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RE: Western Ontario Meteor

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If you were awake early on the morning of Oct. 15 and heard or saw something strange in the sky, the University of Western Ontario wants to hear from you.
The universitys Meteor Group tracked a fireball in the earths atmosphere over the northeast part of Wellington County at 5:28 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 15. They believe meteorites could have come to earth across a section of Centre Wellington.

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A team of meteor hunters from the University of Western Ontario are asking residents around Fergus and Elora to scour the earth for alien rocks, after a sizeable fireball culminated over the area Oct. 15 just before 5:30 a.m.

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Meteorite Scatterfield

Drop zone between Fergus, Orangeville and Guelph

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Latitude: 43°41'54.20"N, Longitude: 80°19'40.74"W

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The sky was falling near London as a meteor lit up the dawn for about nine seconds with a slow, bright fireball last week.
Researchers at the University of Western Ontario are interested in recovering any meteorites that they think may have landed north of Guelph on Oct. 15.

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For the second time this year, The University of Western Ontario Meteor Group has captured rare video footage of a meteor falling to Earth.
The team of astronomers suspects the fireball dropped meteorites in a region north of Guelph, Ont. that may total as much as a few hundred grams in mass.

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