Reports Report 697b (Event 697-2014)

Observer
Name Oona M
Experience Level 4/5
Remarks The thing that shocked me was how big this was and that no one else saw it. It was huge.
Location
Address Healdsburg, CA
Latitude 38° 35' 18.03'' N (38.588341°)
Longitude 123° 2' 21.17'' W (-123.039213°)
Elevation 224.365585m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2014-03-16 07:00 PDT
UT Date & Time 2014-03-16 14:00 UT
Duration ≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction From up right to down left
Descent Angle 225°
Moving
Facing azimuth 237.25°
First azimuth 251.61°
First elevation 23°
Last azimuth 203.09°
Last elevation 25°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -24
Color Light Blue, Red, White
Concurrent Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Persistent train
Observation Yes
Duration 3s
Length 20°
Remarks The train was bright hot white with light blue, looked like flame, in the center, very long and moving very fast. This was a very LARGE meteor. But the mountain was in the way to see where it went, it was on a downward slant. This was VERY big!
Terminal flash
Observation Unknown
Remarks -
Fragmentation
Observation Unknown
Remarks -