Reports Report 3262nm (Event 3262-2018)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Chuck F |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | I was driving, both my spouse and I, in Creve Coeur IL, we were returning to her mothers home when we see it enter the field of view from the left and move across at a falling angel until it went past a tree line we couldn’t see past to the right. It was bright, large, lots of blue in color, classic tail of something entering earths atmosphere with a decent mass to it. Moving extremely fast. No sound. No explosion we seen, more of a bright ball, with a tail, streak across the sky in front of us. We even posted on social media seeing it minutes after we did exact timing was like 8:40 to 8:50pm. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Creve Coeur, IL |
| Latitude | 40° 38' 1.33'' N (40.633703°) |
| Longitude | 89° 36' 55.2'' W (-89.615333°) |
| Elevation | 175.281m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2018-08-27 20:45 CDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2018-08-28 01:45 UT |
| Duration | ≈7.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 100° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 300.22° |
| First azimuth | 248.01° |
| First elevation | 75° |
| Last azimuth | 317.34° |
| Last elevation | 49° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -14 |
| Color | Dark Blue, Blue, Red |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 5s |
| Length | 6° |
| Remarks | Long tail, much like a classic object entering the earths atmosphere at a high rate of speed with a decent mass to it. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |