Reports Of A Fireball Over San Francisco Bay Area

Multiple reports of a fireball over the San Francisco Bay area around 7:45pm PDT on October 17th, 2012.

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We’re getting a lot of reports of people seeing something in the sky around 7:45 p.m. Did you see it? Send pics/video to ureport@kgo-tv.com.

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The object was seen from Santa Cruz, south of San Francisco, to Santa Rose to the north and was followed by a sonic boom or rumbling within seconds of being seen.

The reports are consistent with a meteor or other object entering the atmosphere and could be related to the Oroinid meteor shower that is occurring right now.

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