Meteor appears to streak across Calgary sky [Video]

Some Calgary residents caught what appeared to be a meteor streaking across the sky early on Wednesday morning.

Multiple CTV News viewers sent in video that showed a light moving through the sky above the city just after 6:30 a.m.

A bright flash is seen, illuminating the night sky, before it faded back into darkness, disappearing from view.

Robyn Foret, the president of the Calgary Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, said after reviewing the videos of the event, they can confirm it was a fireball meteor.

“We happen to be in the midst of the Southern Taurids and Northern Taurids meteor showers,” Foret said, in an emailed statement.

“They do overlap going from Sept. 23 to Dec. 8 this year, and while they don’t have a high count of meteors per hour, they are known as being rich in fireballs. It’s likely that is what we saw …