24Nov Police dash cam of Meteor over Edmonton, Canada

Scientists are today searching for remnants of a meteor that brilliantly lit up the sky in western Canada before breaking into pieces.

Alan Hildebrand, a University of Calgary planetary scientist, called it one of the largest meteors visible in the country in the last decade.

Video images showed what appeared to be a speeding fireball over Saskatoon which became larger and brighter before disappearing as it neared the ground.

Mr Hildebrand said that he received about 300 e-mail reports from witnesses to the event.

“It would be something like a billion-watt light bulb,” said Mr Hildebrand, who also co-ordinates meteor sightings with the Canadian Space Agency.

Tammy Evans was woken up by her 10-year-old daughter who ran into the bedroom of their home in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, last Thursday. “She said there was a flash of light, the house shook twice and it sounded like dinosaurs were walking,” Ms Evans, a nurse, said. [Times Online.co.uk]