Reports Report 980t (Event 980-2020)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Gillyan T |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | I am wondering whether that was a Fire Ball or the Bolide? I am still walking on air, never seen anything like that before. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Twentynine Palms, CA |
| Latitude | 34° 7' 28.75'' N (34.124653°) |
| Longitude | 116° 7' 55.33'' W (-116.132035°) |
| Elevation | 810.653748m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2020-02-26 04:44 PST |
| UT Date & Time | 2020-02-26 12:44 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up to down |
| Descent Angle | 180° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 90° |
| First azimuth | 45° |
| First elevation | 45° |
| Last azimuth | 15° |
| Last elevation | 15° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -23 |
| Color | Light Blue, Green, Orange, Yellow |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 1s |
| Length | 10° |
| Remarks | looks like smoke, bright white light behind the smoke. I was so at awe I did not pay too much attention at anything except speechless. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | A black ball exploded in the sky, then a bright red orange explotion, the black ball broke to several pieces, continued falling down left light blue, green and yellow at their tail. Then the was sort of foggy smoke and the pieces fall into the dark. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | the black ball exploded to view pieces and created a small shower of broken pieces. Maybe 4 or 5 pieces, I can not be sure. |