VIDEO: Blazing object captured in Salmon Arm sky, thanks to resident’s cat

Published 8:30 pm Tuesday, October 28, 2025

A Salmon Arm man believes he has his cat to thank for capturing a brilliant object streaking across the sky above his home early Monday morning.

Wes Penner, whose home near Canoe Beach faces Bastion Mountain, normally has the security camera in his living room pointing down at his driveway.

But at 1:07 a.m. Oct. 27, the camera was pointed upward with the sky in view, at the perfect time and angle to capture the what may have been a meteor, which appeared to be streaking through the atmosphere.

Sightings of the object were also reported in Barriere, Clearwater and Revelstoke.

“I think our cat bumped (the security camera) at some point and we heard there was a meteor, so we decided to check our cameras and there it was,” Penner told Black Press Media Tuesday morning.

Editor’s note: The above story initially referred to the object sighted as a comet, and has been corrected.