Scientists said Friday they had found remains of a meteor that illuminated the sky before falling to earth in western Canada earlier this month.

University of Calgary scientist Alan Hildebrand and graduate student Ellen Milley found several meteor fragments near the Battle River along the rural Alberta-Saskatchewan border, near the city of Lloydminster late Thursday.

They said there could be thousands of meteorite pieces strewn over a 7-square-mile area of mostly flat, barren land, with few inhabitants.

Residents in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta have been buzzing about the huge fireball that lit up the night sky over the three provinces on Nov. 20. Witnesses reported hearing sonic boom rumblings and said the fiery flash was as bright as the sun.

Hildebrand, who also coordinates meteor sightings with the Canadian Space Agency, estimated the meteor could have been seen from as far as 434 miles away, into the northern United States.

Widely broadcast video images of the meteor showed what appeared to be a speeding fireball that became larger and brighter before disappearing as it neared the ground.

The meteor contained about one-tenth of a kiloton of energy when it entered the earth's atmosphere, roughly the equivalent of 100 tons of the chemical explosive TNT.

"It would be something like a billion-watt light bulb," said Hildebrand.

The meteor has captured the imagination of sky watchers around the world.

Robert Haag, a space rock collector from Arizona, offered up to $9,700 for the first one-kilogram chunk of the meteor that is found.

Cool. Here is the footage on Youtube if anyone hasn't seen it.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=8q3qWV4Ks3E&e

Normally I wouldn’t blink an eye at this , world wide we have meteors like this a couple of times a year , but with that said , on the 7th of Jan , apparently millions see a meteor or UFO in Saudi Arabia , this is the news story …

http://www.allnewsweb.com/page1901903.php

There is footage linked to this , but considering all the crazy madness going on in the middle east , this might very well be some sort of rocket / missile ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyAEgfV1AAc


But that’s not all folks , on the 17th of Jan , in Denmark , Sweden another has hit , below is the footage ..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX6KXsdGsR0

Normally I’m inclined to say that these are the classic fireball style meteors , but 3 in such a short period? ( that’s if the Saudi one is actually a meteor and not some kind of rocket ) and they all look quite similar as well , if we see more in the next month , I’m definitely inclined to start thinking that’s something not right up there *shrugs*

Ok…so now I am starting to get a little freaked out , just like I said , if more happen…

Well as I’m sure you’ve probably already heard , on Sunday 15th a fireball was seen over Texas.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_eJLcGPWTs

There’s a really odd number of things falling from the sky of late , if this is meteors , well its sort of like the debris you have trailing large asteroids , much like the shoemaker levy 9 incident , we had large dust clouds before and after that event …basically what I’m saying is that you normally have smaller asteroids trailing larger ones .

There was speculation that it could be related to the satellite collision that happened a short while ago , but apparently the USAF space command have claimed that this isn’t so …then again they’re hardly the most reliable source when it comes to getting straight answers .

Right now , I would have to say that there is something odd going on , beyond that who can say ? , but if these fireballs continue in the coming months , then its certainly not a normal or natural phenomena .

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