Reports Report 3799an (Event 3799-2022)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Holly C |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | Was pretty cool. I seen the huge oxygen tank enter back in Texas that lit up the night that landed on ranch back in the early 90's lit up the nighttime into daylight for seconds, that one was bright white. I've seen meteor showers. I have seen the spaceshuttle re-enter earth's atmosphere at early dawn and light up the night like it was daytime with huge smoke tail.. this one was close to ground, landed somewhere south of hwy 50- most likely on Aerojet property. Was moving at a pretty quick clip too. Lasted about a little over a second and fragmented into three pieces.. I would have to estimate bigger than a softball but not by much.. got a real good look at it. Closest I have ever seen one in altitude. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Folsom, CA |
| Latitude | 38° 38' 54.87'' N (38.648574°) |
| Longitude | 121° 7' 9.57'' W (-121.119325°) |
| Elevation | 120.859131m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2022-07-02 20:20 PDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2022-07-03 03:20 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 95° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 35° |
| First azimuth | 18° |
| First elevation | 58° |
| Last azimuth | 65° |
| Last elevation | 57° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -18 |
| Color | Orange, Yellow, Light Yellow |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Left to right just above building roof 60° . Was bright orange to dull orange, fragmented burnt out. Was on loud motorcycle-did not hear a boom but was close- within 1000-1500ft. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Seen first ball- then fragmented into 3 pieces.. one main, one medium and one smaller piece. Fragmented into 3 pieces. Was bright orange-yellow and diminished to orange yellow and burnt out. No trailing tail no smoke. Was right at dusk. This may pinpoint time. |