It's a bird, it's a plane...it's a FIREBALL?!

While looking up the best prospects of star gazing for the meteor shower this weekend, I learned that there was a crazy fireball over San Francisco last night!  

Is it just me or does this astronomer sound just a tad bit rehearsed?  It makes one skeptical of his statement, no? 

I'm going to go ahead and admit that when I had to whittle down my VHS collection many years ago I threw away several videotaped NOVA specials featuring UFO's that aired in the 1990's.  It's not that I believe in UFO's per se, but I am fascinated by the possibility of them.  I'm even more interested in hearing the stories of the people who believe they sighted one.  Anyway, I can't believe that this was so close to home!  I'm so curious!  

We will definitely be out around midnight on Saturday, the peak evening for watching the annual Orionid meteor shower.  It's usually a spectacle that doesn't disappoint, and it's been YEARS since I've been in a location dark enough to spectate.