Reports Report 2688a (Event 2688-2018)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Joe O |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | We were sitting on the back porch facing the lake enjoying the first big drop in evening temperatures in several weeks, observing Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. Object flashed overhead at ~11:10pm CDT, with a really wide, rolling corona that lingered for a second. Passed almost perfectly from east to west in the southern sky, about 3/4 up from the horizon to vertical. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Kaiser, MO |
| Latitude | 38° 6' 20.86'' N (38.105794°) |
| Longitude | 92° 37' 42.41'' W (-92.628446°) |
| Elevation | 212.719m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2018-07-07 23:10 CDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2018-07-08 04:10 UT |
| Duration | <1s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 98° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 155.94° |
| First azimuth | 75.12° |
| First elevation | 55° |
| Last azimuth | 248.8° |
| Last elevation | 44° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -9 |
| Color | White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 1s |
| Length | 40° |
| Remarks | Glowing train, width of train was about 3 degrees, about 4x wider than the object itself. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |