Reports Report 1989a (Event 1989-2024)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Robert Scott G |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | - |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Carmel Valley, CA |
| Latitude | 36° 28' 50.35'' N (36.480653°) |
| Longitude | 121° 44' 5.67'' W (-121.734908°) |
| Elevation | 122.311646m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2024-04-17 06:45 PDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2024-04-17 13:45 UT |
| Duration | ≈20s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From down left to up right |
| Descent Angle | 87° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 128.22° |
| First azimuth | 116.21° |
| First elevation | 31° |
| Last azimuth | 3.33° |
| Last elevation | 31° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -5 |
| Color | White cloudy smoke trailing |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 99.99s |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | Smoke trail left spiral rotations of cloudy white without the typical fuel vapor trail seen after a jet passes by. The train was attached and did not stop or dissipate into atmosphere for several minutes, and did not disappear but gradually. I could see the object I will call a Comet Ice Meteoriod shooting across the sky about the speed of a jet fighter. As it came up the coast, at Carmel Valley it veered slightly northeast. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |