On October 15th a meteorite roared across the sky from the northern end of Eastern Georgian Bay, south over Collingwood and Town of the Blue Mountains and likely fell to earth north of Guelph.
On that Wednesday morning around 5:28, all seven cameras of the University of Western Ontario’s all sky network recorded the fiery death of the meteor
University researcher Phil McCausland says the camera located near Collingwood recorded a very detailed image of the bright slow fireball in the predawn sky.
He says because this was a slow burn event there is a better than average a golf- ball-sized piece of space rock survived the atmosphere and probably landed in a 30 by 10 square kilometre area near Fergus.
McCausland hopes landowners in that area will keep an eye out for any depression in the ground that might indicate where the meteor landed.
He also wants to hear from people in the Collingwood, Owen Sound and Kincardine who may have seen the fireball enter the atmosphere.
McCausland says while their sky cameras can record the image of the Meteor, the Human eye is much more sensitive and they would like to get some eye witness accounts of the event.
Anyone who may have seen thefire ball on the Morning of October 15th is asked to contact the university at 519-661-2111 ext 87985.
This is the second time a meteor entered the atmosphere in this region.
In March, a suspected meteor fell to the ground in the Parry Sound area.
