Reports Report 994o (Event 994-2011)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Brown A |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | At our destination, ~5 miles away to the east northeast, we saw a number of shooting stars (2-3) within 5 minutes and several more off of Rt. 89 as we made our way northwest (2 within a minute). Both of these occurrences took place about an hour, hour and half after our initial encounter with the green fireball, which was sometime between 10:30 and 10:50. Just really glad I could report this somewhere :) It seemed to be a \"once in a lifetime\" event. Green. Fireball. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Moretown, VT |
| Latitude | 44° 18' 2.06'' N (44.300572°) |
| Longitude | 72° 40' 54.37'' W (-72.68177°) |
| Elevation | - |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2011-09-09 22:45 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2011-09-10 02:45 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 225° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 49.00831° |
| First azimuth | 62.29037° |
| First elevation | 45° |
| Last azimuth | 28.39212° |
| Last elevation | 35° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -11 |
| Color | green |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Duration | 2s |
| Length | -1° |
| Remarks | It appeared to be casting relatively large pieces of rock, no glow/mist, short tail. Fat teardrop with sparking rock chuncks. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | The pieces appeared to be large. If the fireball was a centimeter in our field of vision, the rocks seemed to be 1-5 mms. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | - |