Some south Edmonton and Leduc residents heard a loud "bang" in the sky

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Courtesy: Kaitlyn Kostyniuk

The "bang" was caused by a meteor sonic boom.

People from the Leduc, New Sarepta and south Edmonton region reported seeing a flash in the sky and hearing a loud booming sound Tuesday night.

Some residents even felt there house shake from the noise:

A little while ago there was a big bang & the house shook. I ran out back because I was sure the neighbour had blown up! Nothing. Went out front. Nothing. I wasn't the only one but no one knows what happened. I hope everyone is okay.#MysteryBoom #Leduc

— Kerry Atkinson (@KerryAtkinson2) December 8, 2021

Later in the evening a porch camera from Kaitlyn Kostyniuk caught what looked to be a meteor in the sky, the bang could be from the sonic boom.

Meteor spotted at Rocky Mountain House porch cam video by Kaitlyn Kostyniuk pic.twitter.com/IKLyYOrgvp

— Brandon Houck (@HouckisPokisewx) December 8, 2021

The American Meteor Society posted on its website that it had received a report “about a fireball seen over Alberta” from someone in Edmonton just after 9 p.m. The person reported that the light lasted about 7.5 seconds.

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