I am happy to have found this site-I thought I was the only one who saw the fireball because I didn't see it in the news-it was an amazing experience, one I will never forgot.
Location
Address
Goleta, CA
Latitude
34° 26' 17.31'' N (34.438141°)
Longitude
119° 48' 29.87'' W (-119.808297°)
Elevation
19.671m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2010-08-31 22:15 PDT
UT Date & Time
2010-09-01 05:15 UT
Duration
≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From down left to up right
Descent Angle
14°
Moving
Facing azimuth
175.78°
First azimuth
179.68°
First elevation
62°
Last azimuth
258.05°
Last elevation
90°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-19
Color
Orange
Concurrent Sound
Observation
Yes
Remarks
It sounded a rocket-shisshhhhh
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
10s
Length
7°
Remarks
Because this happened at night, I could only see the train while the sky was lit up by the fireball, after the fireball disappeared I could not make out a trail.
Terminal flash
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Fragmentation
Observation
Yes
Remarks
Some of the tail seemed to fragment and was left behind as the fireball kept going.
