Reports Report 4500i (Event 4500-2022)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Raquel A |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | The colors were so different from anything I’ve seen before and the crash explosion was something I had never seen before, and the height of the fireball, (so low,) made me think it was maybe a drone that I witnessed crashing. Upon researching I realized I witnessed a fireball. Amazing sighting. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Menifee, CA |
| Latitude | 33° 41' 23.8'' N (33.689944°) |
| Longitude | 117° 10' 46.11'' W (-117.179474°) |
| Elevation | 435.966644m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2022-07-30 01:35 PDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2022-07-30 08:35 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 239° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 48.7° |
| First azimuth | 51.9° |
| First elevation | 21° |
| Last azimuth | 32.7° |
| Last elevation | 4° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -10 |
| Color | Dark Blue, Blue, Light Blue, Green, Light Green, Yellow, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | The best way I can describe this is that it crashed and the way I knew was because I saw a quick ring of flash, not too big and round in diameter in the distance of where I stopped seeing the fireball maybe 7-10 seconds after I stopped seeing it and the colors of the ring were the same as the fireball and it lasted not even one second. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |