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Dramatic Meteor Streaks Across East Bay Skies

Dramatic Meteor Streaks Across Bay Area Sky
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Assistant San Francisco Editor, The Huffington Post

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A dramatic meteor reportedly lit up the skies over the East Bay Saturday night, streaking over Alamo and crossing over the Las Trampas Regional Wilderness toward Moraga, according to one witness.

"It looked like a missile," said a Walnut Creek Patch reader, who said it covered miles in a second in a fast, straight line, with a contrail. "We all jumped up."

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