Reports Report 594n (Event 594-2024)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Jerod L |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | It was the most insane thing I've ever seen....this thing was so bright, so close appearing, so vivid, the colors were the most vibrant I've ever seen, orange and blue. I saw the thing streaking as a fireball, I couldn't believe what I was witnessing because it just came out of nowhere and happened so fast. And kept getting bigger and closer and brighter and more vivid. I saw the entire flight path, it was so clear, appeared as though I could see the object within it's "capsule", like an air pocket, protecting whatever material object was penetrating, punching through the atmospheric gases, from the extreme exothermicity of frictional drag....but there was no object, at the end, it was a blue fireball finale, incredible...unbelievable...then poof, nothing. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | La Quinta, CA |
| Latitude | 33° 37' 39.64'' N (33.627677°) |
| Longitude | 116° 15' 14.2'' W (-116.253944°) |
| Elevation | -11.66135m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2024-01-29 19:44 PST |
| UT Date & Time | 2024-01-30 03:44 UT |
| Duration | ≈7.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 101° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 334.56° |
| First azimuth | 298.83° |
| First elevation | 27° |
| Last azimuth | 353° |
| Last elevation | 19° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -23 |
| Color | Blue, Light Blue, Orange |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Low hissing, then fizzle, sizzle, pop |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | It was shooting across low horizon at a low angle, from a small orange fireball, to a large orange fireball with a long orange tail, to a huge orange fireball at terminus, where, it appeared to burn itself out after traveling a long distance intact, and this is where the fireball burned the brightest blue color like a flash, at the end, but it lasted a whole 1 second. Could see everything so vividly, the brightest, most vivid colors I've ever seen in my life, seemed as low as an airplane would fly, was like watching in 8k on a 3D iMax screen. In total was approximately 5.5 seconds start to finish. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |