Reports Report 2016ih (Event 2016-2026)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Matthew G |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | Felt slightly sick after. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Gilroy, CA |
| Latitude | 37° 5' 37.81'' N (37.093837°) |
| Longitude | 121° 32' 32.76'' W (-121.542433°) |
| Elevation | 237.41481m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2026-03-22 20:10 PDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2026-03-23 03:10 UT |
| Duration | ≈7.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 108° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 95° |
| First azimuth | 80° |
| First elevation | 55° |
| Last azimuth | 115° |
| Last elevation | 40° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -28 |
| Color | White streak, 5 sec, welding arc withe flash 1 sec, green then blue vibrant deep welding arc like intensity. Then mix of green and blue debris. total 7-8 seconds. Instant crackle sound like a quiet sonic boom with base. Then I had a headache for 30 min. V |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | It was weird. Instant crackle streak, like a firework, but with base. Not a sonic boom. 1-3 seconds long. |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 2s |
| Length | 15° |
| Remarks | white streak pretty normal just long. Then big bright but concentrated white light,(welding arc) lit up the whole lake. green streak 0-1 sec, green flash, blue flash. then green and blue debris fell for 2-3 seconds. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Bright but not widespread. Brighter and way whiter then the sun. Like an welding arc. light white streak gets bigger and long and then like an explosion of white light, green streak, green flash also like welding arc, then blue flash, with large pieces of debris both green and blue falling for 2-3 seconds |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | The flash hurt my eyes a little and after I had a bad headache and craved food. Like an welding arc. light white streak gets bigger and long and then like an explosion of white light followed by two smaller but still large green and blue flashes. Sound was instant and weird. Firework streak crackle sound with more base than sound. It looked like it got eaten up by the atmosphere. Large streaks of falling green and blue debris. light extinguished around halfway up the night sky. |