Reports Report 2476a (Event 2476-2017)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Sara M |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | Uhhhhhh. Hmmm. ??? Uh. I guess not?!? Definitely my weirdest 2017 WTF yet! And the fact there's a form/intake/when people e perience thus crazy stuff. --um? Ok. what the f@$!???? But seriously- is anybody able to do anything about stopping these from getting this ridiculously close!!?? Crazy- and amazing! I'd love to learn more..... But wow! Mind blown. And almost literally earlier thanks to my FIREBALL "viewing". |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Omaha, NE |
| Latitude | 41° 11' 54.86'' N (41.198572°) |
| Longitude | 96° 9' 47.16'' W (-96.163101°) |
| Elevation | 364.384m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2017-07-30 01:59 CDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2017-07-30 06:59 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From down left to up right |
| Descent Angle | 39° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 336.01° |
| First azimuth | 347.84° |
| First elevation | 14° |
| Last azimuth | 333.12° |
| Last elevation | 2° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -28 |
| Color | Pink, Orange, Yellow, Light Yellow, Red, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | A whooosh! Like um...The sound a giant fireball would make if it was flying directly over your head at sonic force. That's the best way to describe it. A really big whooosh! Not big enough to move the grass but enough to be noticeable and enough to make me think that my hair might've just been singed off the top of my head. |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 1s |
| Length | 35° |
| Remarks | Bright long Glowing train smoke at tail end was visible Changes over time in train-The train appeared Dark yellow starting at base of fireball and burned into bright white-yellow -back to dark yellow -orange -red -brown -smoke- |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Into horizon fireball seemed to either disappear or explode |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | There seem to be fragmentation and the tail end and once the fireball exploded right over the horizon |