Fireball lights up sky over California, Nevada

[truebluefan]

A fireball spotted across a wide swath of the West from Reno to San Francisco might have broken up over the Pacific Ocean, experts said Friday.
The American Meteor Society based in New York has received reports from about 50 people in California and Nevada who saw the brilliant streak of light at 5:21 a.m. Thursday, spokesman Robert Lunsford said.

Lunsford said most of the reports came from the San Francisco Bay Area, but the fireball also was seen around Reno, and in San Diego and Redding, Calif. Most people described seeing an intense flash of blue or white light.

"It looks like it was heading from east to west, so it may have made it into the ocean," Lunsford told The Associated Press. "Most of the people who saw it were heading off to work in the dark, and say it lit up the ground like it was almost daylight."

Ronald Normandin was driving to work in Vacaville, Calif., when the fireball lit up the inside of his car.

"It looked like it was real close. It had a long streak of light, and the front part appeared to be huge and a squarish shape," he said.

Read more http://www.montereyherald.com/state/ci_22404734/fireball-lights-up-sky-over-california-nevada