Reports Report 4018b (Event 4018-2023)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Robert H |
| Experience Level | 4/5 |
| Remarks | It was brief, probably five seconds max. Usually I start counting “one one thousand” when I experience natural phenomena, but I was walking with my wife, so I was trying to spurt out “f f f f fireball!”. She caught the fragmentation. I am a retired science teacher, I like to think that my accounts are pretty solid. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Palos Verdes Estates, CA |
| Latitude | 33° 46' 25.75'' N (33.773819°) |
| Longitude | 118° 24' 47.34'' W (-118.413149°) |
| Elevation | 86.720009m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2023-08-03 20:15 PDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2023-08-04 03:15 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From down left to up right |
| Descent Angle | 80° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 247.88° |
| First azimuth | 239° |
| First elevation | 33° |
| Last azimuth | 253.07° |
| Last elevation | 36° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -7 |
| Color | Orange, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | It travelled left to right, white with long orange flame behind it, broke into two individual pieces, still white with orange flame, diverging a bit from one another before twinkling out. |