Reports Report 6962a (Event 6962-2020)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Sandra J |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | My dogs were unusually barking with no focus and I decided to look up and saw what I initially thought was a plane and I almost dismissed it, but something was off about the way the light reflected off it, and it was too high to land at JFK and the direction wasn't typical of other planes. I looked up again and my 2nd impression was that of a shuttle-shaped object, but then I saw a projection on the right side too short to be a regular wing. I then saw that same side projection flip to the left side. A moment later a burst of a black circle on its left which quickly disappeared when the compact super white-as-the-sun globe appeared for a few seconds and all disappeared but the blue sky. It was very high, but If there were any fragments, I did not see any flickering debris, just total obliteration. It was pretty amazing, just that the supposedly flying rock looked more like an engineered aircraft. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | , NY |
| Latitude | 40° 37' 1.32'' N (40.617033°) |
| Longitude | 73° 54' 56.6'' W (-73.915722°) |
| Elevation | 2.623211m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2020-11-20 00:01 EST |
| UT Date & Time | 2020-11-20 05:01 UT |
| Duration | ≈7.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From down left to up right |
| Descent Angle | 86° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 60° |
| First azimuth | 1.96° |
| First elevation | 80° |
| Last azimuth | 83.79° |
| Last elevation | 80° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -27 |
| Color | White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Thought it was a thick rocket with something attached to right which then moved to left side before very black circle on left followed by a compact super bright globe which lasted seconds before completely disappearing. Travelled high up north to southeast toward Jamaica Bay, Brooklyn on 11/20/2020 and exploded at 12:01pm |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |