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Meteor (?) over (San Francisco) Bay Area on Dec 19, 2018 around 5.35 pm
YouTube ^ | 12/19/18 | aririn (YouTube poster)

Posted on 12/19/2018 8:02:13 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom

YouTube Video of Dashcam

YT Commenter Thomas Bunce: "The Geminid meteor shower peak was a few days ago and this is probably one of them based on it coming from the east. The early evening sunlight really lights it up well. Since it was seen all over CA it was up high to be that visible, again indicating a meteor. Nice Catch!"

Also a Reddit thread by u/sweeteleven: Anyone know what this white flare is?

(Excerpt) Read more at youtube.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: astronomy; bolide; california; catastrophism; chat; dalycity; geminid; geminids; meteor; meteors; rocket; sanfrancisco; science; staging
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I missed. I would have guessed it was NROL-71, but it was scrubbed a couple hours ago. It was seen all over California from the Bay Area to LA.
1 posted on 12/19/2018 8:02:13 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

and it didnt hit Pelosi’s house? What kind of stupid meteor is this?


2 posted on 12/19/2018 8:04:07 PM PST by max americana (Fired libtard employees 9 consecutive times at every election since 08'. I hope all liberals die.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Something associated with Vandenberg. But not the Delta IV that was scrubbed. Very curious.


3 posted on 12/19/2018 8:05:00 PM PST by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!y)
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To: max americana

Exactly. Needs more range time.


4 posted on 12/19/2018 8:06:18 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Meteor? I don’t know. That persistent trail is different from the meteors I have observed.


5 posted on 12/19/2018 8:10:26 PM PST by D_Idaho ("For we wrestle not against flesh and blood...")
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
"Missed it by this much."
6 posted on 12/19/2018 8:11:22 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: SaveFerris

Kamala after Hillary found out she was ahead in the polls...


7 posted on 12/19/2018 8:12:01 PM PST by Doogle (( USAF.68-73....8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Santa on a test ride?


8 posted on 12/19/2018 8:13:20 PM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
That's good quality video. Trying to imagine one the size of a football stadium coming in at 22 miles a second. ☺
9 posted on 12/19/2018 8:14:09 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

That footage was from Daly City. I was right there about the same time. It was a really interesting view, something I don’t remember seeing before. The way the setting sun lit it up made it pretty remarkable.


10 posted on 12/19/2018 8:14:56 PM PST by Behind the Blue Wall
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To: Doogle

It was the bright star of a San Fag Sicko politician, burning and flaming....


11 posted on 12/19/2018 8:15:06 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: D_Idaho
That was my first thought. I've seen one bolide and it flashed green and was gone in less than ten seconds.

The trail in that video is very persistent and has the hallmarks of a rocket staging. But the several rocket contrails I've seen all diffuse very widely and have lots of colors in them from the rocket fuel.

But it sure appears to be coming down. Rocket launches can have that appearance as they get down range, but do not appear to be coming down so strongly as this thing.

KRON Channel 4 just posted info:

Mystery light seen across Northern California

A mystery light was seen across Northern California skies Wednesday night, in both the Bay Area and Sacramento.

The light was spotted in the East Bay, North Bay, San Francisco and everywhere in between.

The Bay Area National Weather Service is saying the light may have been a meteor. The agency suspects the meteor created a noctilucent cloud -- which NASA says is something nearly out of this world.

According to NASA, a noctilucent cloud often resembles something from another world and is created with ingredients from outer space. The clouds were first spotted in 1885, the agency says.

The last time these type of clouds were seen in the Bay Area was in 2011, following a rocket launch, the weather service said.

To their credit, the National Weather Service didn't say it was a weather balloon.
12 posted on 12/19/2018 8:16:35 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

...the winter solstice;
...the shortest day of the year;
...and a full moon;
...and the Ursid meteor shower;
...and a conjunction of the planets Mercury and Jupiter.

Anything can happen.


13 posted on 12/19/2018 8:16:36 PM PST by Repeal The 17th
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To: blueunicorn6

LOL...best guess yet!


14 posted on 12/19/2018 8:17:03 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: BenLurkin

I was looking for the Rocket
Launch,,,
I Saw what I assumed Was it!
A one second White Hot Streak
that left a squirrelly tail.
The time and area I was looking
was Exactly where it should
Have been,
Wow!


15 posted on 12/19/2018 8:18:22 PM PST by Big Red Badger (Despised by the Despicable!)
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To: blueunicorn6

If you attack JATO bottles to the sleigh, it’s much easier to get to altitude....


16 posted on 12/19/2018 8:18:31 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Repeal The 17th

17 posted on 12/19/2018 8:19:43 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Something is odd with that video. Going frame by frame, just prior to the alleged meteor becoming visible, there are bright flashes just to the left of the object appearing at about the same altitude. Reflections...Or?


18 posted on 12/19/2018 8:24:34 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: SaveFerris

A sleigh dragging nine terrified reindeer.

“Mommy, why is Rudolph screaming?”


19 posted on 12/19/2018 8:26:49 PM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Another Chicom missile launch


20 posted on 12/19/2018 8:27:47 PM PST by Electric Graffiti (Cocked, locked and ready to ROCK!)
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