Reports Report 2325bb (Event 2325-2020)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Anne S |
| Experience Level | 4/5 |
| Remarks | The sonic boom noise also sounded similar to a military training detonation, so I cannot be sure that the two events were related. I did, however, check the flight radar website and there weren’t any aircraft in the region at the time. Time was just after 1am, plus or minus 5 minutes. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | St. Simons, GA |
| Latitude | 31° 14' 14.19'' N (31.237276°) |
| Longitude | 81° 23' 18.97'' W (-81.388604°) |
| Elevation | 4.207263m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2020-05-14 01:05 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2020-05-14 05:05 UT |
| Duration | ≈7.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 262° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | - |
| First azimuth | 179.19° |
| First elevation | 45° |
| Last azimuth | 3.2° |
| Last elevation | 22° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -10 |
| Color | Blue, Green, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | I heard what sounded like a double sonic boom, but it was about 2 minutes after the meteor zoomed overhead! |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 20s |
| Length | 80° |
| Remarks | It was a faded, white glowing train that took more than 30 seconds to fade away. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | I was facing north when I saw a bright flash with my peripheral vision (on my right side) & when I looked over my shoulder, the whole sky was lit up. Then, the meteor was burning green and blue, when a second white flash lit up at its mid-point directly overhead. (So in total, 2 white flashes... the first one that alerted me to something behind me & the second white flash with my eyes 100% on the object overhead.) |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |