This appeared to be very low and close over me not like a typical falling star. I really thought it fell within a few miles of my position and went looking at the base of the mountains for evidence of something burning. Nothing found. Flight was south to north at my position.
Location
Address
royal oaks, CA
Latitude
36° 54' 19.18'' N (36.905328°)
Longitude
121° 44' 47.7'' W (-121.746584°)
Elevation
-
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2012-10-17 20:00 PDT
UT Date & Time
2012-10-18 03:00 UT
Duration
≈7.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up left to down right
Descent Angle
135°
Moving
Facing azimuth
268.34905°
First azimuth
240.67291°
First elevation
32°
Last azimuth
5.78417°
Last elevation
18°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
1
Color
white with reds and orang
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
No
Duration
10s
Length
30°
Remarks
looked like changing dimensions with large diameter glow going from front to back and some voids on and off but bright long burn (tail) maybe chunks breaking off then just went out of sight but looked like it was going down north of Watsonville against the mountains.
Terminal flash
Observation
No
Remarks
I thought maybe it was a large aircraft on fire with pieces of it breaking off and going front to rear rolling through the glow or flame. twords the end of sighting there was smaller pieces glowing and then disappeared.
