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  • Meteor seemed really close, many western Canadians report

    11/22/2008 7:58:28 PM PST · by rabscuttle385 · 19 replies · 1,140+ views
    From Edmonton to Edgeley, Sask., and points in between, people reported that the brilliant fireball streaking across western Canadian skies on Thursday seemed mighty close. Hundreds flooded phone lines at police stations and media outlets with accounts of a multicoloured meteor. No meteorite fragments have been found yet, but some of the witnesses who said they saw something fall are likely right, said Dr. Christopher Herd, a University of Alberta earth and atmospheric sciences professor. Herd was getting reports of the meteor touching down in all parts of Alberta. "It's a massive fireball; it's one of the brightest that we've...