Reports Report 1585a (Event 1585-2016)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Jenni K |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | From my balcony I overlook Southwest over the city to the Bay and Coronado. Having no idea what I was seeing at first I thought it was a shooting star or fireworks. It was near where I see fireworks regularly in the Summer. Also, being a military town, I thought perhaps it was some kind of testing gone wrong. Now a few days later, curious what it was I found this site and figured because it's apparently so rare I should make a record. It first came into my field of vision above the Manchester Hyatt about 20 inches over the city lights. It was a large sparkling ball of white light with a gas tail of white about 5 inches long behind it that grew as it deceded downwards towards Coronado. Just above the Embarcadero it seemingly exploded into blue, bright blue, then had a brilliant green flash and disappeared. Fantastic!! |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | San Diego, CA |
| Latitude | 32° 43' 30.53'' N (32.725148°) |
| Longitude | 117° 9' 48.3'' W (-117.163416°) |
| Elevation | 47.163m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2016-04-26 20:40 PDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2016-04-27 03:40 UT |
| Duration | ≈7.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 136° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | - |
| First azimuth | - |
| First elevation | 39° |
| Last azimuth | - |
| Last elevation | 9° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -13 |
| Color | Blue, Light Blue, Green, Light Green, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 6s |
| Length | 99.99° |
| Remarks | huge white light, grew larger into blue then a green flash. very bright with white streak following behind it. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | the flash was like a huge shootout get started exploding over the city. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |