Bay Area Meteor Sighting

NBC Bay Area viewers shared videos recorded early Thursday morning showing a meteor lighting up the pitch-black sky.

One of the videos from a viewer in Vallejo shows a streaking light come into frame before lighting up the night sky. Another video recorded by a viewer in San Ramon shows a similar sight.

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Astronomer Gerald McKeegan with Chabot Space and Science Center confirmed the fireball was indeed a meteor, saying it likely started out as a small asteroid in space before burning up when it entered the atmosphere.

NBC Bay Area viewers shared videos recorded early Thursday morning showing what appears to be a meteor lighting up the pitch-black sky.

A log of unconfirmed and pending "fireball reports" from the American Meteor Society shows other residents across the Bay Area spotted the meteor after 2:20 a.m. Thursday.

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Did you see a flashing light in the sky early Thursday morning? It wasn’t a spy balloon or any type of UFO -- it was a meteor. NBC Bay Area’s Raj Mathai spoke to Gerald McKeegan, an astronomer at the Chabot Space & Science center, for some insight.