A meteor streaks across the Canadian skies

Updated 19.20 Sat Nov 22 2008
Keywords: meteor, canada, sky, fireball, space, alberta province, flash, light, police

A massive fireball that lit up the skies on Thursday evening is claimed to be among the biggest meteor events to be witnessed in Canada this year.

The fireball, which streaked through the darkening skies over Alberta and Saskatchewan weighed between one and 10 tons and shone brightly enough to be seen over an area 435 miles wide.

A police-car in the Alberta Province managed to capture the meteor fall from the sky.

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