Reports Report 6710e (Event 6710-2020)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Rebecca V |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | We were driving home from a failed meteor watching excursion. As we were heading south on Avocado Blvd, right before getting on Hyw 94, we caught the quick flash and one of us thought fireworks, another thought a small plane had just exploded...and then we all realized it wasn’t either. I had just read about fireballs today and thought, what are the odds? My daughter Googled ‘fireball in the sky’ and said she believes it IS what we all saw. It appeared oddly large to me through the car windshield, but it appeared and disappeared very quickly. We had no time to get a photo or video- it was over too soon. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | La Mesa, CA |
| Latitude | 32° 44' 45.66'' N (32.746018°) |
| Longitude | 116° 57' 49.19'' W (-116.963663°) |
| Elevation | 172.366058m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2020-11-16 20:25 PST |
| UT Date & Time | 2020-11-17 04:25 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 107° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 219.05° |
| First azimuth | 185.49° |
| First elevation | 31° |
| Last azimuth | 228.01° |
| Last elevation | 19° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -4 |
| Color | Orange, Yellow |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 2s |
| Length | 35° |
| Remarks | Smoke trail that dissipated quickly |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Bright ‘explosion’. At first we thought it was a firework but quickly realized it was too large, too round, and did not behave the way fireworks do. It caught us by total surprise! |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Almost like a small, round explosion as it arched. |