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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 17 Oct 2012

    Did anyone else see a fireball heading east over Silicon Valley at 7:44? (Meteor?)

    7:49 PM - 17 Oct 2012
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      2. Jim Prosser  🖖‏Verified account @jimprosser 17 Oct 2012
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        @paulg Yep, people reporting seeing it up in SF too. Strange.

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      3. reed‏ @reed 17 Oct 2012
        Replying to @jimprosser

        @jimprosser @paulg I felt something in Palo Alto. You think meteor?

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      1. Vincent Touquet‏ @vinstar 18 Oct 2012
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        . @paulg I bet it was @elonmusk aka Ironman testing out a new prototype.

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      1. Aaron Roller‏ @trailblazer 17 Oct 2012
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        @paulg Yeah. Bright flash while I was grilling. I looked up to see some trailing comets. That was sick!

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      1.  🏳️‍🌈Brezina  🏳️‍🌈‏ @brezina 17 Oct 2012
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        @paulg I heard a big BOOM here in SF. Just googled and meteors can indeed be heard!

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      1. Stephen Bové‏ @StephenBove 17 Oct 2012
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        @paulg I just heard something crazy, sonic boom-like here in Sausalito.

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      2. Chris Lamprecht‏ @mthreat 17 Oct 2012
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        @paulg That was someone being hellbanned from YC

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      1. Jordan 'So J' Samson‏ @MyNameIsSoJ 18 Oct 2012
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        @paulg I saw a meteor burn out over I-90 in between Kennewick and Spokane

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      1. George Barnett‏ @gabthinking 18 Oct 2012
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        @paulg I heard the boom, was curious if it was another earthquake, then read the meteor shower reports...

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      1. Kent Beck‏Verified account @KentBeck 18 Oct 2012
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        @paulg i saw a big one in oregon at that time

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      1. jvonneumann‏ @jvonneumann 18 Oct 2012
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        @paulg Meteor or Zynga's market cap?

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      1. CommunitySEO‏ @CommSEO 18 Oct 2012
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        @paulg I can picture dozens of VCs searching angelist frantically trying to find a startup named either "Fireball" or "Meteor".

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      1. Bernard Van De Walle‏ @bvandewa 17 Oct 2012
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        @paulg Saw it also ...

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      1. Bryan Kennedy‏ @plusbryan 17 Oct 2012
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        @paulg Yep, saw it too (from SF). Pretty incredible.

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      1. Joel Christner‏ @jchristn 17 Oct 2012
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        @paulg see http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_21797120/meteor-showers-light-up-bay-area-skies …

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      1. vinny‏ @Realvinman 17 Oct 2012
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        @paulg I saw it and I live in salida california

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      1. Achraf Kassioui‏ @achrafkassioui 17 Oct 2012
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        @paulg I thought you were talking about this: http://meteor.com/authcast  #Wait

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      1. Dave Sandrowitz‏ @sandrowitz 17 Oct 2012
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        @paulg That was just the future of Color in all its blazing glory.

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