Bright light appears in sky over Contra Costa County

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' Vandenberg Air Force Base and FAA who both said they aren't aware of what may have caused the bright light.'

not a missile launch. maybe a gaggle of geese on their migratory flight for the winter?

originally posted by: ATSZOMBIE

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' Vandenberg Air Force Base and FAA who both said they aren't aware of what may have caused the bright light.'

not a missile launch. maybe a gaggle of geese on their migratory flight for the winter?

It does look a little missileish, it appears to form an arc as if something climbing then falling, but that could be illusionary.

Many people have reported seeing this around the time you indicate from Washington down to Bakersfield CA .
AMS
There are many in the pending reports too
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I found this one to be the most detailed, I am not copying as I don't know what AMS policy is.
Report 2142a

So are we seeing something trailing vapor?

It looks like a piece of compacted concrete dust flung through the air, releasing a trail of dust as it goes.

At first I thought the brightest point was the slightly obscured origin of a high-powered searchlight.

It has a strong resemblance to a orbital dump. Note that the rocket need not have been launched from Vandenberg.

Perhaps it was this one:
www.nasaspaceflight.com...


Examples of such dumps:

Object was seen from San Diego to Seattle and east to Las Vegas and Sparks, NV.; my rough guesstimate, 100-200 miles up.

Description was smaller and not as bright as the moon, surrounded by 'glowing mist', with a wide conical comet-like tail; it did not streak like a meteor, was much slower than a meteor, possible eastward trajectory.

guyx

a reply to: gguyx

Nightly News with Brian Williams on Sept. 18th said NASA confirmed it was a Russian spy satellite that fell out of orbit.

originally posted by: hebegbes
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Nightly News with Brian Williams on Sept. 18th said NASA confirmed it was a Russian spy satellite that fell out of orbit.

Nope, he was talking about the Sept 3 Colorado meteor. But I thought he DID use video from the Sep 12 west coast plumer, good eye.