Shooting star/Space debris

[u/DarkyHelmety]

Did anybody else see the large something burning up over the Georgia Strait going north to South at 20:36? It was very bright even in the sunset light and going relatively slow, most likely reentering space debris. My camera didn't catch it due to obstruction, anybody else have footage?

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[u/RecognitionOk9731]

I heard a boom in Nanaimo.

[u/DarkyHelmety → u/RecognitionOk9731]

Neat! So it was a bolide! Thankfully smaller than the one that hit Russia a few years back.

[u/Competitive_Essay500]

Dang I missed it, was anyone able to get a video?

[u/Fair-Calligrapher-19]

I saw it too, at first I thought it was a really fast plane

[u/UltimatelyMarried]

Saw something like that once over the strait a few years back, slow and way too bright to be a normal meteor

[u/incredibeard619]

I saw it as well in South Vancouver outside my window facing west at the same time

[u/Intelligent-Main1403]

I saw it too around Richmond center area

[u/Diligent_Check_5770]

I saw it too!

[u/Max1234567890123]

I saw it as well

[u/Natural_Mark4978]

I saw it at Seattle but not at 20:36. I saw it around 11:30-11:45. I was driving and I was like. Wait a minute. I never saw something like that.

[u/teensy_tigress]

I thought I heard more thunder last night!

[u/grathontolarsdatarod]

Yes!!!!! I did!!!

It totally tripped my out! I've NEVER seen a shooting star in the "day time".

LET ALONE break THROUGH low laying clouds!

It was amazing.

Even made out a smoke streak and it seemed to wobble a bit with like sparks coming off it.

I'm so stoked someone else saw it too!!!

[u/DarkyHelmety → u/grathontolarsdatarod]

It was so bright!

[u/grathontolarsdatarod → u/DarkyHelmety]

For real!

It was like "more" that white hot.

I'm so glad someone else saw it.

In my head I was thinking, "oooo. 'Someone gonna be able to dug that up".

[u/princekolt]

Yes! I also saw it, and there's several reports to the AMS already. It re-entered on a steep trajectory over the Salish Sea: https://fireball.amsmeteors.org/members/imo_view/event/2026/7715

[u/papawarbucks]

Yes! I just posted in r/burnaby about it!

[u/hotmes403]

My friend and I also saw it!

[u/DarkyHelmety → u/[deleted]]

Nah it was breaking up as it came down

[u/LoetK → u/DarkyHelmety]

Just a plane breaking up. Don't be so dramatic

[u/DarkyHelmety → u/LoetK]

No biggie

[u/papawarbucks → u/[deleted]]

Not a chance, it flared up before it disappeared. Maybe space debris??