{"id":519404,"date":"2026-03-07T02:09:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T02:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/519404\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T02:09:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T02:09:09","slug":"meteor-over-okotoks-sparks-awe-okotoksonline-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/519404\/","title":{"rendered":"Meteor over Okotoks sparks awe – OkotoksOnline.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last night,\u00a0a\u00a0fiery\u00a0display streaked across the sky.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Around 8 p.m. on March 5,\u00a0an\u00a0object\u00a0entered the earth\u2019s atmosphere and broke up across the sky. Community members in the Okotoks Community Discussion Facebook group shared videos of the event.<\/p>\n

The display\u00a0could be a\u00a0meteor\u00a0or\u00a0satellite\u00a0debris.\u00a0Experts say slower speeds, like the event last night, suggest a\u00a0manufactured origin, such as an unplanned reentry or decommissioning of a satellite.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Did you catch a photo or video of the event?\u00a0Send it to\u00a0julie.patton@goldenwest.ca<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Last night,\u00a0a\u00a0fiery\u00a0display streaked across the sky.\u00a0 Around 8 p.m. on March 5,\u00a0an\u00a0object\u00a0entered the earth\u2019s atmosphere and broke up…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":518532,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[49,48,66],"class_list":["post-519404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-science","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=519404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/518532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}