Reports Report 1669e (Event 1669-2012)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Dennis S |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | Why the heck are we the ONLY TWO people in the known Universe to seem to have seen this? :o) |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | San Antonio, TX |
| Latitude | 29° 31' 0.03'' N (29.516675°) |
| Longitude | 98° 31' 41.6'' W (-98.528223°) |
| Elevation | - |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2012-10-29 19:30 CDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2012-10-30 00:30 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up to down |
| Descent Angle | 180° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 254.05521° |
| First azimuth | 254.65271° |
| First elevation | 60° |
| Last azimuth | 256.90304° |
| Last elevation | 30° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | 1 |
| Color | white to bright yellow to |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | ...but we weren\'t listening for a boom either... |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 1s |
| Length | 8.5° |
| Remarks | glowing train; don\'t remember smoke; object appeared (or maybe we just first noticed it) at the top of the windshield, roughly 45-55 degrees up, went almost straight down with a white glowing trail roughly 5-10 degrees; after about 5 seconds I think it turned bright green and then was gone; vaporized (?) roughly 10-20 degrees above the horizon. Whole thing was about 5 seconds as we sat at the red traffic light at 7:30 pm facing west as the sun was going down. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | As I stated previously, the last second it seemed to turn bright green and then a flash and was gone. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |