Reports Report 6237m (Event 6237-2020)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Chris D |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | I was driving westbound on I-64 when this sighting occured, the time reported and the trajectory angles may be slightly inaccurate. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | - |
| Latitude | 38° 11' 48.99'' N (38.196943°) |
| Longitude | 87° 0' 16.94'' W (-87.004705°) |
| Elevation | 131.118195m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2020-11-02 20:00 CST |
| UT Date & Time | 2020-11-03 02:00 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From down left to up right |
| Descent Angle | 85° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 270° |
| First azimuth | 260° |
| First elevation | 71° |
| Last azimuth | 290° |
| Last elevation | 77° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -12 |
| Color | Orange, Yellow, Red |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | The fireball appeared at first as a small, red-orange ball that was moving from south to north across the western sky, after a second or two the small red-orange ball erupted into a big yellow-orange ball with visible flames expelling from it like the corona of the sun. This eruption lasted at most a second before it just disappeared completely in the sky. To me it looked like a small meteorite that became in the sky when it started to glow from the rock heating to the point of melting or catching on fire as it drew closer to earth, and then erupted into flames after reaching the heat threshold required for the material to ignite.. and since it was a small meteor the intense heat incinerated it almost instantly. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |