Cody Koloski had his eyes on the sky Monday night, hoping to see the northern lights dancing above Saskatoon.

The aurora borealis show started picking up near midnight, but then it was interrupted. Something unnatural appeared in the sky. Koloski looked west and saw a bright light moving toward him.

"I'm like, 'Huh, interesting, kind of strange but cool,' and then I keep looking at it and it's getting bigger and brighter," Koloski said. "I had a moment of like, 'Oh no, is this like a little prelude to something bigger? Are we going to get struck by these meteors or something?' So, a brief panic."

Then the bright light seemed to split apart into pieces that started to spin as they streaked across the sky, leaving a trail of what looked like orange embers in their wake.

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