Please contact me with any info that you may have or require. Thanks, it was quite the experience.
Location
Address
Bradford (CA)
Latitude
44° 11' 28.5'' N (44.191251°)
Longitude
79° 35' 1.03'' W (-79.58362°)
Elevation
-
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2010-08-22 22:00 CDT
UT Date & Time
2010-08-23 02:00 UT
Duration
≈7.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up left to down right
Descent Angle
135°
Moving
Facing azimuth
316.49747°
First azimuth
300.46726°
First elevation
50°
Last azimuth
33.29761°
Last elevation
10°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-27
Color
firey red ball and tail w
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
When I had first visual of the object I was in the car driving north, my mouth was gapping in disbelief thinking that it was a 747 burning up and I believe the radio was playing so I do not recall of any sounds or successive booms.
I am trying to verify the date of the incident because that was some time ago. I believe the time specified is not too far off. As far as I\'am concerned that the object is very nearby. I believe I called the Bradford police Dept. a couple of days later but did not make a report.
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
6s
Length
15°
Remarks
When I first seen it, my first thought that it was a 747 in a ball of fire coming in for a crash landing. The centre core was dark and roughly in the shape of a plane. It had a smoke trail as I described it earlier with a burning tail of approx. 5 degrees. Just before it crossed the hwy it changed more into a firey ball with a downward arc towards the near horizon but without the dark centre but still with a burning tail of about 10 degrees now with a much shorter smoke train.
Terminal flash
Observation
Yes
Remarks
There might have been a small flash but hard to tell because there was a wooded area in the direction to where it ended up near the horizon. In regards to fragmentation, this object seem to be fairly large and there was a change to the object as it past by as I described earlier.
