Reports Report 1599a (Event 1599-2012)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Mary |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | I\'m not sure what I saw. It was dark, drizzly and very slightly foggy. I might best describe it as such: If a very tall building were several blocks or a mile away and the top of the building were on fire - it might look like what I saw. I really expected to see it come to earth, but it didn\'t. It seemed to travel southward, along a path/trajectory that an airliner might take. It was a large fireball type thing initially, but the tail was not long and skinny the way I think a meteor might look. I saw it as I was driving South, and after I first saw it I continued a block or so south and turned west to be out of any traffic that might come along - at which point it appeared to be west of my position and slightly south. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Waukesha, WI |
| Latitude | 43° 0' 16.79'' N (43.004663°) |
| Longitude | 88° 14' 12.64'' W (-88.236845°) |
| Elevation | - |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2012-10-22 22:00 CDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2012-10-23 03:00 UT |
| Duration | ≈10s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From left to right |
| Descent Angle | 90° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 180.64916° |
| First azimuth | 208.82296° |
| First elevation | 25° |
| Last azimuth | 203.35564° |
| Last elevation | 45° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | 1 |
| Color | orange - |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | -1s |
| Length | -1° |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |