Huge fireball streaking across the Canada sky sparks fears of plane crash
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2016-10-07
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Huge fireball streaking across the Canada sky sparks fears of plane crash
A LARGE meteor streaked across the sky above the eastern United States and Canada, setting off confusion about a possible plane crash in Toronto.
The fireball was spotted at about 10:36 p.m. Tuesday and prompted about 280 reports to the American Meteor Society, primarily from Ontario.
But witnesses as far west as Michigan and as far south as Virginia reported the meteor over the eastern Great Lakes region, the organisation said on its website.
“Toronto police and fire services received multiple calls about a ‘plane crashing onto the Toronto Harbour,’ but luckily it was just a fireball in the night sky,” the site reads.
“The preliminary estimated trajectory plotted from the witness reports shows the meteor was travelling approximately from the South to the North and ended its flight south of Cameron, NY.”
Caroline de Kloet, a media relations officer for the Toronto police, told the Toronto Star that the department received “a lot of calls” about the quick, bright streak across the nighttime sky.
She also told the newspaper that Porter Airlines, which operates out of nearby Billy Bishop Airport, was not missing any planes.
What witnesses actually saw was a meteor from the Orionids shower, which started Tuesday and will be active until Nov. 14.
Peak activity will be on Oct. 21 and Oct. 22, with up to 20 meteors per hour.
The Orionids, which are known to be bright and quick, are formed from debris from Halley’s comet, according to NASA.
“Those streaks of light are really caused by tiny specks of comet-stuff hitting Earth’s atmosphere at very high speed and disintegrating into flashes of light,” NASA reports.
The University of Toronto Scarborough caught video of the fireball from its observatory, which is believed to be a first, according to its Twitter account.
Of the major meteor showers this year, the Orionids have one of the fastest speeds, at about 41 miles per second.
NASA reports only the Eta Aquariids and the Leonids are quicker, at 44 miles per second.
In Toronto, the meteor even caused a stir during the Blue Jays’ 5-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles in the American League wild-card game.
The Associated Press reports that fans in the north end of the stadium beyond the outfield walls tweeted about seeing a meteor shower south of the Rogers Centre.
Other users on Twitter reported seeing a bright yellowish-green streak of light.
Some people said what they saw lasted up to 5 seconds, while another said a “huge bang”accompanied the sighting, stirring up birds at a farm in Pennsylvania.
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A LARGE meteor streaked across the sky above the eastern United States and Canada, setting off confusion about a possible plane crash in Toronto.
The fireball was spotted at about 10:36 p.m. Tuesday and prompted about 280 reports to the American Meteor Society, primarily from Ontario.
But witnesses as far west as Michigan and as far south as Virginia reported the meteor over the eastern Great Lakes region, the organisation said on its website.
“Toronto police and fire services received multiple calls about a ‘plane crashing onto the Toronto Harbour,’ but luckily it was just a fireball in the night sky,” the site reads.
“The preliminary estimated trajectory plotted from the witness reports shows the meteor was travelling approximately from the South to the North and ended its flight south of Cameron, NY.”
Caroline de Kloet, a media relations officer for the Toronto police, told the Toronto Star that the department received “a lot of calls” about the quick, bright streak across the nighttime sky.
She also told the newspaper that Porter Airlines, which operates out of nearby Billy Bishop Airport, was not missing any planes.
What witnesses actually saw was a meteor from the Orionids shower, which started Tuesday and will be active until Nov. 14.
Peak activity will be on Oct. 21 and Oct. 22, with up to 20 meteors per hour.
The Orionids, which are known to be bright and quick, are formed from debris from Halley’s comet, according to NASA.
“Those streaks of light are really caused by tiny specks of comet-stuff hitting Earth’s atmosphere at very high speed and disintegrating into flashes of light,” NASA reports.
The University of Toronto Scarborough caught video of the fireball from its observatory, which is believed to be a first, according to its Twitter account.
Of the major meteor showers this year, the Orionids have one of the fastest speeds, at about 41 miles per second.
NASA reports only the Eta Aquariids and the Leonids are quicker, at 44 miles per second.
In Toronto, the meteor even caused a stir during the Blue Jays’ 5-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles in the American League wild-card game.
The Associated Press reports that fans in the north end of the stadium beyond the outfield walls tweeted about seeing a meteor shower south of the Rogers Centre.
Other users on Twitter reported seeing a bright yellowish-green streak of light.
Some people said what they saw lasted up to 5 seconds, while another said a “huge bang”accompanied the sighting, stirring up birds at a farm in Pennsylvania.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC72L...
Website:http://powerofteam.net/
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