Reports Report 4478x (Event 4478-2019)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Paul H |
| Experience Level | 4/5 |
| Remarks | I was looking at a nice sunset when I first noticed it, and had eyes locked on it for a second before it disappeared behind trees- I saw it through a double-glazed window, and from a distance of at least a couple of miles, so heard no sonic boom. It was fairly near the inbound flight path of John Lennon Airport, but Police said it was not a plane, and it's direction was opposite to incoming planes. It was travelling as fast as a shooting star & from my viewpoint, it appeared to be heading towards the ground, at an angle of about 30 degrees. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Birkenhead, England (GB) |
| Latitude | 53° 19' 59.88'' N (53.333301°) |
| Longitude | 3° 0' 22.27'' W (-3.006185°) |
| Elevation | 42.374725m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2019-09-17 19:50 BST |
| UT Date & Time | 2019-09-17 18:50 UT |
| Duration | <1s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 237° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 340° |
| First azimuth | 345° |
| First elevation | 20° |
| Last azimuth | 335° |
| Last elevation | 17° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -24 |
| Color | White, big as a full moon ( but obviously not, the moon is rising in the South East at the moment ), rugby-ball ( or Gridiron ball ) shaped brilliant pure white light, with a short ( slightly red-tinted ) orange tail that came to a sort of point .... just |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |