Fireball Lights Up the Sky near Ottawa (August 20 2021)

Did you see a fireball on Friday August 20 2021 at approximately 10:37pm? Perhaps you unknowingly captured it on a security camera.

Thank you to everyone that posted about it in the Ontario Storm Watch group and Anna B. who sent us her door cam video from Nepean.

About 43 reports (to date) of this bright fireball have been submitted to American Meteor Society from observers mostly in Ontario and Quebec. This video was taken by Sam Berrada.

Here is another video from wacb on YouTube.

You can report fireball observations (and also send in videos if you have them) to the American Meteor Society (AMS) or it’s partner the International Meteor Organization (IMO). The reports not only alert them to potentially scientifically significant events, they also add to the database of knowledge about meteors.

We are keeping an eye on the NASA Meteor Watch page as well as they will often provide information on significant fireballs and will update this page with more information if/when it becomes available.