Reports Report 898x (Event 898-2011)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Don W |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | - |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Pierre, SD |
| Latitude | 44° 21' 43.97'' N (44.362213°) |
| Longitude | 100° 18' 59.73'' W (-100.316591°) |
| Elevation | - |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2011-08-23 21:30 CDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2011-08-24 02:30 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 225° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 1.94143° |
| First azimuth | 67.83203° |
| First elevation | 38° |
| Last azimuth | 358.78115° |
| Last elevation | 20° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | 1 |
| Color | Bluish white |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 0.5s |
| Length | 10° |
| Remarks | glowing train that sparkled like fire works |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | My wife and I were driving up the truck route in Pierre, South Dakota 9:30PM August 23, 2011 when we witnessed what appeared to be a meteor. A very bright blueish white ball of fire, about a foot in diameter, fell from the sky and distinguished in a nanosecond approximately 30 feet above the highway 100-200 feet in front of us. As the light burned out, there was a quick 1 second of flickering white sparks that trailed about two feet long. It happend so fast that it is difficult to describe. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |