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A very bright fireball was seen and recorded for northwestern Montana at 06:33 LT (13:33 UTC) on November 13, 2024.<\/p>\n
The American Meteor Society (AMS) received 115 reports by 18:30 UTC from people in Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan in Canada, as well as Idaho, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming in the United States.<\/p>\n
Trajectory based on those events shows the fireball entering our atmosphere over Columbia Falls, moving ESE toward Heart Butte.<\/p>\n
An eyewitness from Frenchtown, Montana, described the event as \u201cbreathtaking,\u201d saying it \u201cturned early morning into day. So bright it lit up the ground and the interior of my semi in a green glow\u2026many red pieces\u2026fragmentation in a long straight line. Incredible and a little scary\u2026happened abruptly\u2026no warning\u2026stunning. I wonder if some fragments reached the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n
A person from Missoula, Montana, described it as \u201ca bright blue fireball, which then turned into orange and faded to yellow-white.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was bright white and then bright blue,\u201d another witness shared. \u201cThe whole sky lit up so bright before it shot across the sky,\u201d added a person from Lolo, Montana.<\/p>\n
Another individual from Missoula reported a persistent train lasting about 60 seconds, describing it as a \u201cglowing train of white-orange \u2018dust\u2019 that faded and appeared to fall slightly as it dissipated.\u201d<\/p>\n
A witness from Darby, Montana, noted, \u201cIt was only a bit of morning twilight, no lights on inside yet. I was facing a northerly direction inside the house; it was like a headlight brightness coming through a window. When I looked up, I saw the trail. The window only showed me a part of the trail, and I was far back from the window\u2026it was bright and left a slowly fading trail that lasted 2 or 3 seconds. I don\u2019t know if it was a meteor or a piece of space debris\u2026either way, it was impressive.\u201d<\/p>\n \n