Reports Report 98b (Event 98-2012)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Tony D |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | I'm just curious what it was. Other than amazing, it was thee most beautiful thing I've seen in the sky. If there's any answers or questions at all, please email me. Thank you. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Coral Springs, FL |
| Latitude | 26° 18' 7.74'' N (26.302149°) |
| Longitude | 80° 17' 21.51'' W (-80.289309°) |
| Elevation | - |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2012-01-19 19:40 EST |
| UT Date & Time | 2012-01-20 00:40 UT |
| Duration | ≈10s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From right to left |
| Descent Angle | 270° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 91.4003° |
| First azimuth | 66.03206° |
| First elevation | 57° |
| Last azimuth | 117.91777° |
| Last elevation | 60° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -9 |
| Color | Orange like the glow of a |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | Was in my truck. Didn\\\'t hear anything other than me calling my girlfriend to look in the sky, she saw it too. |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 3s |
| Length | 10° |
| Remarks | The trains was faint but you could see it until it disappeared in 2 or 3 seconds. At first, the glowing orange triangle like object shed two orange trains, then those disappeared. Then a single train with some white/grey in it. Then the object stopped glowing and it was like a bright star, then it blinked, left another train of very light smoke, like dust, then orange again but it remained small or was getting smaller as it appeared to be burning up. At times it disappeared then reappeared, longer than a blink but not more than 2 seconds. Eventually it completely disappeared. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | It appeared there was fragments, large fragments burning off and it had several flashes before is disappeared. I have to say, it was the coolest thing I\'ve ever seen in the sky. I was hoping it was a UFO, but, no chance. This was burning up entering the earths atmosphere. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | - |