It only appeared for just a second, but Mount Woodside resident Steve Turney remembered it vividly, and it seems heB次元官网网址檚 not alone.

He and his wife Diane were walking in the Mount Woodside area when a bright light appeared, an airborne fireball apparently streaking down into the valley in the Rosedale area.

B次元官网网址淚t was an incredibly close object in the sky,B次元官网网址� Turney said, believing it may have been a meteor or an aircraft in distress. B次元官网网址淲e [quickened] our walk up the hill to see if it landed. We could see the flames off it. It really piqued our curiosity.B次元官网网址�

According to the American Meteor Society, there have been 44 witness reports of a fireball at about 8:45 p.m.from Kamloops to Portland to Spokane and North Vancouver. Dubbed Event 2579-2022, most witnesses reported seeing the flash for roughly 3.5 seconds. A few saw it for under one second while a lucky few witnessed the display for 7.5 seconds. The trajectory appears to be westward and itB次元官网网址檚 unclear if it impacted in any significant way.

There is one video of the event, taken via dashcam in Kent, Wash.

The American Meteor Society is a New York-based non-profit organization dedicated to collecting information on meteoric astronomy in North America.

adam.louis@ ahobserver.com
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