Reports Report 980bk (Event 980-2020)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Sheri R |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | This experience made me feel special, as I have never seen anything like it in person all my life! I will never forget it! |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Mesa, AZ |
| Latitude | 33° 25' 26.89'' N (33.424137°) |
| Longitude | 111° 50' 9.53'' W (-111.83598°) |
| Elevation | 379.215118m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2020-02-26 05:50 MST |
| UT Date & Time | 2020-02-26 12:50 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 104° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 4.68° |
| First azimuth | - |
| First elevation | 21° |
| Last azimuth | 31.25° |
| Last elevation | 9° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -5 |
| Color | Blue, Light Blue, Dark Green, Orange, Yellow, Light Yellow |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 3s |
| Length | 40° |
| Remarks | The train remained white/gold as is grew then faded quickly out of sight maybe 1 second after the color ball flashed then disappeared |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | It started out looking just like a typical shooting star, but kept growing much larger than any I’ve ever seen. As it grew in size, the “ball” flashed several colors from gold to green/turquoise/blue then was gone. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |