Reports Report 7698c (Event 7698-2022)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Britteny S |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | It was the most startling fireball I have seen, I've seen a few. Enough to say "oh my god!" And ponder whether I should have called 911, it was so big I thought it would make landfall and hit either the city of Sacramento or San Francisco. I was driving on the freeway when I saw it, so I couldn't report it immediately. I had my navigation map on and took a screenshot of where I was shortly after to timestamp and provide location. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Auburn, CA |
| Latitude | 38° 53' 24.62'' N (38.890171°) |
| Longitude | 121° 5' 18.81'' W (-121.088557°) |
| Elevation | 340.664185m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2022-10-31 01:37 PDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2022-10-31 08:37 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 176° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 232.57° |
| First azimuth | 231.04° |
| First elevation | 42° |
| Last azimuth | 237.16° |
| Last elevation | 19° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -15 |
| Color | Dark Blue, Blue, Light Blue, Orange, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | like a faint whir, and then two booms, "ba-boom" |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Ba-boom, sounded like a bomb being dropped |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Bright flash, and streak that looked "sparkly" like fire crackers, then a voided space and an orange light appeared below the main streak about a quarter of the length of the trail |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Looked like fire crackers along both sides of the streak, and then a large orange flash below the main streak |