Two more reports have come in about a meteorite
seen over the Cranbrook-Kimberley area around 9:45 p.m May 12, but it's no longer sure if the celestial object was a meteorite or a comet.
Whatever the case, the sightings by local earth-bound observers are consistent and indicate strongly that some sort of unidentified flying object flew over the region last Wednesday.
Jordan Eliason, a project manager with JSL Forum, said he came out of a meeting in Kimberley the evening of May 12 and while talking outside the building saw the meteorite brighten up the sky towards the ski hill.
"It is most likely that this was a large meteorite high up in the atmosphere. It was the second one I had seen so bright in my life. (It had) a whitish, yellow tail and then broke apart into many small pieces."
And Eliason wasn't the only one to see a strange flying object that night. Joan Kaun called the Daily Townsman to say she saw it too and her observations matched the previous two.
"We were out in our hot tub (in the Southview area) facing north and looking over the roof of the house and saw a flash of light and it appeared to split in two."
Kaun said the object appeared to be going in an east to west direction and it was all over in less than two seconds.