Reports Report 1103d (Event 1103-2012)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Alyssa |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | I was driving on 1-90 and talking on my cell phone to a friend who lives on the North side. At the same time that I saw this, she and her daughter also saw it. They described it as being very colorful while from my view point it looked like a giant , extremely bright, very low ball of fire. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Spokane, WA |
| Latitude | 47° 39' 10.03'' N (47.652785°) |
| Longitude | 117° 24' 58.67'' W (-117.416296°) |
| Elevation | - |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2012-08-07 21:50 PDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2012-08-08 04:50 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 135° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 274.97908° |
| First azimuth | -1° |
| First elevation | -1° |
| Last azimuth | -1° |
| Last elevation | 30° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | 1 |
| Color | Bright reddish orange |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 5s |
| Length | -1° |
| Remarks | The fireball had a long bright tail that trailed as long as I saw the fireball which was approx 7-10 seconds. It was as bright as the fireball with a blue hue to it. It appeared to fizzle out when the fireball itself did. Or at least appeared to. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | I saw a large fireball coming down from the sky and it seemed to disappear all at once just before hitting the ground in Downtown Spokane. I saw no fragmentation and heard no noise. Just an extremely large and bright ball of fire. My first thought was that it was a plane that had exploded or bombs dropping. I was driving West on 1-90 thru Downtown when I saw it going through the sky from The South, headed North. It appeared to end its course right Downtown. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |