{"id":793252,"date":"2025-02-02T07:12:04","date_gmt":"2025-02-02T12:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=793252"},"modified":"2025-02-02T07:12:04","modified_gmt":"2025-02-02T12:12:04","slug":"ontario-residents-report-bright-fireball-flashing-across-the-sky-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=793252","title":{"rendered":"Ontario residents report bright fireball flashing across the sky, Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>A bright fireball lit up the sky over Ontario, Canada, on January 28, 2025. Witnesses reported that the event lasted a few seconds, with colors ranging from white to orange and green. The American Meteor Society (AMS) estimated that the fireball\u2019s path began above Combermere and traveled south toward Marmora.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Fireball over Ontario, Canada on January 28, 2025. Credit: AMS, Gary Trott<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The American Meteor Society (AMS) received five reports of a fireball observed over Ontario, Canada, at approximately 08:54 UTC on January 28, 2025. The event lasted about 3 \u2013 4 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>One AMS witness from Ontario described the event as a bright white flash that disappeared below the treeline. Another witness from Ontario also reported the object as white and called it an amazing sight.<\/p>\n<p>Margaret from Campbellford, Ontario, reported seeing orange, yellow, and white colors, stating that the event lasted for about three seconds. \u201cIt was very bright and low in the sky. It seemed to be very large and so close,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Alei from Barrie reported that the event lasted less than one second and appeared light green.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"perfmatters-lazy-youtube\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7-3dMnLTies\" data-id=\"7-3dMnLTies\" data-query=\"feature=oembed\" onclick=\"perfmattersLazyLoadYouTube(this);\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"AMS event #583-2025 caught from  CA\" width=\"1110\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7-3dMnLTies?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Based on these witness reports, AMS estimated that the event began above Combermere and traveled south toward Marmora.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"998\" height=\"751\" alt=\"ontario fireball january 28 2025 trajectory map\" class=\"wp-image-215590 perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/watchers.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ontario-fireball-january-28-2025-trajectory-map.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/watchers.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ontario-fireball-january-28-2025-trajectory-map.webp 998w, https:\/\/watchers.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ontario-fireball-january-28-2025-trajectory-map-300x226.webp 300w, https:\/\/watchers.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ontario-fireball-january-28-2025-trajectory-map-768x578.webp 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 998px) 100vw, 998px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"998\" height=\"751\" src=\"https:\/\/watchers.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ontario-fireball-january-28-2025-trajectory-map.webp\" alt=\"ontario fireball january 28 2025 trajectory map\" class=\"wp-image-215590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/watchers.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ontario-fireball-january-28-2025-trajectory-map.webp 998w, https:\/\/watchers.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ontario-fireball-january-28-2025-trajectory-map-300x226.webp 300w, https:\/\/watchers.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ontario-fireball-january-28-2025-trajectory-map-768x578.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 998px) 100vw, 998px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ontario fireball trajectory and heatmap \u2013 January 28, 2025. Image credit: AMS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>References:<\/p>\n<p><sup>1<\/sup> Fireball event 2025-583 \u2013 AMS \u2013 January 28, 2025<\/p>\n<p><!-- MOLONGUI AUTHORSHIP PLUGIN 4.9.7 --><br \/>\n<!-- https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/wordpress-plugin-post-authors --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/watchers.news\/2025\/02\/02\/ontario-residents-report-bright-fireball-flashing-across-the-sky-canada\/?rand=772151\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bright fireball lit up the sky over Ontario, Canada, on January 28, 2025. 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