Reports Report 2006a (Event 2006-2013)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Ralph O |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | This was big and so big I thought this was catastrophic situation like an airplane crashing and I've seen a few shooting stars in my time by accident which this also occurred but by no means the size of this thing. It got me wondering how big shooting stars could get so I researched it online which led me hear. The questions on direction were kinda confusing, by memory it was traveling from right to left looking south but and ending landing almost vertically when it was traveling more horizontally. This meteorite did explode and seems like only a couple miles from the ground. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Conroe, TX |
| Latitude | 30° 19' 51.51'' N (30.330976°) |
| Longitude | 95° 28' 25.1'' W (-95.473639°) |
| Elevation | - |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2013-09-18 05:05 CDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2013-09-18 10:05 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From left to right |
| Descent Angle | 90° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 180° |
| First azimuth | 180° |
| First elevation | 45° |
| Last azimuth | 180° |
| Last elevation | 90° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -9 |
| Color | White with gold glow and blue streaks |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 4s |
| Length | 50° |
| Remarks | I thought this was an airplane about to crash it was so big and scared me. Time was roughly 5:05 am CST. It started out white then evolved into gold with blue trails/streaks, it also seems like you could see grey trails after that as well. It was big and it was close, the colors were gold and blue. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | It started out white the turned gold with blue streaks and got real big. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | This was the grey stuff that you could see from the brightest of the blue streaks after it blew up from only being white. |