Reports Report 4635ak (Event 4635-2016)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | James B |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | Green fireball with trailing flame, traveling approximately straight down. Disappeared behind tree line, no sound or flash when disappeared behind trees..Area where object was observed is sparcely inhabited for at least 20 miles past the St John's River in the direction of state route 192. Flame trail appeared to be nearly 1" fo 1.5" long. Very comparable to the flame we observe from a large rocket launch from Kennedy Space Center (about 25 miles to the N.E. of our location. Similar to the Atlas 5 launch on Saturday evening..(Except of course this was going down, not up.). The object was visible out of a window in the back of our house. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Melbourne, FL |
| Latitude | 28° 13' 56.62'' N (28.232395°) |
| Longitude | 80° 45' 6.85'' W (-80.751902°) |
| Elevation | 8.083m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2016-11-21 23:25 EST |
| UT Date & Time | 2016-11-22 04:25 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 179° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 246.63° |
| First azimuth | 245.1° |
| First elevation | 30° |
| Last azimuth | 248.18° |
| Last elevation | 10° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -19 |
| Color | Green |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |