Reports Report 411e (Event 411-2026)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Gabriel W |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | I am not CERTAIN that it was at 9:05 pm. It could have been +/- 5 minutes. I have posted on social media asking if anyone has camera footage from a ring camera, and will provide it to you if it is provided to me. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | San Francisco, CA |
| Latitude | 37° 47' 22.73'' N (37.789646°) |
| Longitude | 122° 26' 6.07'' W (-122.435019°) |
| Elevation | 57.611786m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2026-01-15 21:05 PST |
| UT Date & Time | 2026-01-16 05:05 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 151° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 75.23° |
| First azimuth | 55.93° |
| First elevation | 63° |
| Last azimuth | 85.98° |
| Last elevation | 23° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -15 |
| Color | Orange, Red, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 2s |
| Length | 30° |
| Remarks | This occured on 1/15/2026, the night after crew 11 returned from the ISS. The tail looked remarkably similar to that entry, which occured the previous night and in a different portion of the sky. This fireball (on 1/15) looked white-ish, and the tail persisted for around a second. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |