Reports Report 3901g (Event 3901-2020)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Sharon L |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | I’ve observed some spectacular meteor showers, but I’ve never seen a light like this in the sky. I was swimming, facing East, when I saw a bright yellow light appear in the NE sky In my peripheral vision. I looked up, initially thinking there was an aircraft flying across, but it moved so fast I knew it couldn’t be. Within about 3.5 seconds it had crossed my entire field of view from the NE to the SE, and then the entire streak was gone, like a switch had been flipped. I immediately grabbed my phone from the edge of the pool so I could note the time in the hopes that I would find other reporting, but I have not. It didn’t curve toward the horizon. For the seconds that the entire line appeared it was perfectly horizontal in the eastern sky. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Scottsdale, AZ |
| Latitude | 33° 35' 38.45'' N (33.594013°) |
| Longitude | 111° 46' 10.51'' W (-111.769586°) |
| Elevation | 575.495911m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2020-07-29 20:21 MST |
| UT Date & Time | 2020-07-30 03:21 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From left to right |
| Descent Angle | 90° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 89.25° |
| First azimuth | 40.66° |
| First elevation | 56° |
| Last azimuth | 128.19° |
| Last elevation | 56° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -9 |
| Color | Yellow |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 3s |
| Length | 45° |
| Remarks | The train was a bright yellow, solid line, horizontal across the sky. It looked like someone was writing in the sky with a laser pointer - extremely bright, straight, and solid (not fuzzy). I don’t really know how to estimate the length of the train with degrees - for a couple seconds it crossed the entire eastern sky, and then was entirely gone. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |