It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s… a giant, blazing ball of fire travelling at speeds too fast to comprehend?
Residents of central Alberta are reporting a huge fireball streaking across the night sky early Sunday morning in a display that put regular ol’ shooting stars to shame.
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According to the American Meteor Society (yes, that’s a thing, and yes, amateur and professional meteor enthusiasts can sign up as members), there were 180 reports of a fireball seen over Alberta, British Columbia, Montana, and Saskatchewan on Sunday, September 1 at just after 4 pm MST.
Given the statistics put together by AMS, it appears that the fireball had been heading south-southwest just east of the City of Edmonton.
The Society received seven videos and six photos of the natural phenomenon in action, and in the spirit of seeing = believing, we’ve gone ahead and embedded a few of those videos below (along with some stunning Instagram posts).
Enjoy!
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