Reports Report 1787cb (Event 1787-2021)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Zoey R |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | Please let me know if others reported this same one that I am describing. I was completely awestruck, but no one around me seemed to have noticed. But I was thankfully already on the phone when I observed the phenomenon and I described it in detail to a friend who was on the line. I had initially thought a plane had exploded. But when it disappeared, I knew it must have been a fireball or something. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Santa Monica, CA |
| Latitude | 34° 1' 4.71'' N (34.017975°) |
| Longitude | 118° 29' 23.53'' W (-118.489869°) |
| Elevation | 28.796364m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2021-03-20 19:50 PDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2021-03-21 02:50 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 102° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 40.64° |
| First azimuth | 36.78° |
| First elevation | 63° |
| Last azimuth | 55.64° |
| Last elevation | 59° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -17 |
| Color | Orange, Yellow, Light Yellow, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Something flashed bright in the sky, and it caught my eye. It was like a shooting star except that it was 'way too bright and too slow to be a shooting star. So I was awestruck. There was an initial flash, then it went a downward trajectory, and it disappeared. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | I just googled what fragmentation is. Yes -- it looked like that. Yellowish, white lights trailed the circular main object. |