Reports Report 645b (Event 645-2011)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Curt A |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | Awesome experience, I live far away from city lights, so our sky is beautiful at night. I was outside walking our dog with a flashlight looking at the ground when I noticed my shadow on the ground. I looked up in the pine trees and saw the fireball. It lit up the whole sky. When I looked up and followed it through the sky I heard a funny whistle sound. Awesome experience! |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Chatawa, MS |
| Latitude | 31° 3' 37.64'' N (31.060456°) |
| Longitude | 90° 28' 20.35'' W (-90.472319°) |
| Elevation | - |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2011-07-01 21:30 CDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2011-07-02 02:30 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From down to up |
| Descent Angle | - |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 39.95284° |
| First azimuth | 347.51629° |
| First elevation | 90° |
| Last azimuth | 347.39685° |
| Last elevation | 45° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | 1 |
| Color | bright white, with blue |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Im glad you asked, because I thought my mind was playing tricks with me when I saw it. It was like a mid pitch whistle, zipping noise, very light but noticeable. I did hear a boom about 10 sec after it disappeared, but it did not sound like a sonic boom. |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 4.5s |
| Length | 50° |
| Remarks | The train was very bright. It looked like the train was from 90 deg. to 45 deg. Very bright> I have never seen anything like it before. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | At aprox 50 deg. the fireball broke up in fragments. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | - |