Rare Fireball Dazzles California Skies, SLO County Among Sightings
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A rare fireball lit up California skies Sunday night, with San Luis Obispo County observers among those viewing the event. NASA Space Alerts tracked the meteor as it sped about 35,000 mph, traveling roughly 58 miles through the upper atmosphere before disintegrating about 29 miles above Calflax. The American Meteor Society logged more than 230 sightings across California, Arizona and Nevada, with witnesses reporting colors from blue to orange and, in some places, a faint boom accompanying the event.
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- Woman living near Cypress Station says piece of meteor went through her home's roof ABC13 Houston
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