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Canada: Fireball over central British Columbia was Russian space junk


Canwest News Service
Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:36 UTC
A large fireball that flashed through the sky over central B.C. early today was caused by a Russian rocket that fell from space, the third time pieces of Russian space junk have fallen in the province, police said.

Const. Gary Godwin of the Prince George RCMP said dozens of witnesses called about 1 a.m. saying they had seen a huge orange-red "meteor" in an area over Prince George.

"We had numerous reports of bright flashes across the sky going from east to west," said Godwin.
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Ontario, Canada: Sudburians watch the skies; Falling debris catches residents' attention

Laura Stradiotto
The Sudbury Star
Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:54 UTC
Goodness gracious, great balls of fire were seen falling from the sky Monday.

The sightings have puzzled astronomers and local experts who've failed to come up with an explanation.

Some witnesses described the unidentified flying objects as being bright blue, green, red or yellow.

While most sightings were reported around 1:30 p.m. near Sudbury, Hagar, Highway 69 North and North Bay, Wayne Lachance spotted something in the sky earlier in the morning.

Lachance was driving home to Massey after a night shift at Vale Inco Ltd. when something caught his eye around 7:30 a.m.

"I thought it was a real bright star," he said. "It was getting brighter and coming down with sparks."
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Canadian astronomers tape meteor fall


United Press International
Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:37 UTC
Canadian astronomers at the University of Western Ontario are hunting for pieces of a meteorite they videotaped falling to Earth.

Associate Professor Peter Brown said the university's network of all-sky cameras shot video of the large fireball at 10:59 p.m. last Wednesday.

Brown and post doctoral student Wayne Edwards are asking for the help of local residents in recovering meteorites that might have crashed in the Parry Sound area.
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Mysterious lights appear in Western Australia sky

Sandra Bahbah
Sunday Times
Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:03 UTC
The mystery behind the lights which appeared over WA skies early this morning has been solved. The Perth Observatory says the lights were caused by a meteorite building up in the atmosphere.

Coloured lights could be seen in the sky from Bunbury to Geraldton around 5.30am.

Residents contacted the Observatory and the WA Water Police, looking for answers.

They described the colours of the lights as green, white and yellow.

Perth Observatory technical officer and astro-photographer Richard Tonello said the green flashes were a tell-tale sign of a meteorite.
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Eastern Oregonians urged to forage for meteorite scraps


Associated Press
Sun, 09 Mar 2008 17:24 UTC
Meteorite scientist Dick Pugh says Chicken Little may have had a point: The sky really is falling. Well, part of it, anyway.

At a recent talk here he urged people to look to their rooftops for pieces of the fireball that came thundering down on northeast Oregon at 5:31 a.m. on Feb. 19.

Pugh, with Portland State University's Cascadia Meteorite Laboratory, says he thinks it hit between Tollgate and Elgin but that its fragments could be widely spread.
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Oregon: Fireball in sky brings meteorite man to region

Samantha Bates
The East Oregonian
Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:20 UTC
Dick Pugh enthralled about 50 people Tuesday night with his presentation on the fireball that lit up the sky on the morning of Feb. 19.

Adults and children crowded into the children's section of the Pendleton Public Library to hear Pugh, a scientist with the Cascadia Meteorite Laboratory. He provided the latest facts on the meteor and gave suggestions about how to find pieces of the space rock.
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Oregon: So what happened to that meteorite that lit up the sky in February?

Michael Rollins
The Oregonian
Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:09 UTC
The LaGrande Observer has a story where Dick Pugh, PSU prof and celestial expert extraordinaire, suggests where the bits ended up.

Pugh, who is with Portland State University's Cascadia Meteorite Laboratory, believes the meteorite hit somewhere between Tollgate and Elgin. He said its fragments could be as far east as the mouth of Lookingglass Creek and as far south as Summerville.

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Canada: Meteorite may have hit near Parry Sound


The Canadian Press
Sun, 09 Mar 2008 16:56 UTC
Astronomers at the University of Western Ontario are asking residents near the Central Ontario town of Parry Sound to help find meteorites that may have recently fallen in the area.

The astronomers have captured rare video of a meteor streaking through the Earth's atmosphere.

They are hoping people in the area can help recover one or more possible meteorites that may have hit the ground.
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Turkey: Meteorite lands in village; sent for analysis


Today's Zaman
Sat, 08 Mar 2008 16:07 UTC
A small meteorite that recently landed in a village in Muğla's Fethiye district will be analyzed by the Mining Exploration Institute (MTA), stated an official from the region.

Fethiye Deputy District Governor Halil İbrahim Çomaktekin reported that the meteorite fell in the Türbe neighborhood of Yaka Village after a making a thunderous noise. "The muhtar [head] of the village called and informed us, saying that the meteorite was black. He is going to bring it to the city center for analysis. We'll have it analyzed by the MTA," Çomaktekin added.
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Australia: Experts baffled by orange UFO

Andrew MacDonald
Gold Coast News
Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:39 UTC
What glows orange, scours the skyline and leaves a black plume of smoke?

Annette Van Zetten is not exactly sure what she saw shooting across the Tweed skyline on Wednesday evening, but it certainly grabbed her attention as well as the police and rescue authorities.

The Kingscliff woman was home entertaining friends about 5.30pm when she saw a bright orange object, seemingly not far from her Pacific Street home.

Fearing a plane was in trouble, Mrs Van Zetten's friend, Greg Swaney, called police, who immediately began searching the area with the aid of a crew from the RACQ CareFlight helicopter.

Mrs Van Zetten said she was sitting on her back deck when she spotted the unidentified flying object.
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