Reports Report 3300b (Event 3300-2016)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Wendy P |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | I was sitting on my deck, looking down at my phone screen, facing 72 degrees west of north (288 degrees W according to my phone compass), not a cloud in the sky. There was a flash of light that seemed to come from higher than car headlights would have, but was a similar color. As I raised my head I heard a brief, distant rumbling and saw a bright white vertical line about halfway up the sky in the west. It looked about as long as half the "W" in the constellation Cassiopeia (just for comparison, it did not appear in Cassiopeia, was probably in Pegasus) and faded after a few seconds. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Kansas City, MO |
| Latitude | 39° 12' 47.41'' N (39.21317°) |
| Longitude | 94° 33' 41.92'' W (-94.561644°) |
| Elevation | 302.102m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2016-09-06 04:44 CDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2016-09-06 09:44 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From down left to up right |
| Descent Angle | 5° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 274.94° |
| First azimuth | 284.77° |
| First elevation | 45° |
| Last azimuth | 284.79° |
| Last elevation | 40° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -11 |
| Color | White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Sounded similar to distant thunder |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 3s |
| Length | 5° |
| Remarks | Bright white glowing train, pointed directly down to horizon, faded quickly. Actual a shorter train that I saw last month watching the Perseids, but it appeared wider and much brighter. It faded within a few seconds, but appeared with a bright flash that lit up the neighborhood. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |