[meteorite-list] Calgary Fireball

From: Meteorites USA <eric_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:48:45 -0700
Message-ID: <49DC027D.7050007_at_meteoritesusa.com>

Anyone have any other info on this one?

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Calgary Fireball
Colourful start to commute as fireball explodes in sky
UPDATED: 2009-04-01 02:30:19 MST

By KATIE SCHNEIDER

The commute to work got a little bit brighter yesterday when a
multi-coloured fireball streaked across the Calgary sky and exploded
like fireworks.

Patricia Larson was driving to work with her husband on 12 Ave. S.W.,
about 6:30 a.m., when she saw a bright blue-green light smear in a
north-south direction and then break apart into fragments after about 20
seconds.

"It was so bright, a very cool colour -- I haven't seen one that bright
and not that big," she said.

Martin Lewanzick was driving on Glenmore Tr., at 84 St. S.E., about the
same time when he saw the fireball that he described as white and blue
in colour explode before his eyes. "It was really low in the sky, it was
really wild -- it looked like a welder's torch," he said. "It blew up
right in front of me and broke into a million pieces and fizzled."

Alan Hildebrand, a University of Calgary planetary scientist and
co-ordinator of the Canadian Fireball Reporting Centre, said he will
review photos and talk to witnesses to determine if the space rock left
behind any meteorites. The show was also seen in Edmonton, Red Deer and
Regina areas.

http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/Alberta/2009/04/01/8958726-sun.html

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