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Object Lights Night Sky Across Canadian Prairies

Posted by timothy on from the interrupting-the-existing-total-darkness dept.

clarkn0va writes "Witnesses as far as 720 kilometers apart reported seeing what looked like a bright meteor falling somewhere on the Saskatchewan-Alberta boundary around 5:30 pm MT Thursday, according to the CBC. Here's video of the incident as seen from Edmonton."

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  1. Quick Poll by Tubal-Cain · · Score: 3, Funny

    Was it:

    1. An Autobot
    2. Precursor to an asteroid the size of Texas
    3. CowboyNeal
    1. Re:Quick Poll by dranga · · Score: 5, Funny

      I think it was somebody's tool bag burning up on re-entry.

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  2. finally by steak · · Score: 5, Funny

    the aurora borealis shows its true face. the "northern lights" have lulled the canuckians into a false sense of security and now they are ready to attack.

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  3. Bullshit. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Meteor my ass. More cover-up about the fucking space bugs now running our world. Christ, as if GWB wassn't proof enough.

  4. It's probably that tool bag by Jane+Q.+Public · · Score: 5, Funny

    that what's-her-name dropped from the ISS.

    1. Re:It's probably that tool bag by Austerity+Empowers · · Score: 5, Funny

      I was thinking that missing spider, after being exposed to radiation from solar flares while in a hard vacuum, finally returned to earth.

      And it's mad.

  5. thursday?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Filmed about 5:30pm Thursday November 20th 2008

    This happened 2 days ago and it's just now making it on /.?

    The world could have ended and we'd have to wait 2 days before it makes it on here.

    1. Re:thursday?? by Kohath · · Score: 4, Funny

      If it's any consolation, it'll probably be posted several more times before next Thursday.

  6. Missed this completely by tzhuge · · Score: 5, Funny

    When I first saw video of this on the local news, I had a hard time figuring out how I missed the entire sky being lit up like that. Then I realized that, as a slashdotter, I was naturally indoors at that time in the afternoon. The basement habitat is not conductive to observing astronomical events.... I think I will have to put a webcam on the roof.

  7. It was... by Tastecicles · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...a weather balloon.

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  8. Re:Triangulate! Triangulate! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    With many reports coming in about what direction the object was seen in, can't one simply disregard any wild guesses as to how close it was, and just draw vectors based on the directions of the observers? With this many observers, one should quickly be able to pinpoint the flash, and where to look for meteorites.

    Ok, I'll start. It was traveling left to right and appeared to land, oh maybe, 100-150km away a little (10-20 degrees) to my right.

    With a few more reports like this we should be able to pinpoint the impact to within a few meters.

    ;-)

  9. Re:There's only one logical explanation... by edalytical · · Score: 4, Funny

    Too bad they caught fire on atmospheric entry. But yeah.

    I, for one, welcome our new burnt-to-a-crisp-exploded-on-impact-mutant-space-arachnid-overlords.

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