| 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 | 7° |
| 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 |