Reports Report 33f (Event 33-2015)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Connie H |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | I was driving home on a dark road and the full moon was beautiful. It was slightly right as I drove down trussville clay road. Suddenly, a huge ball of fire shot across the sky. Not like a shooting star, but a ball of fire with a tail. It seemed to extinguish as it got closer to The ground but it went below the tree line and I couldn't see it any longer. My husband is a pilot, so I'm always looking at the sky for planes, etc. I have never seen anything like this before. It was amazing and a little scary wondering if it would hit something on the ground. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Trussville, AL |
| Latitude | 33° 41' 53.74'' N (33.698262°) |
| Longitude | 86° 35' 54.6'' W (-86.5985°) |
| Elevation | - |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2015-01-05 19:34 CST |
| UT Date & Time | 2015-01-06 01:34 UT |
| Duration | ≈7.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From right to left |
| Descent Angle | 270° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 45° |
| First azimuth | - |
| First elevation | 45° |
| Last azimuth | - |
| Last elevation | 20° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -13 |
| Color | Fiery orange and blue with white trail |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |