Event: 20221123-024242


Numerous eyewitnesses in the San Francisco area reported seeing a fireball last evening at 6:43 PM Pacific Standard Time (2022 November 23 2:43 UTC). An analysis of their reports puts first visibility of the meteor at an altitude of 50 miles above the California town of Courtland. Moving north of west at 38,000 miles per hour, it traveled a distance of 40 miles through the atmosphere before disintegrating 30 miles above Putah Creek State Wildlife Area.


Event Data

Event ID 20221123-024242
Date (UTC) Nov. 23, 2022
Time (UTC) 02:42:42
AMS Event 9193-2022
Chicken Little Start Lat/Lon +38.299, -121.528
Chicken Little End Lat/Lon +38.489, -122.124
Chicken Little Altitude 80.4 km → 48.8 km ( 50.0 miles→ 30.3 miles)
Chicken Little Speed 17.3 km/s (38,700 mph)