Reports Report 1420bo (Event 1420-2015)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | L.A. C |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | Yes, this was the second one I've seen, but the first was almost 10 years ago. Beautiful cascading arced fan tail, progressively growing, streaking above the horizon, skipping like a stone on a lake. It was wonderful, occurring at either 1:30-1:31, but it was 1:31 when it was over. Very lengthy experience to say the least. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Brunswick, GA |
| Latitude | 31° 9' 1.14'' N (31.150317°) |
| Longitude | 81° 29' 56.21'' W (-81.498946°) |
| Elevation | 1.059352m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2015-06-29 01:31 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2015-06-29 05:31 UT |
| Duration | ≈20s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 91° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 356° |
| First azimuth | 345° |
| First elevation | 34° |
| Last azimuth | 15° |
| Last elevation | 24° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -7 |
| Color | white w/stream, like a thick comet, almost like exhaust from a jet trail until it appeared to skip and tumble on the horizon, then flash Red, Yellow, dissipate |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 3s |
| Length | 30° |
| Remarks | The train flowed out from the fireball like a long thick comet, like the fanning tail in the wake of a fish in a stream, remaining in the atmosphere as the object progressed for several seconds. The streak was almost as beautiful as the object itself. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | The object progressed as I faced 350 degrees to about 37 degrees (using my iphone compass). The object streamed, skipped, catapulted, flashed red, skipped yellow and seemed to veer off the horizon leaving poofs of "smoke." |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | The flash occurred when the object appeared to break the darkness of the horizon, "skip" to red flash, then a subsequent yellow one. For a few seconds it appeared like two objects. |