STANISLAUS COUNTY, Calif. — A bright fireball streaking across central California drew widespread attention overnight, with experts saying it was likely a meteor entering the atmosphere.
Mike Hankey, operations manager for the American Meteor Society, said the organization received more than 200 reports through its website and app, placing the event south of Sacramento.
“A fireball meteor came into the atmosphere, and… it was a small rock from an asteroid, fragment from an asteroid,” Hankey said…