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RE: Calgary Meteor

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A Calgary volunteer with the Canadian Fireball Reporting Centre captured about six seconds of video of a fireball that was witnessed by several people in the Lethbridge area at 5:45 a.m. Monday.
Alan Hildebrand, co-ordinator of the Canadian Fireball Reporting Centre, and Canada Research Chair in Planetary Science at the University of Calgary, said reports continued to come in from Calgary residents, one of whom captured the video. Hildebrand was part of the team that found chunks of a meteorite which landed near Lloydminster Nov. 20.

"The image starts in the east-southeast and goes towards the south. I would guess it was 200 to 300 kilometres from here judging from its elevation in the sky" - Alan Hildebrand.

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Blobrana · L

Another fireball from space has been reported on the Prairies -- this time in southern Alberta.
The Canadian Fireball Reporting Centre at the University of Calgary says it's received reports of a potential meteor sighting early Monday morning.

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A fireball reportedly lit up the early morning sky south of Calgary early Monday.
The Canadian Fireball Reporting Centre received about a dozen reports of a meteorite falling to earth at about 5:45 a.m. but the hazy conditions have made it difficult to verify.

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Blobrana · L

There's been another fireball sighting in southern Alberta, although not as impressive as the one from late November that lit up the night sky.
The fireball was reported Monday morning around 6 o'clock.

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