Reports Report 4063cb (Event 4063-2021)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Darryl H |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | Immediately after seeing it, I concluded it must be a meteorite or spacecraft/satellite junk reentering atmosphere. Because it lasted only a few seconds and traveled toward the horizon/ground at a shallow angle, and then light went out etc. What impressed me was how multicolored it was. I think green and purple, and maybe others. Fairly bright. Am sure of the time because I looked at my digital watch within about 10 seconds of seeing it. Had just set my watch using NIST website a couple days prior, and then checked it tonight after seeing the meteorite. The time (when it ended) was 23:16:30 US Pacific Time, plus or minus 5 or 10 seconds, Wed night 7/28/2021. I don't know how long it was in the sky before I looked up and saw it. I saw it for about 3 to 5 seconds before the light went out. Appeared at first to be a stationary horizontal string of lights, then moved to the left/east (I was facing north), and arced down toward the horizon and lights went out. No final flash or noise. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Palm Springs, CA |
| Latitude | 33° 49' 27.26'' N (33.82424°) |
| Longitude | 116° 31' 7.3'' W (-116.518695°) |
| Elevation | 130.497604m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2021-07-28 23:16 PDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2021-07-29 06:16 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 260° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 340° |
| First azimuth | 350° |
| First elevation | 20° |
| Last azimuth | 340° |
| Last elevation | 15° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -7 |
| Color | Purple, Blue, Green. (multicolor, not sure of colors) |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 5s |
| Length | 5° |
| Remarks | At first I thought it was a stationary multicolor string of glowing lights up in the air. Fairly bright and multicolored. Then I realized that is out of place/not normal, so I continued looking at it. Looked at it for a couple seconds. Then it looked like the left side of the string was moving to the left (east) and down toward the horizon, with the string of lights behind it. After another second or so the lights went out. Lights went out before it got to the horizon. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |