craig: no educational value what so ever. good night, everybody. ,,,,,,,,,, >>> you're watching cbs 5 eyewitness news in high definition. >>> good evening. i'm kentida. >> i'm dana king. did you see it? did you hear it? the bay area is buzzing tonight over a brilliant flash and a big boom in the sky tonight. this shot is from a balcony in santa cruz. paul deanno explains what this is all about. >> it was pretty crazy. three components. we had the meteor go by. then we had a sonic boom, all just before 8:00 tonight. i spoke with an astronomer. he said it's likely part of the orionid meteor shower. basically what's happening is the earth is passing through some dust from halley's comet. we do it once a year. but the rocks are bombarding us at 148,000 miles an hour. and fast-moving meteors are more likely to explodes and create a sonic boom. here's the picture once again. lots of people have been tweeting about this, because so many of you saw it and you called in. pat in marin county says, quote, just saw the biggest meteor hit the atmosphere. amazing. tim wrote, just saw the most amazing meteor ever in my life. bright fireball, long green, gold a