Mysterious Light Above San Francisco Was Merely a Meteor, Scientists Say

The National Weather Service’s Bay Area office noted the odd smoke trail and asked who else had seen it. National Weather Service Bay Area via Twitter

Look! Up in the sky! It isn’t a bird, it doesn’t look like a plane—what is it?

San Francisco residents looking up into the evening sky on Dec. 19, saw a bright light apparently trailing a smoking tail of some sort—something which didn’t look like anything easily recognizable.