Reports Report 3788b (Event 3788-2019)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Meena R |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | Totally not sure if what we saw was a flare that might have looked like a meteor, or a real meteor. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | San Jose, CA |
| Latitude | 37° 16' 42.24'' N (37.278401°) |
| Longitude | 121° 44' 46.54'' W (-121.746261°) |
| Elevation | 196.865967m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2019-08-14 05:40 PDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2019-08-14 12:40 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 94° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 275.6° |
| First azimuth | - |
| First elevation | 41° |
| Last azimuth | - |
| Last elevation | 45° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -26 |
| Color | Yellow |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | It was at first a bright light that as it came closer had a well defined bright tail behind the large bright circle. There was a space between the bright large circle and the elongated tail behind it. It was yellow but to our eyes seemed to have a bit of a fringe at the back of the circle in front of the tail. It went at a shallow angle from our right to left as we saw it, rather slowly, and then just seemed to disintegrate in a poof. We thought someone had let out a flare of some kind. But figured it could have been a meteor. It did seem very unusually low in the sky and lasted for longer than the shooting stars we have seen before. Seemed to die quite close to where we were standing on the road. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | It just seemed to break up into pieces with a sudden flash, with perhaps black smoky stuff....not sure though as the breaking up happened rather fast compared to its journey in the sky. |