Case file · Cosmic event

Buzzard Coulee fireball

On 20 November 2008 a fireball lit up the Prairies at dusk and broke up over the Saskatchewan-Alberta border south of Lloydminster.

2008 CE · 52.85, -109.85 · status: explained

The account

Dashboard and security cameras caught it, which let researchers triangulate the fall zone; hundreds of fragments were found in the coulee within weeks.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Buzzard Coulee meteorite
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