Please help me satisfy my curiosity. I’d really like to know what I saw or if anyone else saw it as well
Location
Address
Ventura, CA
Latitude
34° 16' 34.66'' N (34.276294°)
Longitude
119° 15' 43.76'' W (-119.262156°)
Elevation
40.927757m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2024-01-29 19:43 PST
UT Date & Time
2024-01-30 03:43 UT
Duration
≈1.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up right to down left
Descent Angle
253°
Moving
Facing azimuth
80°
First azimuth
100°
First elevation
67°
Last azimuth
40°
Last elevation
31°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-8
Color
Orange, Yellow, Red
Concurrent Sound
Observation
Unknown
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Unknown
Duration
-
Length
-
Remarks
-
Terminal flash
Observation
Yes
Remarks
The object flashed orange at the moment it seemed to hit the atmosphere. This is what drew my eyes to it. It had an orange glow and momentary trail of fire as it cut across the sky. But any glow was gone as soon as it happened.
Fragmentation
Observation
Yes
Remarks
The objects glow seemed to get wider towards the end of its path. Then it was gone without a trace. It passed so quickly I didn’t see the end well enough to make out specific fragments. It looked just like a tracer bullet shooting through the sky. My first thoughts were that it was a space x falcon 9 lower stage landing(I thought I could make out a white solid object at the center of the fireball), but it seemed to be heading inland and moving way too fast for rocket trying to land. My second thought was de orbiting space debris but so far I can find no information supporting this hypothesis. I surprisingly haven’t even found any posts online of anyone else even seeing this.
