Reports Report 2009bl (Event 2009-2018)

Observer
Name C B
Experience Level 2/5
Remarks I never expected to see something so bright and blue to fall out of the sky like that!
Location
Address Las Vegas, NV
Latitude 36° 16' 20.22'' N (36.272283°)
Longitude 115° 16' 11.09'' W (-115.269747°)
Elevation 738.163m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2018-06-12 20:30 PDT
UT Date & Time 2018-06-13 03:30 UT
Duration ≈1.5s
Direction
Moving direction From up right to down left
Descent Angle 265°
Moving
Facing azimuth 300°
First azimuth 300°
First elevation 40°
Last azimuth 300°
Last elevation 38°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -20
Color Blue, Light Blue, Orange, Icy Blue
Concurrent Sound
Observation Yes
Remarks Like a crackling sound
Delayed Sound
Observation Yes
Remarks A slight fizzle
Persistent train
Observation Yes
Duration 2s
Length 45°
Remarks After the object fizzled out the trail lingered for about 2 seconds before disappearing.
Terminal flash
Observation Yes
Remarks Even though the trail was a bright icy blue, when it fizzled out and fragmented it turned orange for a brief period of a second.
Fragmentation
Observation Yes
Remarks You could see the bright ice blue object turn orange and fragment but as soon as it did, it disappeared.