Reports Report 3262sa (Event 3262-2018)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Debi G |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | My son thought it was a shooting star, but he'd never seen one except in movies. I told him it was much brighter and lasted much longer than any shooting star or satellite or meteor shower I'd observed. I was really startled by the bright light and the way it seemed to explode and include the color red. I was driving and had to keep looking back at the road, so I was surprised to see that it was still visible and occurring each time I looked up from the road. When we got home, I looked it up and we wondered if "space junk" burned that brightly or traveled that quickly to cover such distance. I will ask him to fill this out as well, since he spotted it and kept his eyes on it the entire time it was visible. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | O'Fallon, MO |
| Latitude | 38° 46' 24.4'' N (38.773444°) |
| Longitude | 90° 45' 13.46'' W (-90.753738°) |
| Elevation | 189.495m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2018-08-27 20:40 CDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2018-08-28 01:40 UT |
| Duration | ≈7.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 143° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 294.88° |
| First azimuth | 311.95° |
| First elevation | 50° |
| Last azimuth | 308.51° |
| Last elevation | 28° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -19 |
| Color | Red, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | The light was streaking, as if it was drawing a line. The line broke and there was a flash--the object grew in circumference and the color red appeared at one end of it. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | The "line" being "drawn" like the streak of a very bright and lengthy shooting star segmented into two pieces/parts. |