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Air Traffic Monitoring => Aviation Audio Clips => Topic started by: nameismike87 on November 21, 2008, 02:58:47 AM

Title: Large Meteor near Calgary
Post by: nameismike87 on November 21, 2008, 02:58:47 AM

Here is a video of it! Also listen to the ATC audio from CYYC (Calgary International).

http://www.spaceweather.com/swpod2008/21nov08/bartlett2.avi?PHPSESSID=9p2rlo38p1vp9654812ghh0ah1

Occurred at about 5:30pm local(Nov20,2008), or 0030z (Nov21,2008)

Title: Re: Large Meteor near Calgary
Post by: goowe on November 21, 2008, 12:59:24 PM

Thanks for posting that! I was talking with a friend in Calgary at the time who was telling me about it as the news reports came in... I didn't even think to pull up the ATC recordings!

Title: Re: Large Meteor near Calgary
Post by: sunburn on November 22, 2008, 04:59:55 PM

i found this video and it shows the flash the pilots were talking about.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=N6CgWkChPjI

it's waaaayyy better than that movie Armageddon!

.mark

Title: Re: Large Meteor near Calgary
Post by: jahulian on November 22, 2008, 10:19:37 PM

Didn't realize it was that spectacular until I saw the video footage!!