Beaver County skies lit up with a giant ball of fire
What could have been an uneventful long weekend was briefly interrupted by a great ball of fire, lighting up the skies over Beaver County and neighbouring towns as far as Edmonton on Saturday evening, Aug. 31.
Residents of Tofield, Ryley, and area took to social media platforms describing their experience.
While some were fortunate enough to see it, others only heard the sound with their homes shaking with the impact.
It’s been speculated that it could be a ‘meteor’ with many people sharing their dash and doorbell camera captures.
A report filed at the International Meteor Organization (IMO) read: “We received 180 reports about a fireball seen over Alberta, British Columbia, MT and Saskatchewan on Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019 around 04:27 UT.”
For this event, IMO received seven videos and six photos.
