Reports Report 5538zo (Event 5538-2017)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | S D |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | I have never seen anything like it before (and I am quite middle aged!) I generally believe that things have a practical and earthly explanation and wondered whether it was a new year's eve prank, or a new kind of firework - but it did not burn out and was travelling extremely fast and was somehow 'other worldly'. I live in a rural area and it was very dark, apart from the moon, which will be full by tomorrow. I was driving northwards on the A350. It literally zipped across the horizon above the arc of the trees, as I was driving. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Shaftesbury, England (GB) |
| Latitude | 51° 5' 59.97'' N (51.099991°) |
| Longitude | 2° 9' 44.41'' W (-2.162335°) |
| Elevation | 162.059601m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2017-12-31 17:40 GMT |
| UT Date & Time | 2017-12-31 17:40 UT |
| Duration | ? |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From right to left |
| Descent Angle | 270° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | - |
| First azimuth | 49.09° |
| First elevation | 35° |
| Last azimuth | 301.67° |
| Last elevation | 33° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -12 |
| Color | Green |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | The tail was green near the front and then tailing to white. I tried to make sense of it as an enormous firework - but it seemed to be following the curve of the horizon, at speed. It was definitely not a plane. Too low to the earth. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |