Reports Report 1490o (Event 1490-2011)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | jeremiah m |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | Coolest thing I ever witnessed in our sky. I had to try and help document it. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | highland, IL |
| Latitude | 38° 42' 48.03'' N (38.713343°) |
| Longitude | 89° 42' 21.09'' W (-89.705859°) |
| Elevation | - |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2011-12-07 22:32 CST |
| UT Date & Time | 2011-12-08 04:32 UT |
| Duration | ≈7.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From right to left |
| Descent Angle | 270° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 88.12509° |
| First azimuth | 70.95289° |
| First elevation | 69° |
| Last azimuth | 128.06975° |
| Last elevation | 46° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | 1 |
| Color | Blue |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | I was driving with my windows up and radio on. |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 2.5s |
| Length | -1° |
| Remarks | The brightness of it streaking through the sky caught and held my eye. At first I thought it was a shooting star until, I guess it hit our atmosphere and \"blew up, or Blew out\" in this case. There was a very bright long blue streak across the sky, approx. 2-5 sec., then it just blew outwards in a very big bright blue, then fading to a lighter blue, circle which combined lasted approx. 2-3 sec. The circle expanded out growing as it went then just disappeared. After the circle formed no more blue trails proceeded forward, it just vanished, and not over the horizon just disappeared in plain sight. I had a clear look at it and it very much excited me. One of the coolest things I have ever seen. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | A huge bright blue blast which sent bright blue circles coming out. I explained everything last section. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |