Reports Report 795ar (Event 795-2020)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | wayne c |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | When we first saw it, it looked like a commuter jet, 100% white. However it was traveling extremely fast. Additionally the flight path was horizontal. It was not falling out of the sky. Whole thing lasted about 5 seconds. First saw it in vision at about one o'clock. For reference consider camelback mountain 12 o'clock. Flew past camelback very fast and then exploded at about ten o'clock. No noise, just disintegrated into a big fiery explosion. Reminded me more of a cruise missile than a meteor since it was definitely horizontal the whole time. I saw it from fifth floor balcony, no obstructions in view. The explosion was in the air not on the ground or side of mountain. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Tempe, AZ |
| Latitude | 33° 26' 1.41'' N (33.433726°) |
| Longitude | 111° 55' 30.64'' W (-111.925179°) |
| Elevation | 358.124756m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2020-02-16 07:20 MST |
| UT Date & Time | 2020-02-16 14:20 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From down left to up right |
| Descent Angle | 85° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 40° |
| First azimuth | 31.25° |
| First elevation | - |
| Last azimuth | 291.72° |
| Last elevation | 15° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -16 |
| Color | White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | it was traveling very fast and all of a sudden it just expoded. Totally disintegrated. This lasted about 2 seconds. Then absolutely nothing was there. Like it never happened |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | just fire shooting out, no different than fireworks |