2012-04-06 - San Francisco, CA - Fireball

Fireball type object spotted hovering over San Francisco approx 3mins.

I spotted one fireball type object floating in the sky just below the full moon on April 6, 2012 around 22:48 from my apartment window in San Francisco, CA. The object looked familiar from an instance on a Sunday in January on either the first or the eighth. Once I spotted the object, I ran and grabbed my camera and recorded a 3min 10sec clip of the light.

The light floated gently in the sky varying in brightness and direction in a slow but consistent rate of speed. Stopping in one place for only a few times and a short period of time. The flight path appeared to waver slightly left and right from my view point. Not resembling what I have seen from planes or helicopters flying over the same location.

In appearance, the light resembled closest what I would consider a fireball. Reddish to orange around a dark core; though at times the core appeared to flicker with a reddish to yellow hue.

I have a BS in Business and Technology and am currently earning my Masters of Architecture degree in San Francisco, Ca. I was the only witness present unfortunately but was able to grab a camera and record the sighting. I believe this sighting tonight is related to the sighting in January due to the similar flight patterns, color and scale of the objects in question. The full moon might also be a similarity as there was one around Sunday January 8th when the first sighting occurred and another on April 6th. Overall, it was quite impressive.