Reports Report 5361bs (Event 5361-2017)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | c P |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | It looked so big and so close, never seen anything like this before. It looked like a ball of fire. A friend of mine saw it too, it might have lasted slightly less than 10 seconds, I think it was about 10 seconds -- first glimpsed it I think via peripheral vision. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Irvine, CA |
| Latitude | 33° 37' 54.18'' N (33.631717°) |
| Longitude | 117° 50' 0.78'' W (-117.833549°) |
| Elevation | 71.86m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2017-12-24 17:15 PST |
| UT Date & Time | 2017-12-25 01:15 UT |
| Duration | ≈20s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 115° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 149.14° |
| First azimuth | 102.67° |
| First elevation | 60° |
| Last azimuth | 189.76° |
| Last elevation | 20° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -14 |
| Color | Orange, Yellow, Red |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | Hard to tell bc it was already loud out with Christmas festivities |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | Hard to tell bc it was already loud out with Christmas festivities |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Towards the very end the light got really big, even bigger than the beginning when I first noticed, significantly bigger. It was huge thing that was flying and even bigger fire at the end. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |