The Chabot Space and Science Center says that a mysterious streak of light that lit up Bay Area skies early Friday morning may have been a meteor.
Bay Area residents – and even some in Southern California and Oregon – reported seeing the phenomena, but nobody could figure out what it was.
Comet? White glow? Strange streak in the sky? Bright orange light? Aliens? UFO? – the rumors kept flying in.
Chabot Space Center astronomer Ben Burress told NBC Bay Area that there were a total of three events Thursday and Friday where people reported seeing something in the sky. Two of the events occurred Thursday at 9 and 11 p.m. and Friday's event occurred around 6 a.m., Burress said.
"There was an event today at 6 a.m. – it was reported from Los Angeles all the way up to Oregon," Burress said. "It was a fireball of some kind. Nobody knows whether it was a meteor or meteorite or a piece of reentering space junk. Reports are all fresh right now – somebody was in their bedroom and the light was bright enough to notice it."
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