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A fireball that lit up western Canadian skies on the night of November 20, 2008, was captured on video by several cameras throughout the region. One of the most brilliant videos was taken by a police car's dashcam in Edmonton. In the video, the blindingly white fireball passes behind a series of clouds before exploding in the atmosphere.YouTube: Police Dash Cam of Meteor over Edmonton, Canada (Time: 0:17)
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Fast Facts
- Local time of meteor flash: 5:26 p.m.CTV.ca: Mysterious Fireball May Have Never Touched Down (November 21, 2008)
- One video of meteor captured by police dashcamYouTube: Police Dash Cam of Meteor over Edmonton, Canada (Time: 0:17)
- Fireball may never have landedCTV.ca: Mysterious Fireball May Have Never Touched Down (November 21, 2008)
- Believed to be no bigger than a grapefruitCTV.ca: Mysterious Fireball May Have Never Touched Down (November 21, 2008)
- Believed to be a "bolide" due to the speed with which it traveled and the brighness of the light it createdCTV.ca: Mysterious Fireball May Have Never Touched Down (November 21, 2008)
- Traveled approximately 60km per secondCTV.ca: Mysterious Fireball May Have Never Touched Down (November 21, 2008)
- Entered atmosphere at 400,000 feet above EarthCTV.ca: Mysterious Fireball May Have Never Touched Down (November 21, 2008)
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"There's a very good chance it was what we call a bolide, which is a meteorite crossing the sky at extremely quick velocity -- very, very fast -- and as it hits the atmosphere at about 400,000 feet, travelling at about 60 kilometres per second, this is the incredible light show that it creates."—Randy Atwood, space educatorCTV.ca: Mysterious Fireball May Have Never Touched Down (November 21, 2008)"It looked like a lighting bolt, the most intense lighting bolt you've ever seen, and maybe the size of three...It seemed the most intense areas where it was being reported was in the west-central part of Saskatchewan and the east-central part of Alberta, with the most intense reports coming in from Melfort, Saskatchewan and Lloydminster...and right at Red Pheasant First Nation."—Saskatoon reporter Mike CionaCTV.ca: Mysterious Fireball May Have Never Touched Down (November 21, 2008)
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