Reports Report 531aa (Event 531-2020)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Victoria C |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | I would LOVE to know what this was! Will you follow up with me?? |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Laguna Beach, CA |
| Latitude | 33° 32' 10.22'' N (33.536173°) |
| Longitude | 117° 46' 38.86'' W (-117.77746°) |
| Elevation | 25.872524m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2020-01-29 22:10 PST |
| UT Date & Time | 2020-01-30 06:10 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 257° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 163.3° |
| First azimuth | - |
| First elevation | 37° |
| Last azimuth | 82.57° |
| Last elevation | 18° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -26 |
| Color | Light Yellow, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 3s |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | I don't know what this was honestly. At first I thought it was an airplane or helicopter with a trail of light but it was too low in the sky and then it split up into the sky/trail and stayed lit. flying across from the direction of the pacific ocean towards the inland. (Laguna Beach towards Dana Point, CA). There was no sound. And it lasted longer - and seemed much closer, bigger and brighter than a shooting star. Never saw anything like this in my life. Crazy |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | It was very bright. Looked like it had a long tail of bright light that exploded behind it after a few seconds. No sound |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | At first it looked like it broke off into 3+ pieces at the tail with the ball of light continuing onwards. That's why I thought it was an airplane. But this was no airplane and it seemed bigger than a comet too but who knows. |