Reports Report 1074dc (Event 1074-2017)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Thomas R |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | Duration was right around 5 seconds or so, but maybe less, since I didn't time it and it seemed oddly close, as if it was going to land just a few hundred yards north of the cell towers near the Fairfax Station Train Museum. It also almost seemed slow, as if it were at most traveling no faster than a plane, 450 knots or so, but it was definitely a fireball, that flamed out just as it neared the ground. Windows were closed in my truck, but heard no sonic boom or sound of passage. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Fairfax Station, VA |
| Latitude | 38° 47' 7.79'' N (38.785496°) |
| Longitude | 77° 19' 37.59'' W (-77.327108°) |
| Elevation | 127.476m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2017-03-21 20:40 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2017-03-22 00:40 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 189° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 342° |
| First azimuth | 359° |
| First elevation | 85° |
| Last azimuth | 342° |
| Last elevation | 11° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -16 |
| Color | White - sort of, I'm color blind to shades, so it might have been pale yellowish or pinkish and I couldn't tell - sorry! |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |