Reports Report 1774au (Event 1774-2025)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Corey Y |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | It looked like a plane, we have lots of planes in the area from the local airport and I watch them often. I thought this was a plane at first, because it was red and about the height of another small plane and around the same brightness but i noticed the light was not blinking and there was a red trail behind it as it passed through. It was going a bit faster than our local planes but not that much faster. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Watsonville, CA |
| Latitude | 36° 55' 10.97'' N (36.919713°) |
| Longitude | 121° 45' 46.85'' W (-121.763013°) |
| Elevation | 5.903155m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2025-03-24 20:59 PDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2025-03-25 03:59 UT |
| Duration | ≈45s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From down left to up right |
| Descent Angle | 85° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 29.16° |
| First azimuth | 224.1° |
| First elevation | 55° |
| Last azimuth | 31.24° |
| Last elevation | 46° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -7 |
| Color | Dark Purple, Orange, Red |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 5s |
| Length | 10° |
| Remarks | It was a reddish color and began to slowly fade as the ball got further and further away |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |