We noticed the bright aqua blue light in the sky directly ahead of us as we were driving I-5 from Mt. Shasta toward Redding. At first we thought it was a planes lights then realized it wasn\'t blinking. Quite a large aqua blue glow (at least 4 times size of venus) traveling from left to right lasting approximately 5 seconds. It then disappeared either behind clouds or burned out. We have seen \'shooting stars\' streak across the sky but this was nothing like that. It seemed slower and much larger, closer and brighter which is why we initially mistook it for an airplane\'s light (we thought there would be a plane crash!) but when it didn\'t blink we realized it was a meteor. It seemed to just burn out once we realized what it was. Amazing. We have never seen anything like this before.
Location
Address
Mt. Shasta, CA
Latitude
41° 22' 5.44'' N (41.368178°)
Longitude
122° 22' 17.61'' W (-122.371559°)
Elevation
-
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2011-11-20 17:45 PST
UT Date & Time
2011-11-21 01:45 UT
Duration
≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up left to down right
Descent Angle
135°
Moving
Facing azimuth
134.11766°
First azimuth
258.94257°
First elevation
64°
Last azimuth
257.89881°
Last elevation
47°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-7
Color
bright aqua
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
No
Duration
6s
Length
-1°
Remarks
it was cold and partly cloudy at the time of sighting so it had a \'fuzzy\' appearance around the object similar to \'moon glow\'. it is difficult to say if there actually was a train but if there was, it was relatively short because of the interference from clouds
