Fireball spotted soaring over Alberta and U.S. [Video]

Early risers were treated to a colourful overhead show as a fireball was seen soaring over parts of Alberta, including Edmonton and Calgary.

Fireballs are meteors that reach a certain brightness after entering the Earth’s atmosphere.

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The fireball was reported around 6:30 a.m. MT by more than 140 people ranging from Edmonton to Regina and as far south as Utah, according to the American Meteor Society.

The green glow was visible south of Edmonton.

Considering how low it was in the sky, if the meteorite did land, it would likely have done so in southern Alberta or Montana, Frank Florian, the senior manager of planetarium and space sciences at the Telus World of Science.

“If researchers get enough eyewitness accounts and the cameras show them the path of the object, there’s a potential they could find the location where some of these rocks may have fallen,” …