Reports Report 443c (Event 443-2019)

Observer
Name Ashley S
Experience Level 1/5
Remarks I internally feel like it might have actually hit ground and was of decent size.
Location
Address Rainier, OR
Latitude 46° 2' 41.92'' N (46.044978°)
Longitude 122° 59' 28.79'' W (-122.991331°)
Elevation 235.437m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2019-01-25 19:40 PST
UT Date & Time 2019-01-26 03:40 UT
Duration ≈20s
Direction
Moving direction From up right to down left
Descent Angle 203°
Moving
Facing azimuth 104.21°
First azimuth 15.46°
First elevation 89°
Last azimuth 94.88°
Last elevation 47°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -13
Color Orange, Red, White
Concurrent Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Persistent train
Observation Yes
Duration 5s
Length
Remarks I saw so many phases of this it’s easier to tell in sequence... It started like a big bright shooting star, with a thin bright tracer. I realized it was getting longer, thicker, more prominent in the sky. A second or two went by as I’m thinking what is that, is this a comit? It continued to grow significantly larger than a shooting star, and the tail was visible for longer. Suddenly it sparkled bright with a little orangeish color engulfing the sharper edges of the still bright “star”. I thought, did it just break the atmosphere, this IS a comit. The bright centered orangish “star” grew a dark center, which also continued to grow, and the flames started to gain more color wrapping around what was becoming a black uneven sphere and began to smoke heavily. The flames continued to become more prominent, stretching further away from the fireball, smoke became thicker and longer, and the streak of bright white still trailing behind was like reminance of the original tracer. It continued to grow in length, thickness, color, even the black center seemed to become clearer as an object. Then the fireball fizzelled out suddenly, like a match hitting water, and the black ball diapeard in the dark. The flames and colors gone, leaving the smoke to dissipate and a lifeless streak of glowing white to fade away like nothing ever happened.
Terminal flash
Observation Yes
Remarks No fragmentation. Just a burst of light making the object became more irratic, meaning the sharp edges started to dance unevenly giving more traditional flame characteristics. But it was not particularly colorful until much later in the phase.
Fragmentation
Observation No
Remarks -