearly hits jet



The pilots of a Chilean passenger jet reported seeing flaming debris fall past their aircraft as it approached the airport at Auckland, New Zealand.

Lan airline said the captain "made visual contact with incandescent fragments several kilometres away".
New Zealand and Australian media suggested the debris was from a Russian satellite expected to enter the atmosphere later in the day.

But the US space agency Nasa said it was more likely to have been meteors.


news.bbc.co.uk...

I mean bits and pieces just raining down on us...

Australia: Mystery metal ball an outback space oddity



Un-Identified object intrigues inhabitants in Goiás, Brazil



Russian rocket exploding...




Raining down more debris...




Meteors? PASHAW... Space Wars I say






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[edit on 23-11-2008 by zorgon]



posted on Nov, 23 2008 @ 11:45 AM
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Originally posted by Skydancer
There has been a reported increase in flying exploding objects over North America in the last 10 years.


Wow! Got any evidence to back this up?


Originally posted by Skydancer
Lastly I'd like to point out that something like this was recorded exploding over the Matansuka Valley in Alaska around Jan 9, of 1999. The state patrol started to investigate ... suddenly the military told em to stop after three days.
Nothing more was ever reported in the media.


Were they told, or did they simply fail to find it and give up looking? Or perhaps the weather closed in, and the likely hood of finding it diminished to almost nothing? How do you know for sure that there even was a meteorite?

Nothing more reported in the media... that always happens. Every time there is a large event like this! There's always someone screaming cover up too. If all the events that people claimed were UFOs/cover ups, really were UFO's/cover ups, we probably wouldn't have any meteorite samples!

As usual though, all the "evidence" of cover up is based on supposition and conjecture...

I'd love to see some evidence that the "military told em"... any evidence that this is more than just a rumor!



posted on Nov, 23 2008 @ 11:53 AM
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Hey ZORGON do you have any more info on the two photos of metallic balls with the spiral marks on them? one landed in Australia you say? much appreciated,rob.



posted on Nov, 23 2008 @ 11:56 AM
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Originally posted by DarkspARCS
I found the article Space.com posted on this year's Taurid meteor shower predictions, which indicated a rare year for fireball activity...


Good post


ATS was one step ahead though - Heads up - it's a Taurid Swarm year!

Taurids were already ruled out earlier in the thread.



posted on Nov, 23 2008 @ 12:26 PM
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I live near Edmonton, nothing has been found so far and no damage was done to the city. It landed (maybe) on a local reserve and the military has not been dispatched. This thing was massive and lit up the sky over a span of 500 miles over two provinces. Saskatchewan and Alberta .



posted on Nov, 23 2008 @ 01:21 PM
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So do they think the one in Idaho is a seperate event?



posted on Nov, 23 2008 @ 01:38 PM
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Wow that thing must have ben huge! I agree that this happening almost a year after the previous one is freaky..

Just listen out for:

"OOOOOOOOLAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"

Coming from the crash site lol (War of the Worlds)

I wonder why this hasn't hit the news yet?



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