Reports Report 2027cj (Event 2027-2020)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Jesse D |
| Experience Level | 4/5 |
| Remarks | I was driving back to our hotel with my wife as passenger, when all of a sudden I quickly point my wife's attention to the sky right as I saw the fire ball with a blue tail in the sky. I shortly arrived to the hotel after the incident and called the local law enforcement to report a meteorological sighting. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Redding, CA |
| Latitude | 40° 35' 8.3'' N (40.585639°) |
| Longitude | 122° 23' 25.19'' W (-122.390331°) |
| Elevation | 170.880585m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2020-04-28 20:46 PDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2020-04-29 03:46 UT |
| Duration | ≈7.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 263° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 69° |
| First azimuth | 70.87° |
| First elevation | 29° |
| Last azimuth | 29.37° |
| Last elevation | 12° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -14 |
| Color | Blue, Light Blue, Orange, Yellow, Light Yellow, Red |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | A flaming fragment came off of the fireball. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | The fragment separated from the large flaming mass and instantly flashed into flames following the same trajectory of the large ignited mass. |