Reports Report 924a (Event 924-2014)

Observer
Name William B
Experience Level 1/5
Remarks -
Location
Address Porterville, CA
Latitude 36° 4' 25.83'' N (36.073843°)
Longitude 119° 3' 37.51'' W (-119.060419°)
Elevation 129.889389m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2014-04-14 19:45 PDT
UT Date & Time 2014-04-15 02:45 UT
Duration ≈20s
Direction
Moving direction From up right to down left
Descent Angle 225°
Moving
Facing azimuth 296.9°
First azimuth 306.41°
First elevation 53°
Last azimuth 279.51°
Last elevation 48°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -24
Color bright white head, light reddish orange tail
Concurrent Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Persistent train
Observation Yes
Duration 6s
Length -
Remarks light reddish orange train behind the fireball that came to a point, appeared to be a inch long in retrospective, it stayed the same length behind the fireball, when the fireball disappeared, the trail faded away in a few seconds
Terminal flash
Observation Yes
Remarks quick flash then nothing
Fragmentation
Observation No
Remarks -