Reports Report 1882df (Event 1882-2016)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | James W |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | Passed through view from window so only abbreviated view. After it passed view of window, a second/second and half later there was bright flash in eastern sky lighting up back to my point of view. As the object left view, its intensity was increasing causing the sky to brighten prior to the flash. This is the 3rd time I have seen a meteor-like object, two fireballs and one speck. The other fireball was the one that exploded between Phoenix and Tucson back in later 1970s. The speck was encountered when delivering papers in the morning (late 1970s) and was a streak straight down my mostly upward look into the northern sky. A moment later, I heard a plink on top of the van which was less than 10 feet away. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Mesa, AZ |
| Latitude | 33° 22' 37.08'' N (33.376967°) |
| Longitude | 111° 51' 58.18'' W (-111.866161°) |
| Elevation | 366.343m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2016-06-02 03:57 MST |
| UT Date & Time | 2016-06-02 10:57 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 98° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 31.14° |
| First azimuth | 20.66° |
| First elevation | 31° |
| Last azimuth | 40.81° |
| Last elevation | 29° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -9 |
| Color | Green, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 2s |
| Length | 17° |
| Remarks | flecks of green and small white chunks, disappeared out of view, a second/second and half later bright flash lighting eastern sky |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |