Reports Report 5152m (Event 5152-2020)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Elaine H |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | I've never seen anything like this. All I can say was it was like a shooting start but so much bigger and brighter - like a shooting star is just a dot in the sky and this was a large ball that was bright green. It was high up when I first saw it and dropped quickly. It moved fast like a shooting star and was bright green but flashed yellow right when it disappeared. It sounds silly but I first thought UFO because there was no way it was a plane, star, satellite, firework, bomb(?)... anything! Then I was explaining it to a first and she entered everything I saw into google and told me it must have been a fireball. Hence how I got here. I guess I'm really lucky. It was an amazing thing to see! |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Paige, TX |
| Latitude | 30° 9' 21.5'' N (30.155971°) |
| Longitude | 97° 13' 4.41'' W (-97.217891°) |
| Elevation | 146.766251m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2020-09-11 21:43 CDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2020-09-12 02:43 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 158° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 224.83° |
| First azimuth | 206.44° |
| First elevation | 49° |
| Last azimuth | 226.76° |
| Last elevation | 20° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -18 |
| Color | Green, Yellow |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | right before the fire ball disappeared it flashed from green to yellow |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |