BUZZARD COULEE, Sask. - The brilliant fireball that lit up the sky over Alberta and Saskatchewan last fall has set a Canadian record for the number of meteorites recovered from a single fall.
A University of Calgary scientist leading a search for the space fragments says more than 1,000 have been discovered in fields near Lloydminster on the Alberta-Saskatchewan boundary.
Alan Hildebrand adds thousands more remain to be recovered now that snow has melted and the search has resumed.
The previous record of 700 pieces was set after a meteor hit the ground in central Alberta in 1960.
Hildebrand says searchers are finding dozens of meteorites a day.
So far more than 400 pieces have been found and hundreds more have been discovered by area residents and searchers not attached to the University of Calgary's effort.
