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Jeff Watters and his friends weren't sure what to think of the streaking lights that dashed across the Sacramento night sky late Friday. About seven meteor-like blazes appeared to dart by around 9:30 p.m., diverting attention from ongoing St. Patrick's Day revelry, as evidenced by video that Watters took. "It looked crazy," Watters said in a written statement to The Times. "We thought maybe it ...
In this NASA handout image, Hurricane Harvey from the cupola module aboard the International Space Station as it intensified on its way toward the Texas coast on August 25, 2017.

Jeff Watters and his friends weren't sure what to think of the streaking lights that dashed across the Sacramento night sky late Friday.

About seven meteor-like blazes appeared to dart by around 9:30 p.m., diverting attention from ongoing St. Patrick's Day revelry, as evidenced by video that Watters took.

"It looked crazy," Watters said in a written statement to The Times. "We thought maybe it was or thing or something, but that didn't really make sense."

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