Reports Report 280af (Event 280-2026)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | jacob g |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | It was probably more over Long Beach then over my area , it was just very large to me having never seen one that big up close. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Westminster, CA |
| Latitude | 33° 45' 39.3'' N (33.760916°) |
| Longitude | 118° 0' 20.49'' W (-118.005691°) |
| Elevation | 11.147382m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2026-01-10 19:30 PST |
| UT Date & Time | 2026-01-11 03:30 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 104° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 271.63° |
| First azimuth | 271.8° |
| First elevation | 21° |
| Last azimuth | 277.74° |
| Last elevation | 10° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -20 |
| Color | Orange, Yellow, Light Yellow, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 2s |
| Length | 30° |
| Remarks | smoke and glowing trail maybe. the fireball itself was football shaped with the center darker the edges were bright orange and yellow white , the train lasted a couple seconds but fell behind the stores in my field of vision. I was expecting a boom because the train wasn't fully gone before it went out of my field of vision , it looked very close , but it probably was farther away than I had thought , it was very large I have never seen one that close before. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | the whole football shaped part of the object became orange / yellow instead of looking like a burning outline. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | I am pretty sure after it all turned solid glowing orange and yellow it sparkled with black from the sky behind it and the train flickered before it went out of my vision , but it was still very much a glowing line moving down. |