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A mysterious light streaked across the sky Wednesday night, igniting a social media firestorm from California to Nevada and Utah.
Videos and photos from across Southern California poured into NBCLA's Twitter feed after the light went streaking across the sky.
The light was seen in skies around 9:30 p.m. PST over the Inland Empire, Ventura County, Orange County and beyond. Social media users also reported seeing it in Nevada and Utah.
Matt Holt, a Bay Area resident, shot video in San Jose of a large cluster of lights shooting across the sky to the bemusement of a large crowd.
"Anytime you have a report of a luminous object, it's a fair bet it's a natural event," said Ed Krupp, Griffith Observatory's director of 45 years. "It's likely space debris or a meteor produced by interplanetary debris."