Apparent meteor passes over Alberta skies Saturday afternoon



JASON HERRING  February 8, 2020


Tim Wiebe's doorbell camera captured what appears to be a meteor streaking across the sky over Calgary on Saturday, February 8, 2020. COURTESY TIM WIEB

Calgarians with their eyes on the sky may have noticed what appeared to be a meteor pass overhead on Saturday afternoon.

The fireball lit up daytime Calgary skies around 5:08 p.m. on Saturday.

Janzel Nicanor was driving east on 32nd Avenue near 36th Street in northeast Calgary when he captured the apparent meteor on his dashboard camera. The video shows an orange streak of light appearing in the sky for about two seconds before fading away.

Tim Wiebe also shared video that he captured — this time, from a doorbell camera.

Footage from videos of the possible meteor could help scientists determine its probable trajectory and landing area.

People from across the province also reported having seen the fireball, with Albertans tweeting about it from Calgary, Edmonton and Red Deer.

Anyone else just see a fireball fall from the sky and explode south of #RedDeer? @weathernetwork— Lisa Holland (@ElleDeeH) February 9, 2020

Did anyone else see a big fireball (or something) in the sky over Edmonton just now? #yeg— Jana G. Pruden (@jana_pruden) February 9, 2020

Whoa did anyone else just see the big meteorite over Calgary?? #Meteorite #yyc #yycweather— exempli gratia (@EGintheGR) February 9, 2020