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Occurred : 6/26/2009 11:30 (Entered as : 06/26/09 11:30)
Reported: 6/27/2009 6:48:26 PM 18:48
Posted: 8/5/2009
Location: San Francisco, CA
Shape: Fireball
Duration:Less than a second
A flying ball of light faster than a comet near Mt. Tamalpais.

I am almost 13, and I was on a Boy Scout Camp Out to Mt. Tamalpais near San Francisco. 3 other scouts and I were sleeping outside on a tent tarp. Another scout and I was looking up at the stars.

Suddenly, on the western part of the sky, we saw a round ball of light, flash across the sky, about the size of a gumball! The scout asked me "Did you just see that shooting star?" I replied saying, "That's not a shooting star, it was a lot bigger!" I know for sure it wasn't a comet because it lasted about a millisecond!