Originally posted by SleeplessInUS

As I left work this evening at 5:05pm, I saw what looked like a fireball falling through the sky in the west. I am on the gulf coast in Alabama. By 5:15 it was over the horizon. My first thought was a meteorite and I was waiting to see if something would be reported either here or in the MSM. The problem is that 5 pm for me would be 3pm? in Edmonton... and it would also be in my northwestern sky.

Could there have been more than one? The one I saw made no impact near me... it merely dissappeared over the horizon which makes it large. I wish I had pulled over and snapped a picture but I was in 5pm traffic which is a bear to say the least.

Starred and Flagged, will keep my eye on progress of the thread and perhaps someone else saw what I did?

Meteor shower?

Dang, I am on the Gulf coast of Texas and was driving around at this time, I can't believe I missed this. If it wasnt for the clouds on the horizon,Chances are I may have seen it too. Do you know of anyone else that saw it there?

Wow, great stuff, stared and flagged.

Whats amazing to me is that this thing was seen as far away as Ft. McMurray - that's a good 6 hour drive from Edmonton.

We're not talking about a plane crash here, that's quite a long distance.

That area also gets some pretty amazing northern lights, but that's not like any aurora I've ever seen.

Get there! Get there! Get there!

Go! Go! Go!

Too many people on here not to have access to it. Happening Now!

Take camera's! Go! Go!

Don't tell me why not! SHOW ME THE PICTURES!

Hurry!

There has to be somebody on ATS from the area who can give us an eyewitness report.

Originally posted by whoshotJR

Slade says he believes the object was a meteor, travelling at around 100 kilometres an hour.

My car travels faster than that.

This rules out a meteor for sure. Should be more like 300Mph.

Even if his estimate is off, certainly not by an order of three I hope (for his sake). This brings up the question if not a meteor what was it?

ATS team on site yet?

MoonMine

I have seem a few of these fireballs over my lifetime but I missed tonights show...it was very cloudy here in Regina.

I wonder if it was cloudy near Canmore...further West.


In my opinion, unscientific as it is, this was another meteor lighting up the sky....just a much larger one.

I have only seen one completely light up the sky and that was north of Weyburn, about 16 years ago just before I moved to Oklahoma. ( I am back in Saskatchewan now)

I have seen a lot of falling stars here in Saskatchewan when I work on the cable and telephone lines at dusk.

Very very cool.



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What's really odd is that most people are describing it exploding (like before it even hit earth) but no one is stating anything about sound.

Huge ball of fire exploding so bright it was six times the light of a full moon..... but nothing about sound, impact vibrations?

Originally posted by wrangell76

Dang, I am on the Gulf coast of Texas and was driving around at this time, I can't believe I missed this. If it wasnt for the clouds on the horizon,Chances are I may have seen it too. Do you know of anyone else that saw it there?

Im fairly new to the area so there is no one I know to call and confirm. I wish you had seen it because I'm beginning to think I was seeing things . I wish someone from the gulf coast would chime in and say they saw something!

Im keeping my eye on the local news.

Wow amazing, I can't wait to see the follow up on this! The woman said she saw a green orb, that is exactly what I saw in 1999.

Do we know if meteors and the green (?) flash/lights go together...?

If a green flash is consistent with meteorite sightings/explosions, then we may be able to narrow it down...

Phage?


grammar edit!

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