At 10:05 PM Pacific Daylight Time (2018 July 20 5:05 UTC), eyewitnesses in the states of California and Nevada reported seeing a fireball. Their accounts are somewhat contradictory, but an analysis of the currently available information suggests that the meteor was first seen at an altitude of 66 miles above the California town of Indian Wells, flying over the desert just a bit east of south at 42,500 miles per hour. It ablated some 34 miles above the hills to the east of the Honda Proving Center of California (race tracks), located south of Cantil. No imagery of this event has been posted as of this time, but it is highly unlikely that this object produced meteorites.
| Event ID | 20180720-050457 |
| Date (UTC) | July 20, 2018 |
| Time (UTC) | 05:04:57 |
| AMS Event | 2495-2018 |
| Chicken Little Start Lat/Lon | +35.686, -117.908 |
| Chicken Little End Lat/Lon | +35.288, -117.793 |
| Chicken Little Altitude | 106.5 km → 54.4 km ( 66.2 miles→ 33.8 miles) |
| Chicken Little Speed | 18.9 km/s (42,300 mph) |