Canada's Lax Immigration Policies Putting Us at Risk. Again!

Tuckerfan · Nov 21, 2008

Seems they'll let just any ol' meteorite burn up and smack into their country!

A mysterious fireball has lit up the sky in western Canada and may have been a meteorite which slammed into central Alberta, according to local reports.

While it's still unknown what caused the bright light, residents from northern Saskatchewan to southern Alberta have reported seeing it, the RCMP said.

MyNews user Dan Charrois, who lives about 50 kilometres north of Edmonton, said security cameras set up at his home managed to capture some grainy footage showing a big flare in the night sky.

"It happened so fast I don't think anyone would have had the reaction time to get it," he told CTV.ca, adding that his computer software business has written programs which track meteors.

Though Charrois didn't see the fireball himself, he decided to check the security tapes after his friends and neighbours called him to find out where the light may have came from.

"I only had to rewind a couple of minutes and it was there," he said, noting the security time stamped the flash at 5:26 p.m. local time.

"You kind of see a flash, which lasts about two seconds or so," he said.

CTV Calgary has also received several calls about the fireball, and one witness said it was so bright that it was visible from the Deerfoot freeway in the city's core.

Other witnesses in Lloydminster, located on the border of Alberta and Saskatchewan, said the light was so strong that it appeared to be daylight when it passed over the area.

And locals at the Red Pheasant First Nation, 100 kilometres northeast of Saskatoon, said the walls of their band office shook when the fireball streaked overhead.

The fireball may have crashed into the ground about 200 kilometres south of Calgary, according to witness Rob Westland.

Westland told CTV Calgary that he was driving with his son when the pair spotted a massive light.

The Brooks, Alta., resident said that the fireball was about the size of a house and that it may slammed into the ground with a muffled boom.

Meanwhile, Calgary-based astronomer Alan Dyer said that it's too soon to speculate on what caused the light.

Dyer, who works at the Telus World of Science, added that it will take time for experts to work through videos and photos to find out what exactly occurred.
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Police your skies, damn it!

14thDoctor · Nov 21, 2008

Is Azure okay?

No, really. He hasn't been here in two days.

Bobcat · Nov 21, 2008

Someone call Steve McQueen to check it out.

Marso · Nov 21, 2008

We've identified Ground Zero for the zombie breakout...

Any hawt Canadian girls that can read this transmission: there is food, shelter, and red hot burning LOVE waiting for you in Idaho! Flee south! STAT!

$corp · Nov 21, 2008

Several people I know saw this. It lasted for a few seconds and literally turned night into day. It happened at about 5:30pm

I thought it would only be something a few people saw, but Edmonton is close to 200 miles away!!! If even Edmonton saw it, it must've been pretty spectacular. So much for early warning before catastrophes.

Order2Chaos · Nov 21, 2008

Hot damn! [yt=Wow]e_2aX-784sw[/yt]

Ryan · Nov 21, 2008

14thDoctor said: ↑

Is Azure okay?

No, really. He hasn't been here in two days.
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Maybe he was beamed back up to the mothership.

Mallory · Nov 21, 2008

And locals at the Red Pheasant First Nation, 100 kilometres northeast of Saskatoon, said the walls of their band office shook when the fireball streaked overhead.
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The Red Pheasant First Nation has a band?

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