Reports Report 1214f (Event 1214-2011)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Charles M |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | I don\'t know the exact time (although I could ask my wife and she\'d know pretty close) but it was roughly 7AM Central time. But the sky was still pitch black. I was messing with my swimming pool equipment, and suddenly the ground lit up like daylight. I turned my eyes toward the sky to see a MASSIVE \"shooting star\" like object streak across the sky. It was brighter than any meteor I\'ve ever seen. I\'m 100% certain that it was an object entering the earth\'s atmosphere. And it left a trail of smoke - again, unlike any shooting star I have ever seen. I ran inside, got my wife out there to look too, and she could see the lingering plume of smoke. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Austin, TX |
| Latitude | 30° 18' 37.89'' N (30.310526°) |
| Longitude | 97° 47' 14.63'' W (-97.787397°) |
| Elevation | - |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2011-10-23 07:00 CDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2011-10-23 12:00 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 135° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 324.86763° |
| First azimuth | 323.00917° |
| First elevation | 40° |
| Last azimuth | 8.64438° |
| Last elevation | 30° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -13 |
| Color | white |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 4s |
| Length | 99.99° |
| Remarks | a white light train, followed by a smoke train which lingered. The smoke lingered at least 30 seconds. I ran inside, grabbed my wife, showed her the sky and she could see the smoke plume too. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |