Reports Report 5737k (Event 5737-2025)

Observer
Name Ryan M
Experience Level 2/5
Remarks The way it came down if I was to guess it came down somewhere in the pacific ocean my angle I couldn't get to work the way I wanted to explain it .. I have never ever seen anything like what I saw tonight and I have seen plenty of shooting stars
Location
Address Santa Cruz, CA
Latitude 36° 58' 11.43'' N (36.969843°)
Longitude 121° 58' 22.41'' W (-121.972893°)
Elevation 18.365128m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2025-09-10 03:42 PDT
UT Date & Time 2025-09-10 10:42 UT
Duration ≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction From up left to down right
Descent Angle 145°
Moving
Facing azimuth -
First azimuth -
First elevation 67°
Last azimuth -
Last elevation 85°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -
Color Blue, Light Blue, Yellow, Light Yellow, White
Concurrent Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Persistent train
Observation Yes
Duration 5s
Length
Remarks A huge bright blue flash then it kinda trailed off really fast into it looked like smaller white dots maybe barley visible spots almost
Terminal flash
Observation Yes
Remarks It was as bright as my 5000 lumen flash light but for like half a second I thought someone was shining a light at me then I looked right up at this beautiful crazy looking blue explosion I think ..I have never seen anything like this before and im 41 years old
Fragmentation
Observation Yes
Remarks After the bright blue light it started to maybe rain down smaller white looking lights that disappeared really fast