CaseFireball2003
Montebello, CA, USA
on sunday the 24th of august at 00:14hrs we witnessed a bright red spot in the sky as red as a stop light. It looked like a star.we all
Report quality: High75/100
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- No parseable duration on file
- Detailed witness text (135 characters)
- Location geocoded exactly
- 5 other reports from the same city within 3 days
- When
- 2003-08-31
- Where
- Montebello, CA, USA
- Shape
- Fireball
- Duration
- 00:20
- Geo
- 34.009, -118.105 · exact
- Slug
- fireball-over-montebello-ca-2003-e28247
Wave
Part of a wave
CA flap 2003-08
CA, USA
13 sightings in geohash 9qh1 (CA) during 2003 peak months 8–8; top shape light
Local cluster
Local cluster
August 2003 was a busy month for Montebello, CA: 9 separate reports.
Flap
CA flap 2003-08
One of 13 sightings that make up the CA flap 2003-08.
Explore this area →In context
- This is one of 26 reports logged in Montebello, CA.
- This case is one of 599 California reports filed in 2003.
- Fireball craft made up 5.5% of 2000s reports, vs 6.9% across the whole archive.
Nearby in space & time
within 30 daysReport
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