Right Place, Right Time To "Catch a Falling Star"

An Edmonton, Canada police car was headed in the right direction when its dash cam caught the following (the video repeats the film twice):

The meteor was sited Thursday 20 November 2008. According to University of Calgary planetary scientist Alan Hildebrand it is one of the largest meteors visible in the country in the last decade. He said it probably broke up into pieces. He plans to investigate around Macklin, Saskatchewan near the Alberta border where he hopes to find some remnants.

In the article they also talked to Martin Beech, associate professor of astronomy at the University of Regina. He explained that this is important because meteorites are valuable to learning about the history of the solar system. "Picking up a meteorite is almost equivalent to doing a space exploration mission between Mars and Jupiter."

Source: Scientists Searching for Meteor That Lit Up Canadian Sky