Streak seen across Northern California

It may not have been as spectacular as the space rock that streaked across the skies above Russia late Thursday, but Northern California's close encounter with a meteor Friday night was drawing its own attention on social networks.

Comments on Twitter indicated the object that flashed across the horizon around 7:45 p.m. was blue in color and visible throughout large areas of the West Coast, with at least one reported sighting in Washington state.

Radio scanner traffic also indicated sightings by people in the Moss Landing area.

Amateur video footage broadcast on Northern California television stations showed a bright streak lasting approximately five seconds that appeared to head downward. Some viewers described it as a firework in the night sky.

Scanner traffic at the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office indicated that they were aware of the event, but a dispatcher said they had not received any emergency calls related to it.

There were no immediate reports of damage from Friday's event.

Astronomers at the Chabot Space & Science Center in Oakland said Friday night's light show was not connected to the fly-by of a small asteroid earlier in the day. The asteroid, which NASA dubbed 2012 DA14, came within 17,200 miles of the Earth before continuing on its cosmic journey.

Source: http://www.montereyherald.com/ci_22604409/streak-seen-across-northern-california?source=rss_viewed

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