Comments on: Massive Fireball Over California Coast – October 17th, 2012

By: ben murphy

ben murphy — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 06:40:36 +0000

My wife and I were driving on 175 heading torwards Cobb when a brilliant green fireball leaving a long steak of green crashed. Its landing looked to be on the healdsburg side of the geysers. A huge explosion of light lit the peak of the mountain up. It must have been going pretty darn fast considering it was over before we realized what was happening

By: Carl Hokanson

Carl Hokanson — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 01:59:09 +0000

On 12/15/12 at approx 8:30 PM I saw an odd green ball of light steak across my north facing window as I was laying in bed, it crossed the window at approx a 75 degree angle and moved very fast . It was far off in the distance and as bright as the glow of a burning cigarette end approx 1/2 the size.It was moving a thousands of miles an hour by the way it streaked by the window . it seemed like it would hit ground and still be intact It was a steady green light with no large trail.

By: Ann

Ann — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:02:55 +0000

Witnessed a green fireball last night sometime after midnight in Connecticut streaking across the sky headed east – probably part of the meteor shower that took place between 10 PM and 2AM. The sky was obscured by milky clouds but this streaked across the sky and was clearly visible with a brilliant green tail – rather startling and a great surprise! Would copper in the rocks make-up be the cause of the brilliant greean color?

By: Austin N

Austin N — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 20:33:54 +0000

I can see the entire Santa Clara valley from my deck in the east foothills of San Jose. I saw 100% of this meteor and it lasted a solid ten seconds. I just happened to be staring up at the sky when it flashed into our atmosphere like a strobe light. It was very bright, white hot light with flashes of green and yellow, it reminded me of welding. It was really high when it lit up, and appeared to be directly over the Santa Cruz mountains. In the ten seconds it was on fire I believe it traveled from somewhere over Santa Cruz county to somewhere in Marin or Sonoma county. That’s roughly 27,000 miles an hour! I believe it would be a lot to ask for to hope to ever see something like this again.

By: MJ Jirik

MJ Jirik — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:30:28 +0000

oops…meant “it would have to go due EAST to go to Martinez, so it did not.”

By: Robbie2

Robbie2 — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 20:44:11 +0000

Standing on a balcony in Oakland, I saw what looked like a huge yellow golden comet with red flashing across the bay…It was approximately 7:30 to 8 PM.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 15:39:55 +0000

In addition to my last log, I would like to add that the tail appeared to have two gaps it in before the actual explosion at the end. This suggests to me that pieces of the fireball were falling off before hand. Had a nice view due to living in a country like atmosphere, with minimal lights and buildings.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 01:08:10 +0000

It lit up the path I was walking on. I turned to look at it the the ball of light had a trail behind it that was tapering off. The ball of light shooting seemed very close to me as it shot up over my view of Mt. Diablo. The light went very bright and then off. Then I see a black ball ( like a light bulb bring switched off) and back to the regular night sky.

By: Kik

Kik — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 05:56:29 +0000

Saw it in Oakland. The one with the very long orange sparkly tail followed by a big boom. It was really low. It went south-to north pretty much and lasted 2 seconds at least.

By: Stacy A. Steinwand

Stacy A. Steinwand — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 00:56:59 +0000

My friend, Mark, & I were in Bridgeport, CA last week camping. On Wednesday night we were at the Buckeye Hot springs. Mark was facing West talking to a guy from Germany as I ate a sandwich on the tailgate of the car. Mark saw the meteor enter the sky from the West and quickly disappear. I was facing the mountain range south of us and I saw only the flash of light. Mark describes the meteor as coming from the Western sky but angling North. None of us heard a boom, but still, the meteor seemed closer to Bridgeport than what has been reported. Meteor trickery most likely!

Good luck on the continued search.
Stacy

By: Richard Wray

Richard Wray — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 19:15:34 +0000

On Oct. 17 at 7:45 PM I saw a very bright fireball with a tail streak across the sky, left to right, in front of my RV. I was camped at Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park. The setting with the trees made for a spectacular sight. It seemed like it was going to crash nearby.

By: Joy Frimmel

Joy Frimmel — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 03:42:18 +0000

I saw the meteor when driving from Hopland to Cloverdale right around the border of Mendocino and Sonoma Counties. I did not hear the boom.