Reports Report 5441il (Event 5441-2020)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Buddy R |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | This was a wonderful experience and I was positioned exactly correctly in order to witness it. Too bad I didn't have a video. It looked big, but it might have just been something small that was immediately in my field of vision...or maybe a satellite or a piece of scrap metal debris re-entering the atmosphere. I was expecting a sound like thunder. This was BRIGHT and it was remarkable in how much it resembled a comet when it entered the atmosphere. ( Years ago, I 'witnessed' a significant bollide impact with our atmosphere, but it was during the daylight. There was no visible flash, but the explosion reverberated for many seconds. ) |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Columbus, OH |
| Latitude | 40° 0' 50.79'' N (40.014108°) |
| Longitude | 83° 0' 35.07'' W (-83.009741°) |
| Elevation | 244.992111m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2020-09-30 06:24 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2020-09-30 10:24 UT |
| Duration | ≈45s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 223° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 80° |
| First azimuth | 80° |
| First elevation | 70° |
| Last azimuth | 50° |
| Last elevation | 45° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -24 |
| Color | Light Blue, Light Yellow, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | I was walking up Kinnear Alley (East) towards North High Street. I was looking up and there was a bright, white flash in the dark sky. It instantly turned into a comet-like bollide with a significant tail, then became a fireball. The fireball turned bright blue as it froze in the sky, then began to fade after a few seconds. Both the head and tail continued to remain visible for awhile, fading into a light yellow-grey before disappearing. There was no sound. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |