Alberta Meteor Updated - Edmonton Canada

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***UPDATE A few pieces have been found. Remnants of the 10 tonne space rock that lit up the prairie skies last week have been found near Lloydminster. University of Calgary researchers announced Friday morning that planetary scientist Dr. Alan Hildebrand and graduate student Ellen Milley located several fragments of meteorite Thursday afternoon and are conducting a search of the area to collect some of the estimated thousands of meteorite fragments densely strewn over an estimated 20 square kilometre area near the Battle River. The fireball was almost certainly a small asteroid disintegrating in Earths atmosphere. A space rock measuring a few to ten meters wide moving at typical local asteroid velocities would account for the fireballs speed and brightness. Reentry of manmade space junk has now been ruled out. Fragments of the impactor may have reached the ground; if so, they remain undiscovered and/or unreported. A brilliant green fireball startled onlookers across western Canada on Nov. 20th (5:30 pm MST) when it split the evening sky and fragmented during a series of thunderous explosions. The sky was lit up almost like daytime for 3 or 4 seconds, reports Gordon Blomgren of Alberta. Murray McDonnell of northwestern Saskatchewan says my wife and I saw a brilliant flash of blue white light, like lightning. About one minute later a long rumbling sound shook the house. Andy Bartlett video recorded the event from a 10th floor apartment in Edmonton, Alberta: The brilliant fireball appeared to be closer than the airplane in the upper right corner of this video, says Bartlett. I made the movie using a Canon A510.

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