Reports Report 2165hf (Event 2165-2014)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Julie and Mark S |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | I am glad both my husband and I saw it as we were driving in the car, otherwise I would have thought we were nuts! |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | SeaTac, WA |
| Latitude | 47° 26' 26.93'' N (47.440813°) |
| Longitude | 122° 19' 32.95'' W (-122.32582°) |
| Elevation | 97.105232m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2014-09-13 20:15 PDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2014-09-14 03:15 UT |
| Duration | ≈20s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From left to right |
| Descent Angle | 90° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 290.53° |
| First azimuth | 182.39° |
| First elevation | 21° |
| Last azimuth | 297.11° |
| Last elevation | 13° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -19 |
| Color | Green, Light Yellow |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 10s |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | The train looked like one coming from a bottle rocket, but shorter (not a long, firey trail but a shorter one). At first this thing looked like a firework (like a bottle rocket) that was zipping along in a horizontal direction with a short train. The flaming ball looked like a large glowing beach ball that was on fire, traveling in the same direction as the car I was driving. The train was approximately twice as long as the size of the fireball (I have no way of knowing how long this was) but if the ball was indeed the size of a large beach ball, the train would only have been 2-3 feet long. The fireball was yellowish in color but the trail was green. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |