A fireball last night as bright as the full moon streaked across the sky over southern Ontario and Quebec. The action was caught by Western University’s All-Sky Camera Network. Check the video below! Western astronomy professor Peter Brown figures meteorites might have actually landed on the ground near Bancroft, Ontario. Researches are hoping to get their hands on them to help them study the formation and evolution of the solar system.
Have you ever seen anything spectacular/interesting/suspicious in the sky?
One time when I was in my late-teens, I was driving home from my best friend Tito’s house fairly late at night. I was cruising down Thornloe Drive and I saw a bright blue light high in the sky above the treeline and it just dropped down out of sight. The blue colour almost trailed behind it. I was so freaked, I thought immediately “I have to tell somebody!” So I started pulling a u-turn but I realized it was too late to go back to his house, so I just did a full 360 and went home and called him. You know it was really important because I risked waking up his parents to do-so! I know I sound a bit wack telling this story but I saw something. No clue what it was but it is burned in my memory super clearly.
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Bright fireball ☄️ over western Ontario has likely left meteorites near Bancroft, Ontario! If you've found a suspicious rock that may be from this event (or just want to know more), please visit: https://t.co/GSICnGRlkw #westernuSpace pic.twitter.com/szCASyaFpr
— Western University (@WesternU) July 24, 2019
