[meteorite-list] NPA 02-06-1967 Fireball Flashes In Sky - Vilna Meteorite

[MARK BOSTICK]

Paper: The Lethbridge Herald
City: Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Date: Monday, February 6, 1967
Page: 1 (of 20)

Fireball Flashes In Sky

     EDMONTON (CP) - A blue-green fireball flashed across northern Alberta 
skies Sunday night, exploding in a shower of sparks - and reports from 
startled witnesses.
     Telephones of the Queen Elizabeth Planetarium and the Edmonton Journal 
were jammed.  One woman called the fire department to report a crash at 
industrial airport.  Another thought the object had landed in her back yard.
     The ball, trailing an orange tail, was seen from Lethbridge to Cold 
Lake about 7p.m.
     There were reports of a "thunder-like" sound near Smoky Lake, 100 miles 
northwest of Edmonton.  A pilot in the Cold Lake area, 100 miles beyond, 
said, he was "nearly killed by the intense flash."
     Dr. L. A. Bayrock of the Alberta Research Council identified the object 
as a meteorite.

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Clear Skies,
Mark Bostick
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