OFFICIAL Fireball / Meteor thread

[rokman]

We are seeing more activity in these mighty wide Alberta skies. I figured I'd start one common thread.

Currently tracking down the following fireballs. Anyone in these areas that happened to see any of these fireballs or any other fireballs, please take 5 mins to submit a report to this site. Easy and user-friendly. Even if you heard something that sounded like thunder, take a minute and report it on this site. Sounds resembling thunder (these fireballs explode in the sky and the shockwave can rattle ones house pretty good if they are directly under the fireball) are super important for tracking these down.

https://fireball.amsmeteors.org/memb...o/report_intro

Wed, Feb 19 @ 12:15 am - The one in the news that was spotted by the chairlift camera at Sunshine village: Possible meteorites on the ground near Drayton Valley I'm guessing. https://fireball.amsmeteors.org/memb...event/2020/873

Sat, Feb 8 @ 5:07 pm - This one was widely observed from Calgary; it was heading SE. https://fireball.amsmeteors.org/memb...event/2020/688

Sat, July 31 @ 9:26 pm - This is probably the largest one of all. Just check out all the reports here. I hunted on the ground for this one with the U of A last fall; no luck. We are hoping to go again in the spring once the snow melts, before the crops are sewn. https://fireball.amsmeteors.org/memb...vent/2019/4160

I'm a rock hunter. I've been doing it since the age of 7. I love this stuff. I have a great little meteorite collection and tracking down fireballs is a ton of fun. It sometimes gets me outside walking around looking for black stones on the ground. I get to meet new people and that's always fun for me too. I got my start in meteorites after the famous fireball that was capture on police dash cam by Edmonton in Nov 2008. That fireball dropped meteorites SE of Lloydminster. I hunted it for two years and had professionals from the U of C there to show me (and everyone else) what a real meteorite was and how to find fresh ones. I found one on my first day. I was hooked immediately. I love talking about this stuff, so I'm happy to answer any questions anyone has.

Cheers,

Rogan

[KGB]

Just watch for aliens, they usually hiding inside those rocks...

[Red Bullets]

Good idea for a thread. Also a great sighting link.

I saw the 2008 meteorite as I was driving northbound near Wizard Lake. Saw the whole thing and how it lit up the snow covered countryside. I thought it hit the ground by Millet somewhere because it seemed so close. I was waiting for the percussion and sound wave which didn't happen. Amazingly it landed SE of Lloydminster many miles away.

I'm thinking if a person finds a meteorite it should be kept pristine and not handled by human hands. The Tagish Lake meteorite from BC, supposedly the only one known in the world to be pristine and untouched by hands making it more interesting to researchers.

Be nice to find one like the Iron Creek meteorite. Although it would probably be comandeered by the gov't. before a person could capitalize on the value. Look at the history of the Iron Creek stone and the turmoil it has caused. Revered and worshiped by one nation for a long time and then a missionary decides he would just take it to Ontario in the 1860's. At least it is now back in Alberta and on display.

[Red Bullets]

Wonder how many outdoorsmen are out looking for the latest space rocks north of Edmonton? Happened on Feb 22.

[1shotwade]

My dad found a good size one on the roof of his shop years back. Had the U of A look at it. It looks like a chunk of old rusted metal kinda but really dark. Was offered quite a few $$ for it but it sits on his bar. Its about the size of half a tennis ball kinda rounded!

[Grizzly Adams]

Originally Posted by Red Bullets

Wonder how many outdoorsmen are out looking for the latest space rocks north of Edmonton? Happened on Feb 22.

Most of these things are so small they burn up before hitting ground, that's the impression I got from that one. Micrometeorites, on the other hand are everywhere.

https://uwaterloo.ca/wat-on-earth/ne...%20the%20paper.

Grizz

[rokman]

https://fireball.amsmeteors.org/memb...event/2024/311

Did you or someone you know see it? Please have them share their report on this website. It'll help us find meteorites if the fireball was big enough to drop them. Videos are essential to this so if there's anyone that captured it, upload it to the reporting system. Thanks!

[rokman]

https://fireball.amsmeteors.org/memb...event/2024/356

[rokman]

http://www.outdoorsmenforum.ca/showthread.php?t=376546

You never know when we'll find the next Alberta meteorite. I hope to be on the discovery team for whenever the next pieces are found and I hope many of you here are interested in joining future hunts!

[Grizzly Adams1]

Originally Posted by rokman

http://www.outdoorsmenforum.ca/showthread.php?t=376546

You never know when we'll find the next Alberta meteorite. I hope to be on the discovery team for whenever the next pieces are found and I hope many of you here are interested in joining future hunts!

My thought is, somewhere in those piles of rocks farmers have picked up over the years, there's a meteorite in plain view,

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna15294523

[Sundancefisher]

Originally Posted by rokman

We are seeing more activity in these mighty wide Alberta skies. I figured I'd start one common thread.

