空の光り物コミュのカナダ隕石落下?

The phone at the science centre was ringing off the hook.
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www.spaceweather.com reports:
SASKATCHEWAN FIREBALL: A brilliant green fireball startled onlookers across
western Canada on Nov. 20th at 5:30 pm MST when it split the evening sky and
exploded somewhere over Saskatchewan in a thunderous blue-white flash of
light. The nature of the fireball is uncertain, but it was probably a small
asteroid disintegrating in Earth's atmosphere. Stay tuned for updates.
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CBC.ca has the following story, with many eyewitness accounts in the
comments section.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2008/11/20/alberta-meteor.html
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CTV.ca has their own story here (I shrunk it into a tiny URL):
http://tinyurl.com/6kawy6
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目撃例は沢山寄せられているようですね。

Just sitting here in my living room minding my own business at 17:27 MST
when a bright flash caught my eye out the picture window. I looked up and
saw a second, probably brighter flash just above the eastern horizon,
probably 100 degrees azimuth, only 5-10 degrees above the horizon at that
point and dropping. It was an intense orange colour reminiscent of
flickering firelight, but in my split second judgement possibly brighter
than the Full Moon, certainly in that range. There are lots of reflections
in my picture window, and by the time I finished going "holy $#!+" and
stepped outside there was no evidence of any sort of persistent train.
Within 30 seconds my telephone rang, and it was local RASCal Yves
Lamarre who had been outside with his wife near their home in Sherwood Park,
30 km east of me. They too had seen the fireball to _their_ east, presumably
even brighter than what I saw. They saw it a little higher in the sky though
it ended fairly near the horizon for them as well. She got the better look
of the two, so I suggested that she write down the details of what she
observed. Yves will forward it to the Astro list.
No doubt we will be getting a lot of reports at the science
centre/university about this one. There will be tons of eastbound traffic at
that time of day, such as Sherwood Park commuters. I hope that some of the
fireball cameras will have caught it as well.
In a word: WOW!!!
Bruce McCurdy, Edmonton, AB
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I was just leaving my work in SE Edmonton just before 5:30PM. As I
walked to my car the sky lit up like a long lighting flash. My view to the
south and east was blocked by the building but it was pretty bright. Another
guy in parking lot was also looking around. I thought that was strange. I
got in the car and headed home. About two minutes later my cell rings. One
our sales people is on the phone telling me he just saw a fireball that
appeared to be heading straight down. He's near Leduc on Hiway 39. I ask was
this just a couple minutes ago, he says yes. I tell him about the flash. I'm
at home now and the TV news has lots of reports of this thing. I hope there
are pictures of this.
Geoff Robertson, Edmonton, AB
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Anyone else see the HUGE fireball over Edmonton tonight? Saw it at 1729,
driving home from work. Started about 20 deg above the W horizon, heading a
few deg S of W, tracked it until obscured by buildings so it may have made
it to earth. Large head, very bright, at least 1-3 deg across at its peak,
thought it might have been a plane on fire!
Tim Dixon, Edmonton. AB
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My name is Greg and I met you a few years back watching the Leonids at
blackfoot. Called Lance Taylor as my heartbeat was slowing down after the
show tonight... He suggested I get you the details of my fireball sighting.
Fireball started directly overhead - travelled to about 95-100 degrees
(just south of due east.) I was located at intersection of Roper Road /
50st facing east. Watched the whole show through 3 color changes, when it
finally broke up into orange chunks about 10 degrees over the horizon.
Could swear I heard a roar... might just have been my blood pressure though.
I have reported to AMS and IMO.
Greg Scratchley, Edmonton, AB