Reports Report 556k (Event 556-2011)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Karla |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | This seemed so wonderfully bright and close!!! I know that none of us who saw it have ever seen an airplane even close to this low altitude (even low flying airplanes fly quite higher than this was). Unbelievable! :) |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Florissant, MO |
| Latitude | 38° 50' 8.57'' N (38.835713°) |
| Longitude | 90° 19' 55.21'' W (-90.332004°) |
| Elevation | - |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2011-06-02 20:55 CDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2011-06-03 01:55 UT |
| Duration | ≈10s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From down left to up right |
| Descent Angle | 45° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 17.38227° |
| First azimuth | 154.02557° |
| First elevation | 60° |
| Last azimuth | 17.15238° |
| Last elevation | 35° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | 1 |
| Color | Green in front and fiery |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | Just a soft whirring (of the fire) as it passed over and a few sizzles or crackles (really soft and peaceful). No real booms, though, that I heard. I went in within about a minute or so to search the internet and call people about the event (so I didn\\\'t hear anything at least within a half to full minute afterward). My young elementary aged daughter thought maybe she heard a breezy sound (but not loud, though). |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 5s |
| Length | 20° |
| Remarks | After it dissipated (seemingly) there appeared to be a smokey train with a dying down of the green and a few remaining flickers of reddish/orange. Absolutely stunning overall! |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Not as much of an explosion but a definite dying down and definite fragmentation as if almost breaking apart into nothing... |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | - |