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Active leadUseful case file with unresolved ambiguity and room for more corroboration.

Daytime fireball meteor now seen in Canada!

UnknownSighting reportMar 17, 2026, 12:57 PMLake Erie, Ohio

Witnesses

Unknown

Duration

Unknown

Source material

3

Timeline

2

Source context

Limited context

41

Interesting, but still missing stronger corroboration or harder source material.

Source provenance

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Live sighting record 5eda4b1f-a454-4212-be6d-ffa0a86b4eb4.

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Correlations

Field Intelligence

Sunlight window

Daytime — sun above horizon

Sighting occurred during daylight hours

Weather

Open-Meteo
Cloud cover97% · Overcast

Area activity

Within 2 daysNo sightings within 60 mi

Nearby infrastructure

AirportCleveland Hopkins Intl · 40 mi
Power plantDavis-Besse Nuclear Power Station · 29 mi
NuclearDavis-Besse Nuclear Power Station · 29 mi

Context notes

Heavy cloud cover (97%) — limited visibility

Extracted details

Observed facts

Occurred

Mar 17, 2026, 12:57 PM

Timezone

Eastern Time

Location

Lake Erie, Ohio

Witness account

Narrative

To add to the list of places that this fireball has been seen, it has now been seen in Toronto, Canada. Seems like we hear about one every day. Time: March 17, 2026, at approximately 8:57 a.m. EDT (12:57 UTC) Location: The fireball was first visible at an altitude of about 50 miles above Lake Erie, off the beaches of Lorain in northern Ohio. submitted by /u/9thArrow

Case progression

Timeline

Encounter windowMar 17, 2026, 12:57 PM

Witnesses place the encounter near Lake Erie, Ohio.

PublishedMar 19, 2026, 5:36 AM

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telemetry

Environmental pass

Historical atmosphere, astronomy, and nearby infrastructure were resolved for this case.