American Meteor Society

Reports Report 722b (Event 722-2017)

Observer
Name Schana P
Experience Level 1/5
Remarks Three people were with me.
Location
Address Safford, AZ
Latitude 32° 43' 53.03'' N (32.731396°)
Longitude 109° 43' 9.86'' W (-109.719406°)
Elevation 989.561m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2017-02-20 22:45 MST
UT Date & Time 2017-02-21 05:45 UT
Duration ≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction From up left to down right
Descent Angle 120°
Moving
Facing azimuth 30°
First azimuth 60°
First elevation 60°
Last azimuth 75°
Last elevation 20°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -18
Color Red blue light green dark green kiggt green
Concurrent Sound
Observation Unknown
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation Unknown
Remarks -
Persistent train
Observation No
Duration -
Length -
Remarks -
Terminal flash
Observation Yes
Remarks Looking at a star way out there was that red? Blue? Is it coming closer? Wow! Did you see that. Whatever we were watching was all the sudden a green orb of energy racing through our atmosphere before a flash of green it was gone. Looked like it went down just across the street. From experience I would say within 59 to 100 miles of here
Fragmentation
Observation Unknown
Remarks -