Currently tracking down the following fireballs. Anyone in these areas that happened to see any of these fireballs or any other fireballs, please take 5 mins to submit a report to this site. Easy and user-friendly. Even if you heard something that sounded like thunder, take a minute and report it on this site. Sounds resembling thunder (these fireballs explode in the sky and the shockwave can rattle ones house pretty good if they are directly under the fireball) are super important for tracking these down.

https://fireball.amsmeteors.org/memb...o/report_intro

Wed, Feb 19 @ 12:15 am - The one in the news that was spotted by the chairlift camera at Sunshine village: Possible meteorites on the ground near Drayton Valley I'm guessing. https://fireball.amsmeteors.org/memb...event/2020/873

Sat, Feb 8 @ 5:07 pm - This one was widely observed from Calgary; it was heading SE. https://fireball.amsmeteors.org/memb...event/2020/688

Sat, July 31 @ 9:26 pm - This is probably the largest one of all. Just check out all the reports here. I hunted on the ground for this one with the U of A last fall; no luck. We are hoping to go again in the spring once the snow melts, before the crops are sewn. https://fireball.amsmeteors.org/memb...vent/2019/4160

I'm a rock hunter. I've been doing it since the age of 7. I love this stuff. I have a great little meteorite collection and tracking down fireballs is a ton of fun. It sometimes gets me outside walking around looking for black stones on the ground. I get to meet new people and that's always fun for me too. I got my start in meteorites after the famous fireball that was capture on police dash cam by Edmonton in Nov 2008. That fireball dropped meteorites SE of Lloydminster. I hunted it for two years and had professionals from the U of C there to show me (and everyone else) what a real meteorite was and how to find fresh ones. I found one on my first day. I was hooked immediately. I love talking about this stuff, so I'm happy to answer any questions anyone has.

Cheers,

Rogan

I love rockhounding also. If you are even looking for a partner to head out looking with you I’d be happy to partner up.

I picked up a rolling magnet to help find any that are ferrous.

[colt45]

My wife and I saw the 2008 meteorite,
We were coming home from hunting that night, we were north of Marwayne heading south and the whole area just went from dark to a strange kind of daylight as it flew over to the south
Probably never forget that

[Stinky Buffalo]

Originally Posted by colt45

My wife and I saw the 2008 meteorite,
We were coming home from hunting that night, we were north of Marwayne heading south and the whole area just went from dark to a strange kind of daylight as it flew over to the south
Probably never forget that

I was on my way out elk hunting that night.

For a second I thought we were getting bombed, but then realized what it was. Very cool to see how it lit everything up for that brief moment.

[Coiloil37]

Originally Posted by colt45

My wife and I saw the 2008 meteorite,

We were coming home from hunting that night, we were north of Marwayne heading south and the whole area just went from dark to a strange kind of daylight as it flew over to the south

Probably never forget that

I remember that one as well. My brother and I were driving in WMU 160 after a day of chasing mule deer.


Saw this one in 2018. It took about 15 minutes to go past our lease. This was in the southern hemisphere. Unfortunately an iPhone doesn’t capture these types of pics very well.

[barsik]

Originally Posted by Coiloil37

I remember that one as well. My brother and I were driving in WMU 160 after a day of chasing mule deer.


Saw this one in 2018. It took about 15 minutes to go past our lease. This was in the southern hemisphere. Unfortunately an iPhone doesn’t capture these types of pics very well.

if it took 15 minutes to travel past your lease it most definitely wasn't a meteorite. passenger jet at high altitude is what you saw. depending on its altitude and the dew point in the upper atmosphere it may have been quite a distance ahead of the contrail.

[rokman]

@Grizzly Adams1: That is how several have been found. I've hunted many rock piles that farmers have picked... haven't found a meteorite in one yet. The link you provided is a classic beauty pallasite yes. Found by Steve Arnold; co-host of Meteorite Men.

[rokman]

Originally Posted by Sundancefisher

I love rockhounding also. If you are even looking for a partner to head out looking with you I’d be happy to partner up.

I picked up a rolling magnet to help find any that are ferrous.

Thanks! The more eyes the better! I'll reach out to you via PM to get your cell and add it to my list of contacts of people wanting to stay in the loop for the next meteorite hunt.

[rokman]

Originally Posted by Coiloil37

I remember that one as well. My brother and I were driving in WMU 160 after a day of chasing mule deer.


Saw this one in 2018. It took about 15 minutes to go past our lease. This was in the southern hemisphere. Unfortunately an iPhone doesn’t capture these types of pics very well.

Unfortunately, the other commenter to this is correct. This is just a jet. Fireballs last no more than 5 seconds; most of them only ~2 seconds.