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Look Up in the Sky! It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's a Meteor Over Northern California!

Oct 18, 2012

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Many Northern California residents spotted a fireball travelling across the sky at about 7:45pm Wednesday. Some heard a loud boom. News organizations later reported that it was a meteor.

And for those of you who missed the meteor, here's an artist's rendering:

I didn't see the #meteor but I'm pretty sure this is what it looked like... #boom yfrog.com/h6qo6wcj

— Rachel Schwartz (@therachel) October 18, 2012

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