Very large Meteor or something on fire over San Francisco Bay.
At 7:45 PM on Oct 17 2012, I sighted what looked like a very large meteor in the western Sky I sighted it in Union City CA ( the east side of the San Francisco bay).
At first I thought it might be a firework but it was too high and too far away. I have seen Meteor showers before in the mountains but this was far bigger It looked like I thought a comet would with a tail that went about two degrees long from where I was standing. It was about 35 degrees up from where I was standing. It was going from my left to right or South to North as I was facing West. It was angling slightly downward then broke up into 3 pieces, all on fire, and began more of a arch going down then they burnt out. This lasted about 3 seconds. It may have been longer but I just saw it as I got out of my car and did not see when it started. I hope it was not a airplane going down into the SF bay.
Union city is in a flight path for the Oakland, Hayward and San Francisco Airport, I can always see at least 4 or 5 planes somewhere in the air and would be surprised if one of them didn’t see it.
At 7:45 PM on Oct 17 2012, I sighted what looked like a very large meteor in the western Sky I sighted it in Union City CA ( the east side of the San Francisco bay).
At first I thought it might be a firework but it was too high and too far away. I have seen Meteor showers before in the mountains but this was far bigger It looked like I thought a comet would with a tail that went about two degrees long from where I was standing. It was about 35 degrees up from where I was standing. It was going from my left to right or South to North as I was facing West. It was angling slightly downward then broke up into 3 pieces, all on fire, and began more of a arch going down then they burnt out. This lasted about 3 seconds. It may have been longer but I just saw it as I got out of my car and did not see when it started. I hope it was not a airplane going down into the SF bay.
Union city is in a flight path for the Oakland, Hayward and San Francisco Airport, I can always see at least 4 or 5 planes somewhere in the air and would be surprised if one of them didn’t see it.
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Union City
USA
3 seconds
3 seconds
37.59
-122.05
unknown
CA
Occurred : 10/17/2012 19:45 (Entered as : 101712 19:45) Reported: 10/17/2012 8:36:02 PM 20:36 Posted: 10/30/2012 Location: Union City, CA Shape: Unknown Duration: 3 seconds Characteristics: There were aircraft in the vicinity or aircraft chasing the object
Very large meteor or something on fire over San Francisco Bay.